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Sunday, October 3, 2010

Street Dance Rocks!!!


There is no doubt that Hip-hop Fashion sweeps the globe today and the street dance, which is part of hip-hop culture, became the most popular topic among all teenagers who crazy about fashion.
 
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There are many kinds of street dance in the world, all of them have difference characteristics. The hip-hop dance styles b-boying, popping, and locking are some of the most popular street dance styles in Western and African American culture. Thus, those forms of hip-hop dance are the most prominently practiced street dances. These street dance styles are so common that commercialized versions have been professionally developed and choreographed for dance routines in pop, hip-hop, electronic, and R&B music videos.


Breaking
The Breaking consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes/suicides. It is danced to both hip hop and other genres of music that are often remixed to prolong the musical breaks. The musical selection for b-boying is not restricted to hip-hop music, as long as the tempo and beat pattern conditions are met.






Popping
Popping is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop, tick or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses. Like other styles of street dance, popping is often performed in a battle trying to outperform another dancer or group of dancers in front of a crowd.






Locking





The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing in the same speed as before. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs. The movements are generally large and exaggerated, and often very rhythmic and tightly synced with the music.









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