Origin of Hip Hop Dance
Early hip hop has an effect on many people, the early history of hip hop formed in 1960s- 1970s. A lot of african movements have influenced hip hop as well as tap and swing, the movements are all similar in many ways the movement of fast footwork and fast arm movements as well as upper and lower body movement. Kool DJ Herc moved from Jamaica to NY to start off his career in DJing which brought up the opportunity for more people to put together these dance movements we now consider in this day and time hip hop..(Hanson, R. (n.d.). History of Hip Hop Dance. Retrieved February 08, 2016, ) B-boying and B-girling was a way of a performing for viewers. competition was noticeable in hip hop clubs which lead to dance battles. Nowadays hip hop has become more of a an performance for an audience of people and one person could even take on a whole stage on their own.hip hop has grown from grabbing the streets view to the whole world's view now everyone claims to know how to do it.(Hanson, R. (n.d.). History of Hip Hop Dance. Retrieved February 08, 2016, )
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Breaking, or breakdancing, is composed of movements performed at different levels: toprock (performed while standing), downrock (performed close to the floor), power moves (acrobatics) and freeze moves (poses). Dancers who perform breakdancing are often called b-boys, b-girls or breakers."(Treva Bedinghause. "5 Essential Elements of Hip Hop Dance." About.com Home. Dance.about.com, 12 Dec. 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.) Break dancing originated in the south bronx in New York City in the mid-
Early hip hop has an effect on many people, the early history of hip hop formed in 1960s- 1970s. A lot of african movements have influenced hip hop as well as tap and swing, the movements are all similar in many ways the movement of fast footwork and fast arm movements as well as upper and lower body movement. Kool DJ Herc moved from Jamaica to NY to start off his career in DJing which brought up the opportunity for more people to put together these dance movements we now consider in this day and time hip hop..(Hanson, R. (n.d.). History of Hip Hop Dance. Retrieved February 08, 2016, ) B-boying and B-girling was a way of a performing for viewers. competition was noticeable in hip hop clubs which lead to dance battles. Nowadays hip hop has become more of a an performance for an audience of people and one person could even take on a whole stage on their own.hip hop has grown from grabbing the streets view to the whole world's view now everyone claims to know how to do it.(Hanson, R. (n.d.). History of Hip Hop Dance. Retrieved February 08, 2016, )
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Breaking, or breakdancing, is composed of movements performed at different levels: toprock (performed while standing), downrock (performed close to the floor), power moves (acrobatics) and freeze moves (poses). Dancers who perform breakdancing are often called b-boys, b-girls or breakers."(Treva Bedinghause. "5 Essential Elements of Hip Hop Dance." About.com Home. Dance.about.com, 12 Dec. 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.) Break dancing originated in the south bronx in New York City in the mid-