Week 7

Unit 3: Modern Dance

Topic: Nature background of Modern Dance

Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the similarities and differences between modern and ballet dance.
2. Identify the other form of modern dance.
3. Create and perform their own interpretative dance

Concept Digest (Discussion)

Background of Modern Dance

It started in the early 20th, modern dance is a kind of dance style that focuses more on a dancer’s own movements/interpretations
instead of following the structured steps, as like in traditional ballet dancing. It rejects the limitations of ballet and the movements
that derived from the expression of inner feelings.

In the 1900’s, Dancers in European country start rebelling against the strict and rigid rules of classical ballet. Turning against the
structured techniques, costumes, and shoes of ballet, the dancers much favored on more relaxed, freestyle form of dancing.
Pioneers in modern dance often danced in bare feet and revealing costumes. In United States, several dance pioneers paved the
way for American modern dance, including the legendary Martha Graham.

Martha Graham, American Modern Dance Pioneer

Martha Graham is considered one of the foremost pioneers of American modern dance. In order to express her passion and rage
she developed her own language of movement. She created a new dance technique similar to classical ballet, but with several
differences. She constantly focused on basic human movement, her dancing aimed to exposed basic human emotions through
movements, and received several awards and honors for modern dance. (https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-modern-dance-
1007279)

What is Contemporary Dance and Modern Dance?

What is the differences between all the different styles of dance? Before the contemporary dance and modern dance there was a
ballet but there were ballerinas that wanted a style of dance that broke away the strictness and rigid structure of ballet and that’s
where the Modern dance and contemporary came along.

Modern styles don’t have rules, dancers in the modern create their own dance routines using their emotions and moods, but on the
other hand, many performances are choreographed. Dancers are prefer more relaxed and free style of dance. While the ballerinas
try to be light on their movement, modern dancers use their body weight to increase movement.

Contemporary dance is an expressive style of dance that combines the elements of different genres such us lyrical,

jazz and classical ballet. The term “contemporary” is somewhat misleading: it describes a genre that developed during the mid- 20th
century and still very popular today. Contemporary dance focus on versatility and improvisation, unlike the strict rule and nature of
ballet. It focus also on floor work, and this genre is often done in bare feet and can be performed to many different styles of
music.
(https://enfinitiacademy.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/what-is-contemporary-dance- and-modern-dance/)
Modern Dance Routines Today

Modern dance has become a popular genre in the dance world today. Some dancers feel that modern dance gives them a chance to
enjoy ballet dancing without focusing on their strict technique and turnout.

Many dance competitions throughout the nation judge dancers on their modern dancing ability and dancers take this opportunity
to use their dancing to express their innermost emotions and get closer to their inner-selves. Watching a modern dancer can
sometimes become emotional, especially if the dancer is trying to convey a series of sad emotions, such as death or grief.

Here are some of the steps that dancers take when developing a routine:

Before attempting to choreograph a routine, the modern dancer decides which emotions to try to convey to the audience.

Many modern dancers choose a subject near and dear to their hearts, such as a lost love or a personal failure.

The dancer then chooses music that relates to the story they wish to tell or choose to use no music at all, followed by a costume
to reflect their chosen emotions.
(https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-modern-dance-1007279)
Other form of Modern Dance Ballet Dance
The word 'ballet' comes from the Latin word ballare, which simply means to dance. The word ballare did not refer to a specific
type of dance, but to the general word which means 'to dance'. Is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian
Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become
a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology.

Hip-hop Dance

Hip hop dancing is thought to have officially begun in New York City during the late 1960s and early 70s.

Boogaloo Sam: The creator of popping, Boogaloo Sam was an important influence in hip hop evolution.

Don Campbellock: While his real name was Don Campbell, his invention, locking, influenced his name. Known as Don
Campbellock, this important figure in hip hop dancing created the dance group

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 1970s and made popular by
dance crews in the United States.

Break Dance

B-boying or breaking, often called "break dancing", is a style of street dance that originated as a part of hip hop culture among
African American and Latino youths in New York City during the early 1970s. Break-dance is a dynamic dance style that is a
major component of the hip-hop culture. Break dancing was born in response to James Brown's dance moves on television to his
song "Get on the Good Foot." People tried to mimic Brown's moves alone in their living rooms and together at parties. Clive
Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, is credited with helping the break dancing movement evolve. Original break dancing moves
consisted mainly of fancy footwork and body freezes, with less intricate tricks such as head spinning. Dancers started adding
smoother steps and body movements, forming a true dance style.

Tap Dance

Tap dance has roots in dancing such as Irish dancing, English Lancashire Clog dancing, and Juba Dance. It is believed to have
begun in the mid-1800s during the rise of minstrel shows.

A kind of dance in which you wear special shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes and make a tapping sounds with your
feet. The basis of tap dancing is to create a rhythm with one's foot movements. Because the goal of this dance is to create
rhythmic sounds, it is referred to as a percussive dance.
Acro- Dance

Acro dance is a combination of acrobatics combined with dance movements. Acro dance that combines classical dance technique
with precision acrobatics elements, it is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends dance
and acrobatics, and its use in dance context. Acro dancer take years to learn the acrobatic dance that is Acro dance. The strength
needed is to do acrobatic moves is very high. It developed in the 1990, the first Acro dance completion was performed in
Vaudeville around the time of 1991 just a year after Acro dance being developed.

