HipHop and Street Dance Flashcards
Who and when was HipHop generated and created?
It was generated by Africans-Americans and was created in the 1970s in New York.
What is HipHop?
A street dance style primarily performed to hip-hop music. It includes breaking, locking, and popping which was created in the 1970s made popular by dance crews in the United States.
Using percussion breaks and basslines from existing music to create new sounds and rhythms.
Djing
It involves poetic elements, rapid-fire wordplay, and storytelling techniques.
MCing
It combines acrobatics with gymnastics and martial arts in a way that’s sure to build students’ kinetic skills.
Breakdance
Hip-hop has also inspired visual art—specifically graffiti.
Art
A driver of social change and spiritual and political consciousness.
Knowledge of Self
The first hip-hop dance style originated among black and Puerto Rican youth in New York City during the early 1970s.
B-Boying
Quickly contracting and relaxing muscles cause a jerk in the dancer’s body.
Popping
Who popularized popping?
Popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam Salomon and his crew the electric boogaloos.
Locking your body into a position, then continuing at the same speed as before.
Locking
Who created Locking?
Created by Don Campbellock Campbell in 1969 in Los Angeles, California
It is a dance style to release anger.
Krumping
Where does Krumping originate?
It is a form of dancing that originated in the African-American community of South Central. Los Angeles, California.
Making geometric shapes forming a right angle using your body part. Derived from the positions people were drawn to during the days of the Ancient Egyptians.
Tutting
