Why is American hip-hop street style so prevalent?
Street dance Street dance is a kind of folk dance, emerged in the 1980s in the United States of America black teenagers, is the United States of America black "hip-hop culture" (Hip-Hop) is an integral part. Because this kind of dance appears in the street, not confined to the venue equipment, so called street dance, and has a strong participation, performance and competition. In the gradual development, street dance youth formed a **** the same idea and behavior, they use street dance to promote their own personality, show youthful vitality and passion, express the courage to forge ahead in life attitude, they emphasize the "do yourself, enjoy life, the courage to challenge" concept. Taking action as the standard, street dance is divided into two categories: Hip-Hop and Breaking. Breaking: skillful street dance requires dancers to have high strength, flexibility and coordination, and belongs to the sports dance with high skillfulness, so it is the first one that is favored by the domestic teenagers. Teenagers who dance this type of dance are called B-Boy/B-Girl. In the 1980s, DJ Kool Herc, who is known as the "Father of Hip-Hop", created the concept of B-Boy, also known as Breaking Boy, and every year, there are competitions for B-Boys in many countries around the world, the more famous being the annual BOTY (B-Boy of The Year) and B-Boy of The Year (B-Boy of The Year). The more famous ones are the annual B-Boy of The Year (BOTY) and the B-BoyChampion in the UK, where 100s of contestants from more than 10 countries take part in such an event. The winners of these competitions quickly gain notoriety and become teenage stars. Hip-Hop: Dance-based street dance with a variety of styles such as Poping, Locking, Electric, Turbo, and House. None of them require as high a level of skill as Breaking, but they require more coordination of movement and dance sense, as well as physical flexibility and control. Good Hip-Hop Dancers also need hard practice. Because Hip-Hop Dance is not as skillful as Breaking and lacks competitiveness, it has not been given enough attention by street dance enthusiasts in the past, but now with the enhancement of the concept of dance, this situation has been changed, and even the B-Boys have begun to practise it, and many all-around street dancers have appeared. The earliest contact of Chinese teenagers with street dance began in the 1980s with the American movie "Break Dance", which was the predecessor of Breaking at that time. With the deepening of Chinese youth's understanding of street dance, they have gradually returned to the origin of street dance and practiced it with their own vision and characteristics. In addition to the early breakdancing, young people all over China have been practicing street dance since the mid-1990s. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, because of the developed information, street dance was carried out earlier; Zhengzhou, Henan Province, because of the close relationship between the martial arts culture of the Central Plains and street dance, Breaking dance also started earlier. Nowadays, there are young people practicing street dance all over the country, and in the street squares of various cities, they can pile up the figure of training. They also often organize small competitions (Battle, ballast dance/scramble dance), where the best dancers can win the admiration of many teenagers. The youth's passion for street dance has led to its use in everything from art and culture to commercials. We can see that in the music videos of many famous artists, such as Jay Chou, Chen Xiaochun, XIAO Yaxuan, Wen Lan, street dance teenagers appear frequently, and the commercial advertisements of brands such as Nike, Li Ning, Season 5, Huiyuan, Jinti, Nokia and so on use the street dance modeling and frequently bombard the vision of young consumers. In the dance drama "Notre Dame de Paris" staged at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in early 2003, a large number of street dance moves were used, forming a unique cultural landscape. With the rise of national fitness activities, street dance as a kind of fitness exercise has also entered the fitness centers of major cities. Many professional practitioners of dance, opera and acrobatics have also begun to practice street dance, and street dance is widely spread in various art schools. On university campuses, many dance clubs have also organized themselves to practice street dance; it is more common for secondary school students to engage in street dance activities after school, and they have formed a community culture unique to young people in the residential communities of major cities. A few years ago, CCTV's 5-set sports channel opened a street dance teaching program (although the teaching is not pure street dance), and 3-set Dance World broadcast a special program on street dance before the Spring Festival of 2003, which was filmed by BeiDaTang. As a kind of cultural and sports activity favored by young people, street dance has been widely spread throughout the country