Is Hiphop one dance genre or does it encompass all street dance? What are the characteristics?

hiphop belongs to the street dance, is a kind of dance

Xi'an northern suburb of Weiyang District, Shenglong Plaza Taki dance dance zero-basic training school to tell you what hiphop:

hiphop belongs to the street dance, the street dance is originated in the United States, based on the different street culture or music style and the emergence of a number of different kinds of dance in the collective name, the earliest street dance dance type for the Locking , which originated in the 1960s.

The movement is made up of various combinations of walking, running and jumping, and through the flexion and extension of the joints of the head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs and torso, rotation, circling around, swinging vibration, wavy twisting and so on, each movement has its own specific fitness effect, which not only pays attention to the coordination of the movements of the upper limbs and the lower limbs, the abdomen and the back, the head and the torso, but also pays attention to the independent movement of the various parts of each link.

The street dance has been introduced to China in the 1980s, and is gradually used as a fitness center in China. It was introduced to China and gradually spread as a fitness activity.

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. As Chinese teenagers' understanding of street dance deepens, they gradually return to its roots, practicing it with their own vision and characteristics.

Besides the early days of breakdancing, young people all over China have been practicing street dance since the mid-1990s. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou because of the developed information, street dance is carried out earlier; Zhengzhou, Henan Province, due to the close relationship between the Central Plains martial arts culture and street dance, Breaking dance also started earlier. After years of development, there are young people practicing street dance all over the country, and you can see them training in the street squares of various cities. They also often organize small competitions (Battle, ballast dance, spell dance), kung fu the best dancers can win the admiration of many teenagers street dance teaching video.

With the rise of national fitness activities, street dance as a kind of fitness movement has also entered the fitness centers of major cities. Many professional practitioners of dance, opera and acrobatics have also begun to practice street dance, which 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.