HIP HOP DANCE STYLES (CLASSIFIED)
Hip Hop Dance Styles is a form that combines different freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art. This dance form was founded in South Bronx in New York city in 1970s. DJ Kool Herc is known as the “Father of Hip Hop“. It came to India in 90s in New Delhi.
Main Hip-Hop Dance Styles are locking, popping, breaking, krumping, house dance and hip-hop choreography:
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Locking: It is a type of hip-hop dance styles which is based on the concept of locking movements, which means freezing from the last movement and locking in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing at the same speed as before. These days locking has become a popular dance style in the hip hop world.
- Popping: It is characterized by sudden contracting and releasing of dancer’s muscles to the rhythm of beat. Popping is mostly learnt with Locking dance style and together they are known as locking & popping.
- Breaking: It is largely improvisational, made up of variations of standard moves or steps including freezes, powermoves, downrock and toprock. To learnt it an individual has to practice daily as it is a difficult hip hop dance style in comparison to others.
- Krumping: It is characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. A fun to watch but difficult in learning hip hop dance style.
- House Dance: This hip hop dance styles was influenced by several types of movements including tap, african dance, latin dance,and martial arts. It is about freedom, improvisation, and feeling the music.
- Hip-Hop Choreography: It is a unique and exciting style of street dance that is most commonly performed on hip hop music. Since India is heading more and more towards the Hip Hop culture, many hip hop dance choreographies are in demand.
Let me introduce you to some of the famous Indian Hip-Hop Choreographers and dancers who are Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh, Nora Fatehi, Prosenjit Kundu, Gaurav Mankoti, etc. Prabhu Deva is considered to be the first hip hop dancer in India.
Some of the famous Hip-Hop Dance Crews in India are Kings United India, 13.13 Crew, FAM.O.U.S Crew, MJ5 Crew, Desi Hoppers, etc. Kings United India and Desi Hoppers have not only made everyone proud nationally but also internationally.
