Street dance

A street dance is a dance style that evolved outside dance studios in any available open space such as
streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. A street dance is a
vernacular dance in an urban context

B-boying

b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance. While diverse in the amount of variation available
in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves
and freezes

Year: Early 1970s

Origin: New York City

Shuffling

The shuffle dance, also known as the Melbourne shuffle[full citation needed], the Zaddik shuffle, or
simply the shuffle (and locally by other terms like rocking or stomping)[full citation needed] is a rave and
club dance that developed in the UK during the late 1980s [1][2] and Melbourne, Australia in the early
1990s.[3] Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary
twist.[

Dance Type: Rave dance

Year: 1980s–present

Country: UK, Australia

Popping

Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from Fresno, California during the
early 1980s. The dance is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a
jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a
popper.

Locking

Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated, but not to be confused with hip hop. The
name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast
movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing
in the same speed as before. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more
relaxed hips and legs. The beginning of Locking can be traced to one man, Don Campbell. In the late
1960s he put together several fad dances adding moves of his own (known as the "Lock") when
performing.
House dance

House dance is a social dance and Street dance primarily danced to house music (house music is music
with tracks laid on top of other tracks) that has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New York.[1][2] The
main elements of House dance include "Footwork", "Jacking", and "Lofting".[3][4][5] House dance is
often improvised and emphasizes fast and complex foot-oriented steps combined with fluid movements
in the torso, as well as floor work.

Rave dance

A rave (from the verb: to rave) is an organised dance party at a nightclub, outdoor festival, warehouse, or
other private property typically featuring performances by DJs, playing a seamless flow of electronic
dance music.

In the late 1950s in London, England the term "rave" was used to describe the "wild bohemian parties"
of the Soho beatnik set.[13] Jazz musician Mick Mulligan, known for indulging in such excesses, had the
nickname "king of the ravers".

Punk dance

Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or funk-punk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s,
and is closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements.[1]

Hip-hop dance

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as
part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking which was created in the
1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.

It originated at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue by DJ Kool Herc and his historic block party that started it all. The
older dance styles that were created in the 1970s include uprock, breaking, and the funk styles.

Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting,[1] emceeing,[2] MCing[2][3]) is a musical form of vocal delivery that
incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular",[4] which is performed or chanted in a
variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.[4] The components of rap include
"content" (what is being said), "flow" (rhythm, rhyme), and "delivery" (cadence, tone).[5] Rap differs
from spoken-word poetry in that rap is usually performed in time to an instrumental track.

Breakdance

b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance. While diverse in the amount of variation available
in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves
and freezes
Year: Early 1970s

Origin: New York City

Graffiti art

Graffiti (both singular and plural; the singular graffito is very rare in English except in archeology)[1][2][3]
is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public
view.[2][3] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and it has existed since
ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop[3][4] or rap music,[4][5][6] is a music genre developed in the United
States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that
commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted

Dance styles

This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance.

Latin / rhythm

Swing dance

Kumega Dance / Traditional African and African-American

Ballroom dance

Classical Indian dance

Traditional Iranian Dance

Azerbaijani dances

Experimental / freestyle

Street dance

Disco / electronic dance

Origin of hip hop

In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as "hip hop" began to develop in the Bronx, New
York City. It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over "breakbeats," house parties and neighborhood block
party events, held outdoors. Hip hop music has been a powerful medium for protesting the impact of
legal institutions on minorities, particularly police and prisons.[
Krumping

Krump is a street dance popularized in the United States, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated,
and highly energetic movement.[1] The youths who started Krump saw the dance as a way for them to
escape gang life[2] and "to release anger, aggression and frustration positively, in a non-violent way."[3]

The root word "Krump" came from the lyrics of California's Mean Streets.[4] It is sometimes spelled
K.R.U.M.P., which is an acronym for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise

Tutting

Finger-tutting is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers.[1][2] The word
"tutting" is a street dance style based on angular movements which are supposed to stylize the poses
seen on reliefs in the art of ancient Egypt, and refers to "King Tut".[3]

Locking

Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated, but not to be confused with hip hop. The
name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast
movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing
in the same speed as before.

B-boying

breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance. While diverse in the amount of
variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock,
downrock, power moves and freezes. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks,
especially in hip-hop, funk, soul music and breakbeat music.