Hip Hop Dance
A Series Of Eye Popping Moves
Where The Magic Began
Hip-Hop culture started in New York among the latino and african americans. In 1967, Clive Campbell from Jamaica, who was labeled Kool Herc was considered to be one of the founders of hip-hop. Later on, he became what was known as "Dj" and in jamaica the "Dj" was a "master" of the music system.
When rap came along Dj gathered dancers and had them began to repeat the instrumental breaks between verses, during which the dancers came out to the dance floor and showed their skills.
B-Boying or Breaking
B-boying or break dancing is done within a circle or cypher where b-boys will show off their dsnce moves, mostely competing improvisationally with other dancers.
Crip-Walk
Locking
Locking is characterized by sudden freezes or pauses.
Popping
Electric Boogaloo
Floating
Turfing
Turfing is very improvisational and free-form, having Dame moves that come from different traditions in order to fully express or narrate a particular story being told.
Robot/Mannequin
Robot dance is simply acting like a robot but not necessarily in line with the beat of the music, is often contrasted with a smooth flow in the music.
Liquids And Digits
Jerking
Harlem Shake
Krumping
Jabbawockeez
The group " Jabbawockeez " is a great example of break dancing, popping, robot, floating and sometimes liquids and digits.
The jabbawockeez work hard to exaggerate and show the power behind each dancer move.