The following Ethnography takes a very specific look into the vast world of New York hip-hop, a specific look at a category of a dance style, or more appropriately a dance tradition in hip-hop known as “b-boying and b-girling.” Joseph G. Schloss is the author of the book called “Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York.” The book provides an engaging, new and exciting look on this amazing hip-hop subculture. The New York culture of b-boying and b-girling holds lots of valuable history and traditions to world music. B-boying and b-girling is a way of dance that has been passed down from generation to generation while being preserved by the performers.…
He is very encouraging to his students and loves to help them better themselves. Growing up isn’t exactly the easiest thing to do, and it’s no different for Trevor Lynskey. Those who have taken his class at Lincoln know that he is very passionate about dancing. He was around thirteen or fourteen when he really fell in love with dancing, thanks to his junior high teacher, Linda Martin. He didn’t like dancing at first, but Ms. Martin was the one who, “... really sold dance to [him] as a way of life.”…
Prairie Band Potawatomie 2017 Pow Wow Dance is an expressive language that often goes beyond most expectations of non-verbal communication. No less can be said of the Prairie Band Potawatomie 2017 Pow…
Plausibly, a group of students could dance a hip hop…
In the first episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Zach, the black power ranger shows us a unique style of fight called Hip Hop Kido while he is fighting with the bad forces . This peculiar type of fight is a mixture of martial arts with hip hop dance. Since the Jazz Age African American has been associated with the abstracted idea of hipness. The Power Rangers producers directly or indirectly used the African American character to reinforced the stereotype of being good dancers and be directly linked to the Hip Hop culture. The usual African American stereotypes affirms black people dance well and it has more to do with certain racist-based constructed from common than with scientific proof that one or such group of ported genes by people…
Dubbed as the “man who saved tap dancing”, Savion Glover has provoked a stylistic revolution within tap dancing and has inspired many young dancers all over the country with his hip-hop-funk and jazz-infused rhythm tap dance style. How did a seven-year-old go from being a young drummer to one of the most inspiring, and influential tap dancers today? Tap dance is an art form that is characterized by its use of percussive sounds through the tap shoes striking the floor. Although the art of tap dance is native to America, its roots lie in the fusion of many ethnic percussive dance styles such as African tribal dances, Irish, English and Scottish clog dances, hornpipes and jigs [Britannica] and continued to alter as it encountered the influence of jazz dance in the West.…
Hip Hop started out in the 1970’s as a form of “cultural movement” for African-Americans in New York City. “Hip Hop consists of a stylized…
The school auditorium is filled with proud parents and the glow of several hundred screens poised to capture the moment their precious stars take the stage. The music starts and a dozen little girls and boys start twirling and craning their necks to watch their dance instructor coach them from the wings. Most of their parents aren't concerned with the dance training their children are receiving. A friend of a friend told them about "Dolly Dinkle's Dance Academy" and so they signed little Susie up,bought her a pink leotard, and told her to have fun at dance class. However, "Dolly Dinkle" is not a qualified dance instructor.…
Swerving around a mass sea of students while quickly glancing at my schedule and the classrooms around me, I was a new student trying to find my classes at the large campus of Neuqua Valley High School. Even though it was my junior year, I was a new student after transferring schools and was unfamiliar with the campus and with many of the students there, until I found out about a hip-hop/breakdancing club called Urban Arts Club (UAC). Since I was ten years old, I have always been interested in learning how to breakdance, but I was not able to learn when I lived in Vietnam. After discovering UAC, I anxiously joined the club to learn how to breakdance and to try and become acquainted with the students of the club. As a new member of UAC, I learned the fundamentals of breakdancing, began practicing with the other members, and helped out the current and new members in order…
The Boundaries of Appreciation and Appropriation Have you ever had something that was yours taken? It is not a pleasurable feeling and its negative impact is increasingly more severe when something that has belonged to you and your culture has been seized. At some point in every African American child’s life they are immersed in hip-hop culture. I was practically raised off Run-D.M.C., Missy Elliott, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. When “Rock the House” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince would blast and me, my sister, mother, and father would ramble off the lines with ease.…
I know that challenging myself and disciplining myself to learn and understand this style of dance will help me to discipline and excel in all aspects of my life. Dance is my passion, and being an african american dancer the Ailey school has offered a safe haven. I want to understand myself as a dancer of color. The Ailey school will give me the opportunity to learn and understand the historic trials and tribulations that dancers of color have and continue to face. Continuing on after college I know that the Ailey school will give me the skills that I need to be successful in life.…
A traditional African dance called Mapouka is where this next dance gets its moves. “Twerking” is a sexually provocative form of dance, which involves mostly women dropping, popping the hips in an up-and-down bouncing motion to “articulate through kinetic orality different aspects of a rap song” (Gaunt 248) and used as a tool for social interaction. The dance originated in New Orleans: However, linked to a centuries-old “dance-drum” continuum rooted in African cultures, but received most of its popularity when “Disney star and mega-artist Miley Cyrus performed “twerking” in a Facebook video that went viral in March 2013”.…
Morrison states, “Marketing messages of hate and violence to children sends the signal that violence is widespread and normal, that it is acceptable to abuse women, and that there is glamour in lawlessness” (Morrison). Teens are listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community because it links to racism, violence, and misogyny ” (McWhorter). In “Rap Music and Rap Audiences,” it states that “many scholars note that some rap lyrics attempt to objectify, devalue, or subjugate African American women through insults and name calling” (Dixon).…
There are many impacts hip hop culture and movement of 1980 and through the 2000s have on contemporary young African American identity. Therefore the hip hop cultures and movements of the 1980 through the 2000 had a negative impact on contemporary young African American identity this is due to the fact hip hop artists lyrics often uses negative connotation their music may be considered vulgar and violent and because adolescent will follow what they hear. In addition, adolescents are easily influenced by the music children listen to so they emulate the behaviors of the artists they listen to. Futhermore, the artist music is not inspirational because it does not set high standards for African American youth. Their are many impacts on hip hop culture and movement of 1980 and through the 2000s have on contemporary young African American identity.…
Pierre Bourdieu analyzes capitalism, in its different forms, but establishes an overarching definition of the word capital. Bourdieu states capital is labor gather, either materialized or embodied form, in which, when used it becomes an idea brought to life and the social world puts normalizes its function. Not only does he mention a general definition, but he describes the different types of capital: economic, embodied cultural, objectified, institutionalized cultural, and social capital. Bourdieu elaborates on what each consist of and accomplish, and how do each interrelate. Economic theory according to Bourdieu, is the original way capitalism works with trade of commerce and the goal being to make the most profit as well as implementing the idea of having property rights.…