ACTIVE
RECREATION
STREET AND
HIP-HOP DANCES
STREET DANCE
• Refers to dance styles that have-evolved outside
of dance studios. It is performed in streets, dance
parties, parks, school yards or in any available
space.
• It is often improvisational and social in nature,
encouraging interaction and contact with
spectators and other dancers
HIP-HOP
• A cultural movement best known for its impact on music in
the form of the musical genre of the same name.
• It has origins in the Bronx, in New York City, during the 1970s,
mostly among African Americans and some influence of Latin
Americans.
• Hip-hop culture is composed of the pillars such as DJ-ing,
rapping, breakdancing and graffiti art.
Hip-hop dance, on the other hand, refers to
street dance styles primarily performed to hip-
hop culture. Hip-hop music incorporates a
number of iconic elements, most notably Dj-ing
and rapping, along with things like beat boxing,
sampling and juggling beats on turntables.
Hip-hop dancing as an aerobic exercise can
help lower the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and
heart diseases by improving blood pressure and
cholesterol levels. It also develops stronger
muscles and bones.
What are the health benefits of
hip-hop dancing?
• Stronger and Toned Muscles
• Alternative Weight Loss Program
• Improves Cardiovascular Strength, Balance,
Coordination, Agility, and other Fitness Components
• Develops Personal Satisfaction and Better Social Skills
STREET AND
HIP-HOP DANCE
STYLES
B-BOYING
• Also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance and
first hip-hop dance style that originated among Black
and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the
early 1970s.
• A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl or
breaker. Although the term breakdance is frequently
used to refer to the dance, b-boying and breaking are
the original terms.
POPPING
• Popularized by Samuel “Boogaloo Sam” Solomon and his
crew the Electric Boogaloos. It is based on the technique of
quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in a
dancer’s body.
• Popping forces parts of your body outwards, similar to an
explosion within parts of your body. Popping also contracts
muscles, but it is followed by relaxation that gives it the
jerking appearance of popping.
LOCKING
• Locking or campbellocking, was created by Don
“Campbellock” Campbell in 1969 in Los Angeles,
California. It was popularized by his crew, The Lockers.
• Can be identified by its distinctive stops.
• Usually performed by stopping the fast movement
that you are doing, locking your body into a position,
holding it and then continuing at the same speed as
before.
LOCKING
• In 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. A locker’s dancing is
characterized by frequently locking in place and after
a brief freeze moving again
KRUMPING
• A form of dancing that originated in the African-American
community of South Central Los Angeles, California and is a
relatively new form of the “Urban” Black dance movement. It
is free, expensive and highly energetic. Most people paint
their faces in different designs.
• It is a dance style to release anger. It is reported that gang
riots in the United States decreased because of krumping
style.
TUTTING
• It is a creative way of making geometric shapes
forming right angle using your body parts. The style
was originally practiced by young funk dancers. It is
derived from the positions seen in these portraits that
have been adopted by dancers today.
• Tutting is still a greatly respected move and King Tut
aka Mark Benson is widely acclaimed by pioneering
the style.
SHUFFLING
• The Melbourne Shuffle (also known as Rocking or simply The
Shuffle) is a rave and club dance that originated in the late 1980s
in the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia.
• The basic movements of the dance are a fast heel-and-toe
action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music.
Some variants incorporate arm movements.
• People who dance the shuffle are often referred to as rockers,
due in part to the popularity of shuffling to rock music in the
early 1990’s
WAACKING
• “Waacking” is an African American form of street
dance originating from the 1970’s disco era of the
underground club scenes in Los Angeles and New York
City.
• Waacking consists of stylized posing and fast
synchronized arm movements to the beat of the
music. Today, waacking is a popular element of hip-
hop dance.
Identify what style of hip- hop dance is being
shown in the pictures. You may choose your
answer from the given options. Write the letter
only.
