1. Hip Hop Dance

2. What is Hip Hop? It is a lifestyle
Uses its own language, music, wardrobe, and dance
Often people think hip-hop dance can only be performed to hip-hop music but this is incorrect
There are 5 pillars of hip hop

3. 5 Pillars of Hip Hop
Mcing
Djing
Graffiti Writing
Breaking
Knowledge

4. Popping Locking Breaking What is Hip Hop Dance?
Often referred to as “street dance”
Can be seen in many different forms such as informal battles or formal dance competitions
Uses three major movements
Popping
Locking
Breaking

5. History Officially began in NYC in the early 1970’s
People who have not had professional training but had a natural instinct to dance. They brought dance to the streets.
Inspired by African dancing (down-to-earth movements with complex rhythms)
Kool DJ Herc was the first DJ in NYC to play two records at the same time and mix the beats together
He extended the dance portions of the records so dancers could show off their moves for longer
Extended “breaks” of the music

6. History Cont. In the 1980’s the evolution of hip hop started
Moves became more institutional (pop, locking & breaking)
Locations of dancing became more formal (not only in the streets)
Clubs in large cities featured DJs which resulted in hip hop dancing to be performed there
The circular nature of the audience still
remained
Hip Hop became more mainstream

7. The Beat Freaks Famous Hip Hop Groups
All Female dance crew from Los Angeles, CA
In 2010 voted the best female dance crew at the World of Dance awards. Was on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew
In multiple music videos such as P. Diddy and Justin Beiber

8. Popping Created in Fresno, CA
Made famous by Sam Solomon “Boogaloo Sam” and his crew the Electric Boogaloos
Electric Boogie is a style of funk and hip hop dance
Popping: a jerking movement by quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to the rhythm 0r beats of the music
Liquid Popping: movements that are smooth to look like fluid
Strobbing: quick, stiff movements with quick pauses in between each movement

9. Locking Created in 1969 in Los Angeles, CA
Made popular by Dan Campbell and his dance crew the Lockers
Locking is usually when a dancer holds his position for a few seconds
Cannot pop and lock at the same time, but can be done one after the other
Locking can often be used for comic relief too

10. Breaking Created in South Bronx, NY First Hip Hop dance style
African Americans created it but Puerto Ricans made it popular, their style of dance is known as uprock
Breaking is usually unstructured and performed at different levels
Toprock –dancing while on your feet
Downrock-dancing on the floor
Power moves- spins on the ground or acrobatics
Freeze Moves- when a dancer poses

11. Hip Hop Dance Today
Today Hip Hop dance is still performed in the streets but it is also performed on stages
Popular dancers are paid to perform for thousands of audience members at a concert, on national television or at small venues likes dance clubs
Very popular in music videos

12. Famous Hip Hop Groups The Jabbawockeez
8 Member all male group (sometimes performs with more or less)
Won first season of America’s Best Dance Crew
Famous for the mask and gloves they wear while they perform
Have a Las Vegas Show called MUS.I.C at the MGM Grand

13. Famous Hip Hop Dancers/Choreographers
Wade Robinson
Started his career at the age of 12
At the age of 16 he became Brittany Spears dance chorographer as well as N’SYNC
Won a Emmy award for his work on “So you Think you Can Dance”

14. Famous Hip Hop Dancers/Choreographers
Dan Karaty
Choreographed for Jessica Simpson and Kylie Minogue
Choreographs for America’s Got Talent
Performed in the musical Footloose

15. Famous Hip Hop Dancers/Choreographers
Shane Sparks
Best known for his role as a judge
and choreographer on the reality
television dance competitions
"So You Think You Can Dance"
and "America's Best Dance Crew.“
He won the American Choreography
Award for co-choreographing the
2004 film, "You Got Served.“