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Street Dance

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Breakdancing
Other term for B-boying
B-Boying
A style of street dance and the first hip-hop dance style
Black and Puerto Rican youths
To whom did B-Boying originate
New York City
Where did B-Boying originate
Early 1970s
When did B-Boying originate
B-Boy, B-Girl or Breaker
A practitioner of B-Boying
Toprock
Footwork-oriented steps performed while standing up
Downrock
Footwork performed with both hands and feet on the floor
Freezes
Stylish poses done on your hands
Power Moves
Comprise full-body spins and rotations that give the illusion of defying gravity
Popping
It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscle to cause a jerk in the dancer's body.
Campbellocking
Other term for locking
Don Cambelllock Campbell
To whom did locking originate
1969
When did Locking originate
Los Angeles, California
Where did Locking originate
Locking
Can be identified by its distinctive stops; it is usually performed by stopping the fast movements and locking your body into a position
Krumping
Relatively new form of the Urban Black dance movement
What is Krumping?
It is free, expressive and highly energetic
Why Krump
It is a dance style to release anger.
African-American community of South Central Los Angeles, California
Where did locking originate
Tutting
A creative way of making geometric shapes forming right angles using your body parts.
Where did Tutting originate/
Derived from the positions people were drawn in during the days of the Ancient Egyptians
King Tut or Mark Benson
Who is widely acclaimed for pioneering the style
Melbourne Shuffle and Rocking
What is shuffling also known as
Shuffling
A rave and club dance with a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music.
Late 1980s
When did Shuffling originate
Underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia
Where did Shuffling originate
Rockers
People who dance the shuffle
Waacking
Form of street dance, which consists of stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements to the beat of the music
African American
From what race is Waacking
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