ACTIVE RECREATION

QUARTER 3
What is Street Dancing?
-refers to dance styles that have evolved
outside the dance studios.
-It is performed in streets, dance parties,
parks, school yards or in any available
space.
-It is often improvisational in nature,
encouraging interaction and contact with
spectators and other dancers.
What is Hip-hop Dancing?
-refers to street dance styles primarily
performed to hip-hop music or that have
evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
-music incorporates a number of iconic
elements most notably DJing and rapping,
beat boxing, sampling and juggling beats.
What are the Street and Hip-hop
dance styles?
- The different street and hip-hop dance
styles are:
b-boying, popping, locking, krumping,
tutting, shuffling and waacking.
Locking
-or campbellrocking, was created by Don
Campbellrock Campbell in 1969 in LA, Cal.
-popularized by his crew The Lockers.
-it is usually performed by stopping the fast
movement that you are doing, locking your body
to a position, holding it, and then continuing at
the same speed as before.
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.
 Basic steps:
-strong man -five
-lock -leo walk
-twirl -scooby doo
-punch -skeeter rabit
-point -scoobot
 B-
Boying
-or breaking, also called as break dancing, is
a style of street dance and the first ip-hop
dance style that originated among Black and
Puerto Rican youths in New York City during
the early 1970’s.
B-Boying
-the basic four
movements are:
toprock, downrock,
freezes and drops.
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 the muscles to cause
a jerk on the dancers body.
Popping
-popping contracts
muscles, but it is
followed by
relaxation that gives
it the jerking
appearance.
Krumping
-is a form of dancing that originated in the
African-American community of South Central
LA, Cal.
-a relatively a new form of “urban” black dance
movement.
-it is a free, expressive and highly energetic
dance.
Krumping
-it is a dance style to
release anger.
-basic steps are
Stomp, Chest and
Jab.
Tutting
-it is a creative way of creative geometrical
shapes forming right angle using your body
parts.
-originally practiced by young funk
dancers.
-adopted the positions seen in the portraits
of the Ancient Egyptians.
Tutting
-it is a greatly
respected move and
King Tut aka Mark
Benson pioneered
the style.
Shuffling
-the Melbourne shuffle, also known as Rocking
or simply the shuffle.
- a rave dance and club dance that originated in
the late 1980’s in the underground rave music
scene in Melbourne, Australia.
-the basic movements of the dance are a fast-
heeled-and-toe action.
Shuffling
-it incorporates arm
movements.
-people who dance
refers to as
rockers.
Waacking
-is an African-American form of street dance
originating from the 1970’s disco era of the
underground club scenes n LA and NYC.
-consists of stylized posing and fast
synchronized arm movements to the beat of
the music.
Waacking
-it is a popular
element of hip-hop
dancing today.
Health Benefits of Dancing:
1. Improved condition of the heart and lungs
2. Increase muscular strength, endurance and motor fitness
3. Increase aerobic fitness
4. Improved muscle tone and strength
5. Weight management
6. Stronger bones and reduced rate of osteoporosis
Health Benefits of Dancing:
7. Better coordination, agility and flexibility
8. Improved balance and spatial awareness
9. Increased physical confidence
10. Improved mental functions
11. Improved general and psychological well-being
12. Greater self-confidence, self-esteem and social skills