____ is described as any form of dance derived from popular hip-hop music combined with street dance and choreography or dance movements that jive with the beat. very energetic as dancers move freely and add their own personalities to the dance.
Hip-hop dance
This culture of hip-hop started in the early ____ when the youth experienced poverty, crime, and gang violence in the ____.
1970s
Bronx in New York City
teens of African-American and Latin created artistic art forms to escape from their everyday human struggles like discrimination and social injustice.
true
___ is danced on the streets and the moves were not choreographed like what you see in studios
Hip-hop
terms used in old school hiphop
breaking
top rock
up rock
down rock
b boy/girl
popping
- aka breakdancing, b-boying, and b-girling. It originated in the Bronx that includes toprock and downrock steps
Breaking
- This refers to a female breaker (dancer).
B-girl
- It refers to a male break dancer who practices breaking or b-boying.
B-boy
- These are dance steps that you do while standing that include kickstep, kickstep out, kickstep twist, kickstep cross, and knee jerking movement. introduction to a downrock.
Toprock
-aka power moves and sequences on the ground. It is more on acrobatic and gymnastics skills executing with the hands, arms, or any part of the body that has contact on the floor (CC or Corkscrew drop, kick out, swipe, etc.)
Downrock
This is a more competitive type of toprock that consists of foot shuffles, spins, turns, and creative movements.
Uprock -
This hip-hop dance step was created by Sam Solomon. have good body coordination to have smooth fluid motions using the arm and body wave movements
Popping -
- It is the first form of popping. It is looser and shows smooth fluid motion. It incorporates isolated circular rolls of body parts like; your head, shoulders, hips, and knees as if you are moving without bones. This is done by starting at your neck going down and from the bottom and going up.
. Boogaloo
- This shows the smooth fluid motion of your body parts, especially your arms literally imitating the waves in the ocean.
Waving
- This style of dance originated in San Francisco. It shows popping or hitting angles from your limbs. It involves the walkout as well as the twist, and flex movements.
Strutting
These are the footwork techniques that create illusions of your body floating smoothly on the floor. One example of this is the moonwalk which was popularized by Michael Jackson that includes the backslide movement.
Floating, gliding, and sliding -
In this technique, you keep the rest of your body part quickly or slowly. Some of these movements are head, chest, and hip isolations.
Isolation -
- This movement looks like you are imitating a puppet or scarecrow with strings attached to your joints.
Scarecrow
- It is a style of popping that makes your body move and stop quickly to make it look like you are moving with a strobe light.
Strobing
- It is like imitating the movement of a robot or mannequin by executing different popping techniques
the robot or botting.
- It is also known as “King Tut” derived from the Egyptian pharaoh “Tutankhamun.” This style of movement involves creating geometric shapes with right angles using your arms or hands. Movements also include finger tutting.
Tutting
Cheer Dance came from the words ___
cheer and dance
To cheer is to yell created phrases or words that will uplift the confidence of a playing team to win the game. Cheer dance originated from cheerleading.
true
- This is one of the important features of cheer dance. It makes the whole routine of the cheer dance sharp and clean during the performance.
Motion
