Hip
Hop
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HIP HOP
Hip Hop is an edgy, fresh and powerful urban dance
style also known as Street Dance. The beginning of
locking, popping and krumping, Hip Hop is mostly
performed to rap, urban and not surprisingly, hip hop
music.
Characteristics of
Hip Hop
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Street Style: Hip hop dance is known for its raw and
street-style approach. It often involves freestyle
dancing, improvisation, and personal expression.
Isolation: Dancers in hip hop often focus on
isolating different parts of their bodies, such as
moving only the shoulders, chest, or hips while
keeping other body parts still.
Groove and Rhythm: Hip hop dance emphasizes
groove and rhythm, with movements closely synced
to the beat of the music.
Characteristics
of Hip Hop
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Breaking: Breaking, also known as b-boying or b-
girling, is a significant component of hip hop dance. It
involves intricate floor work, spins, and dynamic
movements.
Popping and Locking: These are distinct styles within
hip hop dance. Popping involves sudden muscle
contractions to create a popping effect, while locking
features quick and distinct freezes and poses.
Expression and Storytelling: Hip hop dance is a
medium for self-expression and storytelling, often
conveying emotions, narratives, and social messages.
Movement Skills in Hip
Hop Dance
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Freeze and Pose: Body Isolations: As Floorwork: Breaking
Footwork: Hip hop
Dancers execute mentioned earlier, involves a
dance often
freezes and poses to isolating different combination of floor
incorporates
accentuate certain body parts and spins, flips, and
intricate footwork
movements, adding controlling their acrobatic
patterns, steps, and
dramatic and movements is a movements,
shuffling
dynamic elements to fundamental skill in showcasing strength,
movements.
their routines. hip hop dance. agility, and creativity.
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HIP HOP
STYLES
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B-boying
(Breakdancing)
Break dancing is mostly improvised, with no
“standard” routines or movements. The emphasis is
on movement, energy, innovation, comedy, and a
hint of danger.
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Locking and
Popping
While technically two styles, Locking and Popping
usually go hand in hand. Locking requires fast
actions, sharp pauses, and extravagant gestures.
Popping, on the other hand, is a bouncy style that
demands extreme use of counter-tempo.
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Stepping
Stepping is a group dance that includes using
body actions to create percussive beats.
Synchronized motions and percussive beats are
featured in the dances. Step dancing is a
showcase for a team’s individual style as well as
its cohesiveness.
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Liquid Dance
Liquid Dance is a fluid and delicate dance with a
center on the arms and palms. It may include some
forms of pantomime and exceptional dancers will
use a range of body moves. Liquid dancing is an
illusion-based kind of gestural, interpretive dance
that is one of the most expressive and flexible
dance genres available today.
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Krumping
Krumping originated in Los Angeles in the early
2000s as a response to gang violence. It's
characterized by its intense and expressive
movements, featuring energetic and aggressive
motions, as well as exaggerated facial expressions.
Fitness Benefits of Hip Hop Dance:
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Cardiovascular Fitness: Hip hop dance is an Flexibility and Coordination: The varied
energetic and rhythmic activity that can movements and body isolations in hip hop
improve cardiovascular health and dance can enhance flexibility and
endurance. coordination.
Strength and Muscle Tone: The dynamic Core Engagement: Many hip hop dance
movements, bodyweight exercises, and moves require core engagement, which can
floorwork in hip hop dance contribute to help strengthen and stabilize the core
overall muscle strength and tone. muscles.
Fitness Benefits of
Hip Hop Dance:
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Hydration: Staying hydrated is Post-Performance Recovery:
crucial for optimal Pre-Performance Fuel: After dancing, a combination
performance and recovery. Consuming a light, balanced of protein and carbohydrates
Water should be the primary meal or snack before practice can help with muscle recovery
beverage of choice. or performance can provide and glycogen replenishment.
the necessary energy without
Balanced Nutrition: Hip hop causing discomfort. Protein Intake: Protein is
dancers, like any other athletes, essential for muscle repair and
should focus on a balanced diet Energy for Performance: growth. Including lean protein
that includes a variety of nutrients Dancers need sufficient energy sources like poultry, fish, beans,
such as carbohydrates, proteins, to support their vigorous practice and tofu can be beneficial.
healthy fats, vitamins, and sessions and performances.
minerals. Carbohydrates provide the
primary source of energy.
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