MAPEH P.E - HIP-HOP AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE STYLES Flashcards
Any form of dance derived from popular music combined with street dance, choreography, or dance movements that jive with the beat
Hip-Hop
Hip Hop Dance Styles
Popping
Locking
Breaking
Krumping
Tutting
Shuffling
Waacking
Isolation
Vogue
Based on the techniques of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in a dancer’s body
Popping
Usually performed by stopping the fast movements, locking the body into a position, holding it and continuing at the same speed as before
Locking
Moving the body parts individually. Isolate your arm, head, and chest to create a robotic type of move
Isolation
Also called “breakdancing”
Breaking
Consists of stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements to the beat of the music; the strong swinging and sweeping of the arms in rapid succession
Waacking
Imitates the perfect lines and poses of models as depicted in fashion magazines
Vogue
A creative way of making geometric shapes forming right angles using your body parts
Tutting
A dance style to release anger
Krumping
Consists of fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various electronic music
Shuffling
An expressive dance technique that is a combination of a variety of dances; dance performance closely related to modern dance, ballet, and other classical dance styles; combination of strong footwork techniques with modern dance’s improvisation characteristics
Contemporary Dance
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