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Hip Hop |
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The
popularity of hip hop “dance” has continued to grow by leaps
and bounds. It is beyond the scope of this website to fully detail the
history of hip hop culture and the dance form that has evolved as a part
of this culture. Hip Hop dance is just one element of the bigger hip hop
culture. As in all dance forms, hip hop dance is a technique with defined
steps and movements that must be learned and practiced. In addition, hip
hop dance has its own history which is inextricable from the culture of
hip hop itself. In researching for this website, we were able to find
many helpful links. If you want to find history on the culture of hip
hop and specifically hip hop dance, there is plenty of information out
there. We hope this brief overview of hip hop culture and the descriptions
of a few “nuts & bolts” of hip hop dance technique will
help guide your decision about taking hip hop classes. It is recommended
that hip hop classes be taken in addition to technique classes in other
dance forms. As with all dance instruction, the expertise of your teacher
is critical to your success in a hip hop dance class. The hip hop instructor
should be able to teach true hip hop vocabulary and style, not just excerpts
from hip hop videos.
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