Hip Hop

Question 1

Is a dance style performed to hip-hop music and usually done in the street.

Answer 1

Hip Hop

Question 2

It started in the ______ and was made popular in the ______ by media’s exposure of several hip- hop dance groups in _____.

Answer 2

1970’s; 1980’s; America

Question 3

Who is the grandfather of Hip Hop culture?

An American disk jockey, singer, songwriter, and producer from Bronx, New York.

Answer 3

Afrika Bambaataa (Kevin Donovan)

Question 4

What is Afrika Bambaataa (Kevin Donovan)’s birth date?

Answer 4

April 17, 1957

Question 5

What are the 4 Fundamentals of Hip Hop?

Answer 5

Rapping (Mcing), Disk Jockeying (Djing), Breakdancing (B-Boying), and Graffiti Art

Question 6

It started with funky beats reverberating at house or basement parties and the streets of New York. It has developed as a ‘cultural and artistic phenomenon affecting the youth worldwide as it reflects the social, economic, political, and cultural realities and conditions of their lives, speaking to them in a language and manner he understand.

Answer 6

Street Dance

Question 7

Colloquially and presently known as B-boying or break-boy

Answer 7

Top Rock

Question 8

The first competitive manner of dancing in which dancers perform while standing up facing each other.

Answer 8

Top Rock

Question 9

Fundamental Characteristic of Hip Hop that focuses on
Vocal Element

Answer 9

Rapping (Mcing)

Question 10

Fundamental Characteristic of Hip Hop that focuses on Scratching or turntable record mixing

Answer 10

Disc jockeying or DJing

Question 11

Fundamental Characteristic of Hip Hop that focuses on accentuated, energetic movements with acrobatic skills

Answer 11

Break dancing (B–boying)

Question 12

Fundamental Characteristic of Hip Hop that focuses on aerosol art

Answer 12

Graffiti art

Question 13

What are the 4 Elements of hip hop?

Answer 13

B.T.A.F

Bounce or recoil, tightening of the body, agility and coordination, and fun.

Question 14

It is a quick contraction and retraction or vice versa movement with energy and vitality.

The body or body parts may move from one direction, and quickly changes to a different or opposite direction.

Ex. is the rise and fall movement of the shoulder that may be done with steady pulse or accentuated.

Answer 14

bounce or recoil

Question 15

The body is controlled with firmness and strength to prepare it for explosive and sudden movements. The body moves in a fragmented manner which echoes the sampled layering of hip-hop music.

Answer 15

Tightening of the body

Question 16

Because the body dances, a complex array of interlocking rhythms. Percussive accents of isolated body parts, pop out in unexpected phrasing, and that brake dancers, perform. Elaborate spins, balance, flips, contortions, and freezes, it must be able to move quickly and smoothly from one position to the other with ease.

Answer 16

Agility and coordination

Question 17

Hip-hop dance is not only exciting but enjoyable as well. ____ is an essential element of hip-hop, which offers dancers a mechanism to offer kinetic musicality with a bravado that is easily consumed by an immobile audience.

Answer 17

Fun

Question 18

Emerged in the 1970s and 1980s (breaking, popping, and locking)

Answer 18

Old school

Question 19

Developed in the mid-1980s to 1990s as hip-hop evolved (house, crumping, and street jazz)

Answer 19

New school

Question 20

this type of dance has no structure and mostly about improvising of movements. It is usually performed in top or up rocks and a more floor oriented type of dancing dancers, perform acrobatics, such as spinning, flaring, handstands, flipping and floating.

Answer 20

Breaking

Question 21

This type of dance has no structure and mostly about improvising of movements. It is usually performed in top or up rocks and more floor-oriented type of dancing. Dancers perform acrobatics such as spinning, flaring, handstands, flipping, and floating.

Answer 21

Breaking

Question 22

The breaker rolls his torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest/shoulders/back, while twirling his legs in a V-shape through the air.

Answer 22

Windmill

Question 23

Is a spin where the body is balanced vertically with only the head in contact with the floor. This spin is perhaps the one most associated with breakdancing.

Answer 23

Headspin

Question 24

Who was considered the best in headspin in the early 80s, the pioneer and master of headspin?

Answer 24

Lil Lep

Question 25

The________ is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards. An illusion is involved in creating the appearance of the dancer gliding backwards

Answer 25

Moonwalk

Question 26

In this move a subject lies prone position and forms a ripping motion, through their body, creating a wave reminiscent of earth____ locomotion. This can be done either forward or backwards, by shifting weight from the upper body to the lower body (backwards), or vice versa for forwards. The motion begins by pushing off from the ground with one’s hand to start a ripple.

Answer 26

Worm

Question 27

A quick contraction and relaxation of muscles to producing jerking of various joints.

Answer 27

Popping

Question 28

It relies on fast, distinct arm and hand movements combined with relaxed hips and legs wherein the locks are the basic move used. It is characterized by the frequent _______ in place and moving again after a quick freeze. The movements are generally large and exaggerated, rhythmic and tightly synchronized with the music. It has specific movements that make it different from popping and other hip-hop styles.

Answer 28

Locking

Question 29

Who, where, and when was locking created?

Answer 29

Don Campbell; Los Angeles, California; 1969

Question 30

What was locking originally called?

Answer 30

Campbellocking

Question 31

A very loose and wavy type of dance that displays an illusion that a performer has no bones. With the combination of popping and locking, it results to a dance effect inspired by robotics, hydraulics, and animations.

Answer 31

Boogaloo

Question 32

Characterized by unrestrained, rapid-fire, and highly energetic moves of the limbs and torso

Answer 32

Krumping

Question 33

Dance style that emphasizes fast, complex footsteps with fluid movements of the torso.

Answer 33

House

Question 34

Combination of hip-hop dance style and jazz dance movements.

Answer 34

Streetjazz

Question 35

This dance is described as slow hip-hop in which the choreography depends on the beats or lyrics of the music. It can be done with a partner or solo while using soft-beat songs. It is somehow like modern, contemporary and ballet movements but more dynamic and snappier.

Answer 35

Lyrical Hip Hop

Question 36

Hip-hop and street dancing involves multi-joint and muscles to perform certain movements.

What exercises does Hip Hop require?

Answer 36

• Strength Exercises
• Agility exercises
• Balance
• Flexibility
• Cardiovascular endurance

Question 37

Help muscle to move dynamically and bear the body weight during dancing.

Answer 37

Strength Exercises

Question 38

Helps the performers to quickly shift weights, directions, and places to another

Answer 38

Agility Exercises

Question 39

Necessary in dancing due to shifting movements that dancing requires. With proper ___________ and eye coordination to different points, performers will be able to execute moves smoothly and completely

Answer 39

Balance

Question 40

Enables performers to move in a wide range of motion which can be an additional effect in enhancing certain movements in dancing. Most dancers practice _________ because they believe that the wider movement they make, the more captivating their execution of movements are.

Answer 40

Flexibility

Question 41

Allows dancer to execute complete, explosive, and dynamic movements without easily perceiving fatigue.

Answer 41

Cardiovascular Endurance

Question 42

Cite one specific exercise for a specific skill.

Answer 42

Strength Exercises - Push ups
Agility Exercises - High Knees
Balance - Liftoffs
Flexibility - Sit and Reach
Cardiovascular Endurance - Jogging