HIPHOP

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 HIPHOP
• Hip Hop culture
originated in New York
amongst young Hispanic
and African American
communities during the
late 1960's.
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• Synonymous with rap, scratch
music and graffiti art, the
style encompasses the
movements of break-dancing
and body-popping, and has
been internationally
recognized since the 1970's.

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• The 1980's saw the
emergence of a new style of
hip hop into rap videos,
distinguished from original
break dancing styles by its
concentration on footwork as
opposed to acrobatics.

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• Hereafter, the
emergence of house
music saw hip hop re-
invent itself again
with a broader range
of influences and freer
expression.
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 Krumping
• Krumping is increasingly
gaining popularity in hip
hop and electronica
circles because of the
energy and freedom is
encourage.
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• It has four basic moves: jabs,
arm swings, chest pops, and
stomps, or, if you look at it in
a simpler way, basically
anything you wanted to do
with your body. It is very
improvisational and
expressive, at times even
violently so, thus gaining
popularity among younger
performer.
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 Harlem shake
• It gained popularity again this
year because of a viral
Youtube video called “Harlem
Shake,” but sadly no Harlem
Shake was done in the video.
And Harlem Shake originally
came from the 80s.
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• The shake’s origins are said to be
from an East African dance called
Eskista, but dancers most often
compare the Harlem Shake to
drunken dance. The Harlem
Shake has no strict code of dance
moves as it only involves creative
convulsions of the body. No
wonder the Harlem shake is
popular even to those who are
not adept at dancing.
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Jerkin’
• Jerkin is a fairly
recent hip hop dance trend.
It involves twitchy dances
moves called ‘jerks’ wherein
the performer executes a
set of leg stretches in and
out.
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• Jerkin’ is more of a sub-culture
trend, if taken together with
its dress code of neo-coloured
skinny jeans and Chuck
Taylors. And yes, it looks
much like the Dougie. And
we’re quite unconvinced that
it can be called a dance; more
like jerkin’ around.
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 Liquids and digits
• Liquid dancing is oriented more
towards dance hip hop and more
laidback settings such as in glitch hop
and drum n’ bass. It often involves
smooth, ‘liquid-ish’ hand movements
called hand flows, and digital
manipulation, creating illusions and
movements with the fingers.

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• The performer’s body is
used as a contour to express
a feeling or a series of
interpretative gestures.
Liquids and digits, like
turfing, is pantomime-like in
nature, often involved in
telling a story and creating a
visual representation of the
music.
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 Robot/Mannequin
• Robotting is pretty much
similar to popping, but
still many dancers use
robot dance moves as
their primary style.

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 Turfing
• An acronym for Taking Up Room on
the Floor, turfing is a dance style
hailing directly from Oakland,
California. It is much based on non-
traditional ways of storytelling or
‘representing’ a particular ‘turf’ or
place which a particular performer
seeks to represent.
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• Turfing is very
improvisational and free-
form, having dance
moves that come from
different traditions in
order to fully express or
narrate a particular life
story.
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 Electric Boogaloo
• Closely connected to
popping, boogaloo is
related to funk and its
associated dance styles. Its
often involves ‘rolling’ of
the limbs and and
twitching legs.
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 Popping
• Often confused with locking,
the popping style is a much
different style from the
others. It is often done
standing up, in which the
body is twitched or jerked in a
way that goes with the beat.
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• These twitches are called
“pops” or “hits.” Many
moves are related to
popping, one popular
example is
the moonwalk as
popularized in the 80s by
Michael Jackson.
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• Popping involves a great
deal of motion
manipulation such as
animatronic moves (think
of the Jabbawokeez, etc),
miming to the beat, and
isolation (creating
illusions that isolate a
limb or a section of the
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 Locking
• Locking is characterized by
sudden pauses or freezes,
often in jive with the beat.
Originating way back into
1969 as popularized by
Campbellock Campbell and
his crew.
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• The Lockers, locking has
endured transitions from
its funky origins into a
common hip hop dance
idiom. Some of its most
popular move are the Scoo
B Doo, Muscleman, Floor
Sweep, Funky Guitar, and a
lot of others.
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 Crip-walking
• Crip-walking was popularized
by the infamous rivalry
between the Bloods and Crips
gangs. Crips members are
known to execute this move
after killing a rival, thus
capping off the kill with their
signature.
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• Nowadays, crip-walking has
gone beyond its violent
origins and is now often part
of every hip hop dancer’s
repertoire of moves. Snoop
Dogg and Xzibit are known to
have shown these in their
songs’ music videos, “Drop It
Like It’s Hot” and “Get Your
Walk On,” respectively.
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 B-boying or breaking
• Perhaps the most well-
known of hip hop dance
styles, b-boying or break
dancing is one of the first
pillars of the
• original hip hop
movement.
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• It is traditionally done
within a circle or cypher
where b-boys will execute
their dances moves, often
competing
improvisationally with
other b-boys. It remains to
be the one of the most
popular dance styles
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 Ragga
• This is a dance style
originating (in the late 70’s)
from street dance by
Afrojamaïcans, Afrocarabians,
which uses music which
evolved from classical Reggae
with a hip hop influence.
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• The style used is a combination
between hip hop moves, afro
moves with latin influences with
sensuality. It requires very good
physical condition, as many
muscles are involved in the
Raggajam, particularly in the
lower part of the body. Correct
execution requires good
technique.

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 Tutting/Tetris
• Tutting or Tetris is a dance style
that mimics the angular poses
common to ancient Egyptian art.
Whoever coined the term
probably imagined that this was
how King Tut danced. The style is
rapidly evolving but there are
some constant rules that define
it.
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 Stepping
• Stepping or step-dancing is a
form of percussive dance in
which the participant's entire
body is used as an instrument to
produce complex rhythms and
sounds through a mixture of
footsteps, spoken word, and hand
claps.
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• Though stepping may be
performed by an
individual, it is generally
performed by groups of
three or more, often in
arrangements that
resemble military
formations.
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• Stepping may also draw
from elements of
gymnastics, tap dance,
march, or African and
Caribbean dance, or
include semi-dangerous
stunts as a part of
individual routines.
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• Happy Learning :D

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