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 What is House Dance?

House dance is a social dance and Street

dance primarily danced to house music, that
has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New
York. The main elements of House dance
include "Footwork” "Jacking" and
"Lofting". 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.
 History of House Dance

• House Dance is a style of dance that

originated in the late 70's and early 80's
from underground clubs in Chicago and
New York, specifically The Warehouse, a
club in Chicago best known as the
birthplace of House Music.

The style was influenced by many other

dance styles like African and Latin dance,
Tap dance, Jazz and martial arts like
Capoeira.
 PROMINENT PEOPLE

• In the early progressions of the dance, there were

hundreds of phenomenal dancers that were key in
its progression in this social dance scene.
However, out of the many there were few
instrumental in the introduction of New York house
dance culture across the globe. Some of these
dancers are Ejoe Wilson, Brian "Footwork" Green,
Jardy Santiago, Tony McGregor, Marjory Smarth,
Caleaf Sellers, "Brooklyn" Terry Wright, Kim D.
Holmes, Shannon Mabra, Tony "Sekou" Williams,
Shannon Selby (aka Shan S), Voodoo Ray, and
others.
 PROMINENT PEOPLE

• Brian Green a.k.a. "Footwork," is a

choreographer, teacher, and dancer, who
began dancing at seven years old. He
studied Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern, and
African from Phil Black, Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theatre, and Joffrey Ballet.
main elements of house dance
 JACKING

• Jacking or Jackin', the term by which the

form is more commonly known, is a dance
technique and music form that first
became popular in the late 1980s as one of
the myriad music forms which arose from
the last days of disco. 
 JACKING

• Jacking is a dance technique that comes

from moving the torso forward and
backward in a rippling motion, as if a wave
were passing through it. When this
movement is repeated and sped up to
match the beat of a song it is called
jacking, or "the jack." This technique is
arguably the most important movement in
house dance because it is the foundation
that initiates more complex movements
and footwork.
 FOOTWORK

• Footworking (the dance) and footwork (the

music) inspire each other, but the dance
pre-dates the music. Chicago's first
footwork battle cliques formed in the early
'90s, dancing to the sub-bass sounds of
ghetto house originators DJ Deeon, Jammin
Gerald, and DJ Milton.
 FOOTWORK

• Footwork (genre) Footwork is a style of

electronic dance music (EDM) and street
dance that originated in Chicago during in
the late-1990s. The dance involves fast
movement of the feet with accompanying
twists and turns, and usually takes place as
part of a "battle".
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