street dance/hiphop (pe) Flashcards
formally called vernacular dance
street dance
a cultural movement best known for its impact on music in the form of the musical genre of the same name.
hip-hop
this is composed of the pillars such as DJ-ing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art.
hip-hop culture
is a style of dancing that includes gymnastic moves, head-spins and back-spins.
breakdancing
is a visual art, an expression of youth culture and rebellion in public places.
graffiti art
is the initial for the master of ceremonies. They originally hosted parties and introduced tracks to the dancing audience. Eventually, the term was used to describe rappers.
MC/Mcing
the art of saying rhymes to the beat of the music.
rapping
also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance and the first hip-hop dance style that was created in the South Bronx New York City among Black and Puerto Rican youths during the early 1970s.
B-boying
It has four movements:
* Top rock - footwork-oriented steps performed while standing up
* Down rock - footwork performed with both hands and feet on the floor
* Freezes - stylish poses done with your hands
* Power moves– comprised of full-body spins and rotations that give the illusion of defying the gravity.
B-boying
also called as Campbell locking. It was popularized by his
crew, The Lockers.
Locking
is a rave and club dance that originated in the late 1980s in
the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia.
Shuffling
is 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.
Krumping
It is characterized by its robotic elements contracting or jerking the muscles of the body which is called pop or a hit.
Popping
is an upper-body dance that uses arms, hands, and wrists in a creative way to make geometric shapes forming a right angle. The style was originally practiced by young funk dancers.
Tutting
Its characteristics are the stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements. its name from the English word “waack”, which means “waving arms.”
Waacking
