Skillful street dance requires dancers to have high strength, flexibility and coordination. It is a highly skilled sports dance, so it was first loved by domestic teenagers. Teenagers who dance this type of dance are called B-Boy/B-Girl.

In 1980s, DJ Kool Herc, known as the "father of hip-hop", created the concept of B-Boy, also known as Breaking Boy. Every year, many countries in the world hold some competitions for B-Boys, the most famous of which are the annual BOTY (Battle of the Year) and the B-Boys Championship held in Britain. Hundreds of players from more than 65,438+00 countries will take part in such activities. The winner of the competition will soon become famous and become the star of teenagers.

Hip hop music:

The Chinese translation of the word hip-hop is Hip-Hop, which was born in new york 1974 and was invented by Starski, a famous DJ and MC lover. At the end of 1960s and the beginning of 1970s, a series of black cultural and artistic forms appeared in American East Coast cities headed by new york, including graffiti or writing, B-Boying, record playing (DJ or Deejay, DJ means disc jockey, that is, the person who controls records) and rap (MCing or MC).

The word Hip-Hop was originally rhymed by love bug Starski in rap. Hip means ass, and Hop means jumping. Together, it can be interpreted as jumping ass. In the early 1980s, Affri Bambaataa, the godfather of hip-hop, borrowed the word hip-hop to refer to the black urban cultural movement represented by the above four cultural forms, and it was quickly and widely accepted. The above four cultures became the four elements of hip-hop.

Hip-hop is translated into hip-hop and rap is translated into rap. These two concepts are different. Hip-Hop is actually not a musical term, but a cultural term, including rap, graffiti, street dance and DJ disc playing. Singing originated in the 1960s, while hip-hop as a musical understanding originated in the early 1970s. Its predecessor is RAP (sometimes with a little R(B)).

Literally, Hip-Hop is Hip, Hop is hop, and together it is Hip-waking. At first, it refers to the budding hip-hop (that is, we used to talk about break dancing), and then it gradually developed into a huge concept-the hip-hop culture we are talking about now also includes loose clothes, heavy pure gold ornaments, and "YoYo?" What's the matter? "Oral habits-in short, it is the lifestyle and their" style "of black people in poor neighborhoods in the United States.

Dance Style There are many styles of street dance, such as Popping, Locking, Electric, Turbo and House. They don't need higher skills such as breaking, but they need more coordination and sense of dance, as well as flexibility and control of their limbs. Good hip-hop dancers also need to practice hard. Because street dance is not as skillful and competitive as breaking, it has not been paid enough attention by street dance lovers before. Now with the enhancement of dance concept, this situation has changed, and even B-Boy has begun to practice, and many all-round hip-hop players have appeared.

Hip-hop is a kind of dance that people often contact. It has big and simple steps, and can show a complex sense of dance. Because it is easy to learn and beautiful to jump, it is very popular with the public.

POPPIN:

Use the muscles and joints of all parts of the body to create amazing dance steps with the beat of music and rich imagination. It belongs to the more difficult street dance type.

Freestyle:

This is a great dance step, mixing all kinds of dances together and performing at will. There is no limit to the style of dance, which is out of the norm of general dance. It can be said that it is personalized street dance.

House:

With House music, a kind of dance step is complicated and magical, which can be combined with the basic dance steps of Latin dance, martial arts somersault, tap dance and ballet circle. It can be elegant or quite wild.

New Jazz (for girls only):

This is a dance developed from jazz, specially for girls to dance. It pays great attention to femininity and instant bursting. Give priority to with arm movements, supplemented by waist twisting hip movements. It requires a high figure and is very popular in Europe, America and South Korea. Music is rhythm jazz.

RAGREA (reggae, only for girls):

It is said that this dance originated in France, and some people say that it originated in the United States. It's a sexy dance, and the dancers are naked, mainly using the movements of the lower body, mainly using the hips, waist and legs. There will be some simple handstands and shaking the thighs in the air. It has developed well in Japan, where the porn industry is developed. And normal interpretation is sexy.

Lock dance lock

In the 1970s, Don Campbell invented the lock in a nightclub in Los Angeles.

Campbellocking) this unique impromptu dance step. This dance step and its affiliated culture are very fast.

It went abroad and set off a frenzy, which also contributed to a new TV program named "Soul Train" at that time.

Hip-hop dance movements

Shake up, shake up, walk, freeze, jump, turn over, kick, float, rotate, flash, swing and wave.

Main styles and types of street dance

Break dance, combat step, swing step, floor step, fixed movement, crazy dance, bugalo dance, robot dance, wave dance, animation dance/Sinbad style, flash dance.

Lock dance, mechanical dance, tap dance, electronic buji, new street dance, house dance, jazz dance, freestyle.

Looking for the feeling of dancing street dance

Usually, the most difficult thing for us to dance HIP-HOP is feeling. So how can we practice this feeling?

Step 1: First of all, you must love HIP-HOP several times more than others.

Step 2: Go to a nearby music studio or video store and buy a CD or tape of hip-hop dance music.

Step 3: Choose the best bass around you (in order to practice your sense of music better).

Step 4: Choose the music that makes your heart beat the most from the bought CDs.

Step 5: Turn up the music as much as possible and follow the music! Big! Practice the shoulders first (let the shoulders only shake up and down); You will feel bored at first, but when dancing HIP-HOP, the shoulder is the most important feeling part.

Step 6: Continue the previous step and practice the up-and-down elasticity of legs and knees.

Step 7: Practice the left and right legs backward step by step with the music, and also practice the forward movement.

Step 8: Practice the flexibility of hand joints (from fingertips to shoulders like waves, both hands should practice).

Step 9: Practice your toes. Follow the music and practice walking with only your toes. Bounce back and forth, left and right with your toes. In this way, your feelings will also go up a storey still higher. When practicing this step, you must be careful not to let all your feet touch the ground.

Step 10: Combine all the above steps and shake your whole body at will, so that your hip-hop has a foundation.

Usually you'd better prepare a bigger mirror from the beginning, and it's better to practice in front of it. When you start, you will feel bored and tired. Because street dance is not a vigorous dance, but it is as tiring as vigorous dance, so we must have perseverance and keep practicing. Some people may feel nothing in practice, but don't think you have no talent. Many famous dancers were born suddenly while walking or inadvertently. So you can also become a spokesperson for hip-hop through practice.