Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show Soul Train and the 1980s films Breakin', Beat Street, and Wild ...
The history of hip-hop dances encompasses the people and events since the late 1960s that have contributed to the development of early hip-hop dance styles, such as uprock, breaking, locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping. African Americans created uprock and breaking in New York City. African Americans in California created locking, roboting ...
Harlem shake (dance) The Harlem shake is a style of hip-hop dance characterized by jerky arm and shoulder movements in time to music. [ 1] The dance was created by Harlem resident Al B. (Albert Boyce) in 1981; the dance was initially called "The Albee" or "The Al. B.". [ 2] As indicated by the name, it is associated with the predominantly ...
Merzouki and his dance troupe took enter stage near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, showcasing the official dance of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games on Monday. The four-day event marks a ...
Melbourne shuffle. The Melbourne shuffle is a rave dance that developed in the 1980s. [ 1] Typically performed to electronic music, the dance originated in the Melbourne rave scene and was popular in the late 1980s and 1990s. [ 2] The dance moves involve a fast heel-and-toe movement or T-step, combined with a variation of the running man ...
Hit Dem Folks is a hip-hop dance trend popularized in 2015. [1] The move involves crossing the arms twice, raising them in a 'U' shape, and bending them inwards. The move has been done by athletes, celebrities, and other well-known figures. [2] [3] "Hit dem folks" gained recognition through online video-sharing platforms like YouTube and ...
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black American street culture, [4] [5] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, [6] it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
The Boogaloo was initially a social dance within the African American community in Chicago; it also appealed to white teenagers. Between 1965 and 1966, it was described as “a total new look compared to previous (social) dances...the entire body moved in a pulsating motion from side to side. The rhythmic impulse seemed to have centered in the ...