Hip-hop is a folk dance, which originated from the poor in black cities in the United States. Hip-hop was born in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, it was classified as a part of hip-hop culture, and it was called the four elements of hip-hop together with graffiti, disc playing and rap. Hip-hop was born and developed in new york on the east coast of the United States and California on the west coast, and finally influenced each other. Japanese teenagers quickly mastered and developed street dance. The achievements of Japanese hip-hop dancers have been recognized by Americans, who spread this culture to neighboring areas such as South Korea, China and Taiwan Province Province.

In 1980s, the American hip-hop movie "Break Dance" was introduced to China, which had a great influence on us. As a result, a large number of dancers with quite high level appeared in China almost at the same time as in the United States. Since the mid-1990s, street dance has gradually spread in Chinese mainland, mainly in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. Influenced by Hong Kong and Taiwan, Guangzhou's hip-hop and its hip-hop culture appeared earlier and quickly became popular in the whole province. Among them, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Shenyang, Chongqing and Kunming are the most active.

There are many kinds of street dance, but each dance is not completely independent. Many movements combine various dance styles, and the same style can be reflected in different dances of different movements. It is precisely because of this that various styles have appeared in major street dance competitions. And our common street dance types can be roughly divided into ten types. They are Lock, Pop, Break, Hip-hop, House, Reggie, Krump, Waacking, Lawn and Jazz. Of course, every big dance will have a smaller classification. At present, hiphop, popping, breaking and jazz are the most popular dances in dance studios all over the country. Hiphop and jazz are mostly female dancers, while Popping and break are mostly male dancers.