hiphop dance and breaking both belong to HipPop culture.
The main differences between hiphop dance and breaking are as follows:
1, different degree of difficulty
breaking is a kind of difficult dance steps;
hiphop dance is a kind of dance that people most often contact with, it is easy to learn, and it is quite good-looking to jump up and down, so it's very popular with the public.
2, action elements are different
breaking action elements are divided into TopRock (rock step), Footwork (leg action), Freeze (aerial framing), Power Move (overall movement, generally for the flip) four parts;
hiphop dance action elements are divided into action UP Down (up and down movement), C-walk (C-step), Shake (swing) and other parts.
3, different forms of expression
breaking form of expression is divided into two kinds: with the hands, head, body rotation on the ground, known as the big floor; with the limbs on the ground to step out of the complex changes in the foot movements, coupled with tricky inversion, known as the small floor. Of course, you can dance with whatever moves you want.
Hiphop dance expression is the use of large amplitude but simple steps to show the complexity of the dance.
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