Types of HipHop dance Flashcards
a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop
Locking
is a dance style closely related to the earlier Boogaloo street dance performed in Oakland and popping; it combines modern popping techniques and earlier boogaloo forms
Electric Boogaloo/Electric Dance
is a style of street dance originating from the African American and later Puerto Rican communities in New York City, United States
Breakdance/ B-BoyingBreaking
is a competitive urban street dance, performed to the beats and rhythms of soul, rock and funk music
Uprock or Rocking-
is the perfect fusion of several genres including jazz, hip hop, and disc
Funk
a vernacular dance in an urban context.
Street Dance
a style of dance that involves making shapes and angles (usually 90-degree angles) with the body, limbs, hands, fingers, etc.,
Tutting Tetris
is thought to have been inspired initially from Egyptian hieroglyphs and depictions of King Tut the pharaoh Tetris
Tutting Tetris
a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance that sometimes involve aspects of pantomime.
Liquid and digits
a fluid style, that uses every part of the body and involves using angles and smooth movements to make everything flow together
boogaloo
the style used is a combination between hip hop moves, afro moves with Latin influences with sensuality it requires very good physical condition, as many muscles are involved in the Raggajam, particularly in the lower part of the body
Ragga
incorporates techniques like skating, stomping, and shuffling. Jacking, a key element, involves rippling torso movements, repeated and accelerated to match the music beat
House Dance
a fluid, interpretive form of new-style hip-hop, often danced to slow rap
Lyrical HipHop
percussive dance form where the body acts as an instrument, creating rhythms through footwork, spoken word, and hand claps.
Stepping
is urban acrobatics where participants, called free runners, use city and rural landscapes for movements.
free running
Derived from parkour, it adds aesthetic vaults, acrobatics like tricking, and street stunts.
Free running
was first spotted in gay clubs in Hollywood. Dancers began to represent it on television and it became well-known thanks to Soul Train
Punking
dance style transformed toward jazz, featuring lines, poses inspired by 1930s movie stars, and intricate hand movements.
waacking
Notably, the overall attitude of the body changed with a more upright stance, departing from the lower stance prevalent in punking
waacking
a modern dance form, was created by the gay community alongside waacking. It drew inspiration from fashion magazines like Vogue and Elle.
voguing
The dance style mimics model poses with precise, linear, and angular movements.
Voguing
