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How Much Do You Know About Hip Hop Dance?

Deepa Kartha

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Popularly known as street dancing, hip hop has taken over  hearts of people since its introduction. Check out your knowledge about this amazing dance style.
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Birth of Hip Hop
Hip hop dance was born during early 1970s, inspired by African style of dancing. It started as street dancing, which incorporated different dance styles, including modern, tap, and swing dancing.
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Birth Place of Hip Hop
Hip hop was born in New York, when people breakdanced on rhythmic tunes created by Kool DJ Herc, known as East Coast hip hop dance, the parties happened at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue.
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Popular Hip Hop Styles
Popping, gliding, and floating are a few of the styles used in hip hop, while plier is one of the basic movements of ballet dancing.
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Hip Hop Creators
The hip hop culture was invented by the African American and Latino Americans of Bronx, who led a life of hardships. The dance and music were a way of escaping their daily struggles.
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Hip Hop Competitions
During hip hop dance battles, individual dancers or crew or group of dancers compete against each other. Dancers have to go through several rounds to win the battle.
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Famous Hip Hop Dancers
Alessandra Ferri is a ballet dancer, while several of Michael Jackson (King of Pop), Paula Abdul and Ciara's dance and music styles are heavily influenced by hip hop and pop.
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Hip Hop Attire
Most hip hop dancers prefer wearing baggy pants and even track pants with a t-shirt and a good pair of sneakers, as this attire makes movements easier. Jackets and other accessories like jewelry are also part of a hip hop dancer's attire.
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Hip Hop Movies
While Star Wars, Beat Street, and Wild Style were movies based on hip hop dancing, Dirty Dancing had a mix of different Latin dances like Tango, Cha Cha, Salsa, etc.
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West Coast Hip Hop
Popping and locking styles emerged from West Coast hip hop, which had a robotic style than its eastern counterpart, while breaking came from East Coast hip hop. The other two are not hip hop styles.
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Modern Hip Hop Dancers
Beyoncé is known for her modern and innovative hip hop moves in her music videos and shows, while Aaliyah, Run-DMC, and Paula Abdul are considered as old school hip hop dancers.
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