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LESSON 2
Street Dance

INTRODUCTION
Street dance encompasses a wide variety of dances including stepping,
footwork, boogie, jerking, and head banging. All of these dances come from different
genres: house, disco, hip-hop, rock and punk. This field guide will focus on the hip-hop
genre and more specifically hip-hop street dances that originate in Southern California.

Street dance by definition is a style of dance that evolved in urban and suburban
areas. As the name suggest the dance is seen in the street but can also be seen at
dance parties, block parties, school yards, parks, etc.

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, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970’s and made
popular by dance crews in the United States.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Discuss and analyze the street dance styles.
 Perform the different dance styles

Let’s Do It!

Picture Analysis
DIRECTION: Analyze the different pictures then answer the questions in the Analysis
phase

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Let’s Connect the Dots

 Which do not belong to hip-hop dance style in the pictures? Explain your
answer based on your judgment.

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 Compare picture one (1) and picture two (2)

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 Compare picture three (3) and picture four (4)

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 Compare picture three (5) and picture four (6)

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Let’s Talk About It

STREET/HIP-HOP DANCE SYLES

B-Boying

B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance and the
first hip-hop dance style that originated among Black and Puerto Rican youths is New
York City during the early 1970’s. A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl or
breaker. Although the term breakdance is frequently used to refer to the dance, b-boying
and breaking are the original terms.

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Four Movements:
Toprock Footwork - oriented steps performed while standing up
Downrock Footwork performed with both hands and feet on the
floor
Freezes stylish poses done on your hands
Power moves comprise full-body spins and rotations that give the
illusion of defying gravity.

Popping

Popping was popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam Solomon and his crew the
electric Boogaloos. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing
muscles to cause a jerk in a dance’s body.

Popping forces parts of your body outwards, similar to an explosion within parts
of your body. Popping also contract muscles, but it is followed by relaxation that gives it
the jerking appearance of popping.

Locking

Locking or campbellocking, was created by Don Campbellock Campbell in 1969

in Los Angeles California. It was popularized by his crew, The locker. Locking can be
identified by its distinctive stops. It is usually performed by stopping the fast movement
that you are doing, locking your body into a position longer. The lock is the primary move
used in locking in place and after a brief freeze moving again.

Krumping

Krumping is a form of dancing that originated in the African-American community

Of South-Central Los Angeles, California and is a relatively new form of the ‘Urban Black
dance movement. It is free, Expressive and highly energetic. Most people paint their
faces in different designs. Krumping is dance style to release anger. It is reported that
gang riots in the United States Decrease because of krumping style.

Shuffling

The Melbourne shuffle is a rave dance that developed in the 90’s. Typically
performed to electronic music, the dance originated in the Melbourne rave scene, and
was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The dance moves involve a fast heel-and-toe
movement or T step, combined with a variation of the running man coupled with a
matching arm action.

Tutting

Finger-tutting is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers.

The word “tutting” is a street dance style based on angular movements which are

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supposed to stylize the poses seen on reliefs in the art of ancient Egypt, and refers to
King Tut.

Waacking

Waacking is a dance style that was created in dance clubs on the west coast of
the USA in the 1970s. Waacking is characterized by a focus on arm movements,
creating shapes and poses above and around the head in a fast-moving style. Waacking
is often danced to disco music. Waacking incorporates wild but controlled moves that
fallow the beat. Arm movements up and around the head, in time with a disco or funk
beat, characterized Waacking. It has a strong emphasis on musicality, as arm
movements follow the music and the beat, with poses thrown in. Waacking is typically a
Freestyle Dance that can incorporate other body and feet moves from different dance
styles.

Let’s See What‘s On Your Mind

1. Dance communicates ideas through movement and is an expressive art form, so
how many ways can be an effective of building vocabulary and developing
different kinds of skills and abilities in dancing?
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2. Can we use street dance and hip-hop dance as our recreation activity? Why and
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3. As individuals, we may have a range of skills, but why it isn’t always possible to
possess expertise in every type of dance style and technique?
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Let’s Dig Up More

A. Directions: IDENTIFICATION, Read the following statement carefully, identify the
correct answer needed. Write your answer in the space provided.

1. The name of this dance style is similar to the sound of a

balloon when you put a pin in it!
2. Dancers that specialize in breaking are known as?
3. What street dance styles is influence by Egyptian art?
4. What does the “B” in B-boy stand for?
5. Who invented the Funk Style dance Called popping?
6. Who was the inventor of the Funk Style dance called
Locking?
7. Another name for breakdancing or breaking.
8. A style popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam Solomon and
his crew the Electric Boogaloo.
9. Tecktonic dancers usually engage in battles on the street and
clubs.
10. A dance style that is commonly known as street dance style.
11. What dance styles, formally known as vernacular dances,
refer to dances that evolved outside of dance studios?
12. What culture is created by DJing, rapping, breakdancing,
and graffiti art?
13. What dance style is primarily performed to hip-hop music
and have evolved as part of hip-hop culture?
14. What hip-hop style is based on the technique of quickly
contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in dancer’s
body?

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15. A type of dance style where in body and arm movements

are based on mathematical and/or geometric angles and
shapes?

B. Performance evaluation:

The students need to learn how to use their body in safe and healthy way, whilst
developing a wide-raging movement vocabulary. This activity introduces key
skills and suggestions for how to develop these skills with students.

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Directions: You are going to make a video performing at least 3 out 7 different
styles in street /hip-hop dance, each style must consist a minimum of 1 min. and
maximum of 2 mins. The judgment of your performance will base on the rubrics
below.

Excellent - 4 Good - 3 Satisfactory - Needs

2 Improvement -
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The axial and The axial and The axial and The axial and
locomotor locomotor locomotor locomotor
movements are movements movements movements are
Bodily Skills memorized and are most often are somewhat not memorized
performed with memorized memorized and performed
control and skill. and performed and performed without control
with some with little and skill.
control and control and
skill skill.
The movement The movement The movement The movement
Theme/ language is language is language is language is not
Focus unique and often unique seldom unique unique and
reflects the and most of and seldom does not reflect
theme or idea of the time reflects the the theme or
the reflects the theme or idea idea of the
compositional theme or idea of the compositional
problem. of the compositional problem
compositional problem.
problem.
The movement The movement The movement The movement
has been partially has moments is literal without
Movement abstracted abstracted of abstraction any evidence
Abstraction through one or through one or using one or of abstraction
more of the more of the more of the through the
elements of elements of elements of one or more of
dance. dance. dance. the elements of
dance.
The composition The The The
Compositional has a clearly composition composition composition
Structure defined has a has a loosely lacks
structure which structure, defined repeatable
is repeatable. which is structure and structure
defined and is repeated in
repeatable. its entirety.
The dancer is The dancer is The dancer is The dancer is
focused, often focused, seldom not focused,
Performance concentrate d concentrated focused, concentrated
and committed and committed concentrated and committed
to the to the and committed to the
performance of performance of to the performance of
the movement. the movement. performance of the movement

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the movement.
https://www.uen.org/rubric/previewRubric.html?id=12

Note:
Wear Proper Attire (e.g., PE Uniform/Jogging Pants and T-Shirt, and Rubber
Shoes).

Girls: Tie your hair neatly

Pass altogether your output that requires video through CD (Rewritable) and
attach it in the module upon submission. (Please follow format for the file
name: Street Dance)

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