References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz07DQg3ajk, https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-modern-dance-

1007279)

https://enfinitiacademy.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/what-is- contemporary-dance-and-modern-dance/

https://www.orange.k12.nj.us/cms/lib/NJ01000601/Centricity/ Domain/1912/DANCE%20PERFORMANCE%20RUBRIC.pdf

Week 8

Unit 3: Modern Dance

Topic: Hip-Hop and Street Dance
 Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe and identify the hip-hop and street dance
2. Explain the contribution of street dance and hip-hop dances to fitness

Concept Digest (Discussion)

Street dancing is any style of dance that got its start outside the dance studio, typically in urban streets, schoolyards and clubs.
From its roots in the late 1960s African American street culture of New York, the edgy, syncopated moves have earned global
acceptance as a vibrant contemporary dance discipline. (https://dance.lovetoknow.com/types- dance/street-dancing).

A full street dance is a collection of various similar dance moves and styles put together into one practice and regarded as the
same dance.

Hip-hop is a cultural movement best known for its impact on music in the form of the musical genre of the same name. It has its
origins in the Bronx, in New York City, during the 1970s, mostly among African Americans and some influence of Latin
Americans. Hip-hop culture is composed of the pillars such as DJ-ing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art.

Hip-hop dance, on the other hand, 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 notably breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and
made popular by dance crews in the United States. Hip-hop music incorporates a number of iconic elements, most notably DJing
and rapping, along with things like beat boxing, sampling, and juggling beats on turntables.
(http://www.streetdancecarnival.com/streetdansnedir-en.html)

Street and Hip-Hop Dance Styles Break-Dancing

Breakdancing, also known as b-boying, is a style of street dance and the first hip-hop dance style that originated among Black and
Puerto Rican youths in New York during the early 1970s. The term “break dancer” originates from the dancers at DJ Kool Herc’s
parties who saved their best dance moves for the break section of the songs. Breaking is one of the major elements of hip-hop
culture and commonly associated with other style of dance such as popping and locking.

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 dancer’s body.

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

Locking

Locking, originally called “Campbellocking”, was created in 1969 in Los Angeles, California by Don "Campbellock"
Campbell and popularized by his crew The Lockers. Locking looks similar to popping, and the two are frequently
confused by the casual observer. In locking, dancers hold their positions longer. The lock is the primary move used in
locking. It is “similar to a freeze or a sudden pause." A locker's dancing is characterized by frequently locking in place and after
a brief freeze moving again. (https://sites.google.com/site/1132701226v1/locking)

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 moves

Waacking incorporates wild but controlled moves that follow the beat. Arm movements up and around the head, in time with a
disco or funk beat, characterize 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. (http://www.dancecollege.co.uk/commercial-dance/dance-styles/waacking/)

Shuffling

The Melbourne Shuffle (also known as Rocking or simply The Shuffle) is a dance style originating in the 1980's characterized
by fast heel and toe twisting and stepping, running man variations, stomping with the beat, foot swiveling from side to
side, and having feet that appear to be gliding on and off the ground. Shuffling is mostly for the feet and the arms just compliment
whatever foot motions are taking place. This dance style is very high paced, intense cardio, and is usually to done to music with a
constant beat such as electro, hard style, and/or techno.
(https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shuffling)
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.

The most important stylistic convention is that limbs form 90 degree angles. While this constraint is fundamental, and for the
most part is not violated, other aspects of the dance are in flux. Dancers used to utilize a limited set of static hiero-inspired poses,
but they now have begun to create more complex geometric patterns involving interaction between multiple limbs.
(http://www.hiphopunite.com/index-styles.html)

Krumping

Krumping is a dance style that was derived from Clowning. Whilst Clowning was initially created as a dance to entertain
children, Krumping evolved into a popular Street Dance. Isolating body parts so that one body part is rigid, whilst the other is
Swinging, Stomping, or Popping, is a key component of Krumping.

Krumping dance moves

Krumping dance moves are intense, fast-paced, and sharp. Some of the main moves in Krumping include:
Arm Swings - are typically aggressive but controlled. They are executed in a quick and punchy style.

Chest Pop - is accentuated by isolating the head, legs, and arms. Rolling and popping the chest out gives the impression of
moving forward whilst standing still.

Stomps - are one of the core elements of Krumping. Whether you’re executing the Lift Stomp, Kick Stomp, or Slide Stomp, each
involves leg movements that end with a Stomp.
(http://www.dancecollege.co.uk/commercial-dance/dance-styles/krumping/)

References:
https://dance.lovetoknow.com/types-dance/street-dancing

http://www.streetdancecarnival.com/streetdansnedir- en.html
https://sites.google.com/site/1132701226v1/locking
http://www.dancecollege.co.uk/commercial-dance/dance- styles/waacking/
http://www.dancecollege.co.uk/commercial-dance/dance- styles/krumping/
http://www.dancecollege.co.uk/commercial-dance/dance- styles/krumping/
Pictures Sources:
https://traveltriangle.com/blog/festivals-in-belgium/

https://www.alamy.com/old-couple-dancing-in-the-yard- image276948711.html

https://rscdsvancouver.org/dancing-in-vancouver/dancing- in-the-park/dancing-park-20130617/

https://steemit.com/anarchism/@sterlinluxan/dance-rave- and-rebellion

http://knowledgestyle.blogspot.com/2013/03/history-of- popping.html

https://www.howcast.com/videos/499519-melbourne-shuffle- forward-dance-steps-hip-hop-how-to

ectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/set-hip-hop-culture- objects-vector-26661857
 Week 9

Unit 3: Modern Dance

Topic: Hip-Hop and Street Dance

Learning Outcomes:
1. Create and perform a dance routine on hip-hop and street dance
Concept Digest (Discussion)
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