Hip Hop

By: Charles K. Kaui, Kimberly Bedolla, Kassandra Reyes, Maria F.

Gamez

Culture
The dance in itself is actually apart of an entire culture. Hip Hop
culture to be precise.
This culture began in the late 1960s mostly among African Americans
youths residing in South Bronx in New York City.
This culture can be broken into 4 different manifestations:

Rap Music
Turntablism (Dj-ing)
B-boying
Graffiti Art

For this presentation we are only discussing

B boying.

Origins
Music and movement came together to form a new art. While
vestiges of modern, tap, swing, and African dancing can all be found
in hip hop, this dance style is really in a class of its own when it comes
to improvisation and an edge of competition.
Early forms of Hip Hop can be traced to groups from Africa.

Early History of Hip Hop Dance

Hip hop dancing is thought to have officially begun in New York City
during the late 1960s and early 70s. During this time, individuals
without professional dance training but with a natural instinct for
movement, brought dancing to the streets.

East Coast Hip Hop

While hip hop didn't develop only on the East Coast, many dancers neglect
the West Coast origins of hip hop and attribute all of the dance's
development to East Coast (New York City) artists. While it wasn't yet called
hip hop dance, this art form really began to develop when DJ Herc moved to
Brooklyn at the age of 12, and started an informal performance career that
would quickly turn him into one of the most popular DJs in New York City.
Moving to New York City from Jamaica, Kool DJ Herc was the first DJ to make
unique music by playing two record machines with the same record on both.

he also extended the dance section of songs so that the dancers could show
off their moves for a longer interlude, laying the foundation for a significant
dance culture.

West Coast Hip Hop

On the West Coast, hip hop dancing is said to have been inspired by the
robots in the movies of the 1960s and 70s.
Boogaloo Sam: The creator of popping, Boogaloo Sam was an important
influence in hip hop evolution.
Don Campbellock: While his real name was Don Campbell, his invention,
locking, influenced his name. Known as Don Campbellock, this important
figure in hip hop dancing created the dance group The Lockers, and his iconic
dance shaped the early West Coast scene.

The Impact
It was an outlet for teenagers where instead of getting into trouble on
the streets, they were able to occupy themselves with Hip Hop
Became a way of dealing with hardships of life as minorities within
America and an outlet to deal with violence and gang culture.
Young black americans coming out of the civil rights movement have
used hip hop culture to show the limitations of the movement
Minorities used it as a way to communicate there thoughts and
feelings.
Mostly affected the younger genrerations within the respected eras.

Concluding thoughts
A dance form meant to be popular in the original sense of the word,
meaning that it was for the people and not for the academy, hip hop
moves were inspired by complex rhythms and the down-to-earth
movement style of African dancing.