LESSON 8 - CHEER & STREET DANCE (HIPHOP)

Question 1

THE DANCING STYLE OF HIP-HOP DEVELOPED FROM THE MUSIC STYLE THAT WAS FIRST
INTRODUCED DURING THE 1970S IN NEW YORK CITY AMONG YOUNG HISPANIC AND
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

Answer 1

HIP-HOP DANCE

Question 1

POWERED BY THE RECEPTION AND EXPOSURE IN
MOVIES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS, ______________ FOUND A GREAT POSITION IN THE
UNITED STATES, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SOUTH KOREA. IT REMAINS TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR DANCES BECAUSE IT COMPASSES ATHLETICISM, FLEXIBILITY,
ENERGY, AGILITY, POWER, AND SOUL.

Answer 1

HIP-HOP DANCE

Question 2

A DANCE STYLE THAT INCLUDES THE MOVEMENTS OF FUNK, BREAK DANCING,
AND BODY POPPING.

Answer 2

HIP-HOP

Question 3

A HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE AND FEATURES A MIXTURE OF SHARP AND
FLUID MOVEMENTS, POPPING AND LOCKING, AND ANIMATED EXPRESSION.

Answer 3

FUNK

Question 4

INCLUDES A LOT OF ACROBATICS AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDING
MOVES, SUCH AS LANDING ON ONE’S KNEES AND THE SPLIT; ITS NECESSARY
TO WEAR KNEE PROTECTION WHEN DOING THESE. OTHER FAMOUS MOVES
ARE WAIVING OF ARMS, POINTING, WALKING STATIONARY, AND GRABBING.
THE MOVEMENTS ARE GENERALLY BIG AND EXAGGERATED, AND OFTEN VERY
RHYTHMIC AND CLOSELY SYNCED WITH THE MUSIC.

Answer 4

LOCKING

Question 5

IT REQUIRES PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE BODY; INCLUDES
BODY ISOLATIONS AND SOFT WAVE MOVES. A GOOD SENSE OF RHYTHM WITH
MAJOR USE OF COUNTER-TEMPO IS ALSO NEEDED. IT DEMANDS NONSTOP
CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLES TO THE BEAT TO GIVE A JERKY/SNAPPING
EFFECT OR A BOUNCY STYLE.

Answer 5

POPPING

Question 6

POPULARLY KNOWN AS BREAKDANCING.

Answer 6

BREAKING

Question 7

IT REFERS TO UPRIGHT DANCING AND SHUFFLES.

Answer 7

TOPROCK

Question 8

IT REFERS TO FOOTWORK DANCING PERFORMED ON THE FLOOR.

Answer 8

DOWNROCK

Question 9

IT IS THE POSE THAT BREAKERS THROW INTO THEIR DANCE SETS TO ADD
PUNCTUATION TO CERTAIN BEATS AND END THEIR ROUTINES.

Answer 9

FREEZE

Question 10

THESE ARE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ACROBATIC MOVES NORMALLY
MADE UP OF CIRCULAR MOTIONS WHERE THE DANCER SPINS ON THE FLOOR OR IN THE
AIR.

Answer 10

POWER MOVES

Question 11

IT IS A STYLE OF POPPING (TICKING) THAT CREATES
MORE JERKY WAVES WITH MICRO WAVE MOVES AND IT IS MORE DIFFICULT
THAN CLASSICAL POPPING.

Answer 11

ELECTRIC BOOGIE

Question 12

A SOULFUL, COMPETITIVE STREET DANCE USING THE RHYTHMS OF
SOUL AND FUNK MUSIC THAT INVOLVES FOOT SHUFFLES, SPINS, TURNS,
FREESTYLE MOVEMENTS, SUDDEN BODY MOVEMENTS OR JERKS, AND HAND
GESTURES OR BURNS. IT IS SAID TO BE MASTERED WITH DISCIPLINE,
PATIENCE, HEART, SOUL AND KNOWLEDGE.

Answer 12

UPROCK

Question 13

A VERY PHYSICAL TYPE OF DANCE THAT INCORPORATES
DANCE MOVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. STREETDANCE IS A FUSION OF
STYLES FROM HIP-HOP GENRE.

Answer 13

STREET DANCE

Question 14

IT IS A DANCE STYLE THAT IMITATES THE ANGULAR POSES SEEN IN
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART.

Answer 14

TUTTING

Question 15

FREESTYLE DANCE WHERE DANCERS ‘FIGHT’ ON THE DANCE
FLOOR WITHOUT CONTACT.

Answer 15

BATTLE

Question 16

IS A FORM OF GESTURAL DANCE THAT SOMETIMES INVOLVES
PANTOMIME. THE TERM DESCRIBES THE FLUID-LIKE MOTION OF THE DANCER’S
BODY AND LIMBS. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE STYLES OF POPPING AND LOCKING.

Answer 16

LIQUIDING

Question 17

THIS STYLE IS A COMBINATION OF HIP-HOP MOVES, AFRO MOVES
WITH LATIN INFLUENCES, AND WITH SENSUALITY. IT REQUIRES VERY GOOD
PHYSICAL CONDITION AND CORRECT EXECUTE REQUIRES GOOD TECHNIQUE.

Answer 17

RAGGA

Question 18

T IS A FLUID AND MORE INTERPRETIVE TYPE OF NEW STYLE OF HIP-
HOP MOST OFTEN DANCED TO DOWNTEMPO RAP MUSIC OR R&B MUSIC.

Answer 18

LYRICAL HIP-HOP

Question 19

IT IS A FORM OF PERCUSSIVE DANCE IN WHICH THE DANCER’S ENTIRE
BODY IS USED AS AN INSTRUMENT TO PRODUCE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS
THROUGH A MIXTURE OF FOOTSTEPS, SPOKEN WORD, AND HAND CLAPS.

Answer 19

STEPPING

Question 20

THIS STYLE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1970’S IN LOS ANGELES CLUBS AND
UNDERGROUND SCENE

Answer 20

PUNKING

Question 21

A FORM OF MODERN DANCE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE GAY COMMUNITY IN
THE UNITED STATES. THIS STYLE IS INSPIRED BY PHOTOS OF MODELS IN POSES IN
VARIOUS FASHION MAGAZINES LIKE VOGUE AND ELLE

Answer 21

VOGUE