Hip Hop Flashcards
REFERS TO STREET DANCE, A
DANCE THAT IS PRIMARILY
PERFORMED IN THE STREETS
HIP-HOP
immerged in the 1960s to 1970s
HIP-HOP
The GODFATHER of Hip-Hop
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
The founder of Hip-Hop
DJ KOOL HERC
Elements of Hip-Hop
EMCEEING/MCing DEEJAYING BREAKING GRAFFITI BEAT BOXING
A HOSTS AT
HIP-HOP PARTIES
WHO WOULD
PROMPT THE
BREAKERS TO
DANCE
EMCEEING/MCing
THE JOB IS TO
PLAY RECORDED
MUSIC FOR AN
AUDIENCE EITHER
ON RADIO OR LIVE
PERFORMANCE
DEEJAYING
STARTED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1970s
BREAKING
LATE 1970’S, SERIES OF BLENDED MOVEMENTS
STYLES SUCH AS JAZZ AND MARTIAL ARTS.
BREAKING
A FORM OF ART
EXPRESSION BUT
CONSIDERED AS
ILLEGAL
GRAFFITI
THE ABILITY TO
MAKE A BEAT
WITH ONE’S
MOUTH INSTEAD
OF DRUMS/DRUM
MACHINE
BEAT BOXING
Tips in Hip-Hop dancing
- Choose upbeat music
- feel relax before stepping the
- dance floor
- Move the hips
- Master the moves
- watch dance videos from the television/take some dance lessons
reason why hip-hop was created
The Bronx, New York community was struggling with social issues and needed a form of expression
Community wherein the Hip-hop dance originated from
African-American community in New York
Ethnicity of DJ Kool Herc
Jamaican (immigrant)
