Hip-hop originated in the United States, which is a general term for many different kinds of dances based on different street cultures or musical styles. The earliest street dance is Locking, which originated in the 1960s.

Break dancing originated in the Bronx in 1970s, and it is also the earliest dance in North American street dance.

Mechanical dance originated in the early 1970s and took shape in the middle and late 1970s. It rose in different forms in San Francisco, Fresno, Oakland and other places in California on the west coast of the United States, and its origin and inventor are controversial.

2, the action characteristics are different

Hip-hop action is composed of various walking, running and jumping actions, including head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, trunk and other joints, such as flexion and extension, rotation, circle, sparkling, wave twisting and so on. Each movement has its own specific fitness effect, which not only pays attention to the coordination of upper and lower limbs, abdomen and back, head and trunk movements, but also pays attention to the independent movements of each part.

Break dancing has absorbed a lot of elements and movements from different sports and art forms, such as capoeira, gymnastics, China martial arts (from Hong Kong Shaw movies) and so on, forming today's break dancing, which is divided into four parts: top rock, footwork, freeze-frame and Powermove. A lot of quick footwork on the ground, various handstand freeze-frame movements, and incredibly difficult rotation on the ground or in the air make this dance full of visual impact.

Mechanical dance expresses music rhythm by controlling the sudden relaxation and tightening of muscles in various parts of the body and the "vibration/explosion point" effect produced by the movement and walking of limbs, and is often performed in combination with a large number of different styles and techniques such as robots, waves and skates.

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The development of street dance:

Since the mid-1990s, teenagers all over the country began to practice street dance. In Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, street dance started earlier because of the developed information. In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, because of the close relationship between martial arts culture in the Central Plains and street dance, break dancing also started earlier. After years of development, teenagers all over the country are practicing street dance, and they can get together for training in the street squares of various cities. They often organize small competitions (fighting, folk dancing and spell dancing), and the dancers with the best kung fu can win the admiration of many teenagers for street dance teaching videos.

With the rise of national fitness activities, street dance, as a fitness sport, has also entered the fitness centers of major cities. Many professional practitioners of dance, drama and acrobatics also began to practice street dance, which is widely spread in various art colleges. On the university campus, many dance clubs have been organized to practice street dance. It is common for middle school students to engage in street dance activities in their spare time, and a unique youth community culture has been formed in residential quarters in major cities.

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