Street dance (StreetDance) is a collective name for a number of different kinds of dance based on different street cultures or music styles originating in the United States, and the earliest type of street dance is Locking, which originated in the 1960s.
Development of Street Dance:
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 Dance. As Chinese teenagers' understanding of street dance deepens, they gradually return to the origin of street dance, 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. In Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, street dance was practiced earlier because of developed information; in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Breaking dance also started earlier because of the close relationship between the martial arts culture of the Central Plains and street dance.
After years of development, 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, 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 even 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.
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Common Types
1, Locking (Locking Dance) originated in the 60s, invented by TheLockers team led by DonCambell, is the earliest shaped street dance dance. The rapid rotation and pointing of the wrist and arm, the sudden fixation of movement, accompanied by a variety of clapping, jumping and splitting and other techniques are its main features.
2, Popping (vibration dance) originated in the early 70's molding in the mid to late 70's, in different forms emerged on the west coast of the United States in California, San Francisco, Fresno, Oakland, etc., is a style of Funk and StreetDance, the initial basic form of the contraction of the muscles in various parts of the body quickly by the contraction and relaxation of the skills of the dancers, is a vibration sensation. body to produce a feeling of vibration.
3, House molding in the 80's to 90's, widely absorbed Breaking, Hiphop, Salsa, Tap, Ballet and so on a variety of different dance elements, the formation of a rich and brisk changes in footwork to express the House dance dance dance types, divided into Jacking, Footwork and Lofting three categories The content of the dance is divided into three categories: Jacking, Footwork and Lofting.
4, Reggae, Dancehall (reggae) this dance originated in Jamaica, and with the spread and development of reggae music in France and the United States began to enter the pop culture and the public eye, the action is passionate and wild, with a lot of sexually suggestive action content.
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