Common hip-hop dance types are mainly divided into Locking, JAZZ, Hip-Hop, Breaking, Popping, House, Reggae and Clown dance. Waacking, Punking and Voguing are also more popular now. and Turfing.
1. Locking, also called locking dance, originated in the 1960s and is the earliest form of hip-hop dance. The main characteristics are the rapid rotation and pointing of the wrists and arms, the sudden freezing of the movements, accompanied by various technical movements such as clapping, jumping and doing splits.
2. JAZZ, jazz dance. The overall look is fast and dynamic. It is an extroverted dance.
3. Hip-Hop, also known as hip-hop dance , now more widely popular. It is a widely popular type of street dance now. At the beginning, hip-hop dance originally meant B-Boy. Later, people began to dance to the songs sung by MCs. Therefore, it is said that B-Boy is the origin of Hip-Hop.
4. Breaking, which we often call break dancing, originated in the 1970s and took shape in the 1980s. It is a more difficult dance type in hip-hop and pays more attention to the combination of dance steps and skills.
5. Popping originated in the early 1970s and took shape in the mid-to-late 1970s. It emerged in different forms in San Francisco, Fresno, Oakland and other places in California on the West Coast of the United States. Popping The original basic form is to use the technique of rapid contraction and relaxation of muscles in various parts to express the vibration feeling of the dancer's body.
6. House widely absorbs various dance elements such as Breaking, Hiphop, Salsa, Tap, Ballet, etc., and was formed during the 1980s and 1990s. The dance is mainly expressed with rich and brisk footstep changes.
7. Reggae, translated as Reggae, originated in Jamaica. With the spread and development of Reggae music in France and the United States, Reggae began to enter the public eye. The main movements are passionate and wild, and the performance Contains a lot of sexually suggestive action content.
8. Clown, Krump, clown dance, in the early 1990s, the earliest clown dress was the main feature. The style is similar to Hiphop, but more exaggerated and wild. Later, it was extensively adapted and called Krump, calling it a dance that vents and sublimates inner negative emotions through intense movements.
9. Waacking, Punking, and Voguing can all be collectively referred to as Waacking. In the early years, it was originally a stage dance performed by cross-dressing gay men in underground Gay bars on the West Coast of the United States. It featured a large number of arm rotations and coquettish Pose, Move to express disco and funk music.
10. Turfing appeared on the West Coast of the United States. Its main feature is the non-human twisting of the arms at joints such as shoulders, and it combines a large number of dance techniques such as Popping, as well as ballet, breaking and other dance types. The body rotates, eventually forming a new dance that looks very weird and exaggerated. Extended information
The social significance of hip-hop:
Dancing in hip-hop can focus people's attention, cultivate a person's willpower, and also maximize the brain's imagination and creativity.
The movements of hip-hop are graceful and casual. The most attractive thing is that it brings a passionate feeling with the vitality of the whole body. Regular practice can also enhance the coordination of the whole body.
Hip-hop is a medium-low intensity aerobic exercise that has a certain slimming effect and can consume body fat after an hour of exercise.
Korean people can regard hip-hop as one of the country's three classic dances because it allows children to become a person with all-round moral, intellectual and physical development from an early age, and to be a person who contributes to society.
Reference: Street Dance-Baidu Encyclopedia