THE UNIQUE STYLE, MUSIC AND MOVES……
Hip hop is a style of rap, reggae
etc… music that people use to
dance in the form of hip hop. Its
music of us black and Hispanic
origin.
• What make hip hop is very interesting
question because hip hop is known to be a
culture in a way shared in movement.
• People , music and dance is what makes hip
hop….. Hip hop can be danced every where
and anywhere!
The hip hop music originated from reggae and
rap but the dance moves were influenced by
the African dance and gymnastics. The music
keeps the dancers moving to the beat of the
music which is much more inspiring and
motivating!
Modern day hip hop styles:
Krumping
Harlem shake
Snap dance
Clown walk
Wu-Tang
Gangsta walking
1. B-boying or
breaking
2. Crip-walking
3. Popping
4. Electric Boogaloo
5. Floating
6. Turfing
7. Robot/Mannequin
Liquids and digits
Jerkin’
8. Harlem shake
9. Krumping
Description of:
Krumping
Involves jabs, arm swings, chest pops, and stomps, its basically any movement you want to create with your
body. It’s a move that has to be done as its very expressive hip hop move!
Harlem shake
This all started with a YouTube video, originated form the 80’s . No specific move and so may people like it
and so that’s what makes it so popular! you have to follow the only thing you have to make sure is to make
sure your body does creative moves.
Jerkin’
This is a dance move that involves the legs stretching in and out. It is a recent dance move which danced
with twitchy dance moves. It also consists of a dress code as dancing it which is
neo-coloured skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors.
Liquids and digits
This dance move involves telling a story and making a visual representation of the music that is playing, it
involves you doing a liquid-ish which is a movement that you do with your hands (the hand flows) and then
you also do a movement with your fingers. The body is used to share share a feeling and gestures to create a
contrast.
Description of:
Robot/Mannequin
This a a robot style dance moves, you act like a robot but contrast with smooth flow of the music!
this dance move is the most common in hip-hop
Turfing
This a traditional move, it’s a dance move that is very improvisational and free-form.
Floating
When dancing this move, as the dancer you must making it seem as if you are dancing in the air. This
move involves you not making friction with your shoes and the floor, these three basic moves are ‘the
float,’ ‘gliding,’ and ‘sliding.’
Electric Boogaloo
Usually involves ‘rolling’ of the limbs and and twitching legs.
Popping
This is the main dance move, allot of other dance moves are associated with this dance move. This dance
move is often done standing up, and the body twitches or jerks to the beat of the song. The twitches are
called “pops” or “hits.” this dance move involves allot of motion!
Description of:
B-boying or breaking
This is the main and most popular dance move! Danced in a circle or cypher with b-boys
showing off there moves and competing against the other b-boys. The best associated to hip
hop moves is the more popular one.
Crip-walking
It’s a walk that is done after killing a rival, and like an end scene to the dance! Its not like that
anymore, now its just used throughout the hip hop dance!
Locking
This move is done by pauses or freezes with the beat of the song.
Todays hip hop modern culture is not about the race or the location, its
all about the experience and the making of culture with art.
Hip hop all originated from the underprivileged and poor people that
created it into a culture, the whole dance was about people expressing
them selves and being creative. It was also about art and culture, and
imagination because there was nothing to work with and so they
created there own way to entertain them selves and with an inspiring
way.
The roots of hip hop started with breakdance. Also when more types
of music came out. Also when technology improved and was available
at a cheap cost.
Hip hop shows me that the I can be creative and
expressive in the way I want to dance… hip hop is a free
dance and doesn't’t have a specific rule to it… there is no
sequence or anything, but sometimes I feel as if you have
it or you don’t!
You can make hip hop and game, and competition just by
dancing! Its an very inspiring type of dance that is known
to be a culture that I like allot and has also inspired allot
of other people as so many movies have been made
about it that every one knows about!
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• "What Makes It Hip Hop?." aboveGround