HIP-HOP & STREET

DANCE
By: Group 4
 HIP-HOP
• A culture and an art movement that was
created by African Americans, Latino
Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the
Bronx, New York city. The origin of the name is
often disputed. It is also argued as to whether
hip hop started in south or west Bronx. While
the term hip hop is often used to refer
exclusively to hip hop music (a.k.a. Rap).
•Hip hop is characterized by
nine elements, of which only
four elements are considered
essential to understand hip
hop musically. The main
elements of hip hop consist of
four main pillars
• Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of
hip hop culture, coining the terms: "rapping" (also called an MC), a rhythmic
vocal rhyming style (orality); DJing(and turntablism), which is making music
with record players and DJ mixers (aural/sound and music creation); b-
boying/b-girling/breakdancing(movement/dance); and graffiti.[7][2][8][9][-
10] Other elements of hip hop subculture and arts movements beyond the
main four are: hip hop culture and historical knowledge of the movement
(intellectual/philosophical); beatboxing, a percussive vocal style; street
entrepreneurship; hip hop language; and hip hop fashion and style, among
others.[11][12][13] The fifth element, although debated, is commonly
considered either street knowledge, hip hop fashion, or beatboxing.[2][7]
• Two street dancers performing in the URBANOS dance contest in Brazil.
• A street dance is a dance style that evolved outside dance studios in any
available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks,
school yards, raves, and nightclubs. A street dance is a vernacular dance in
an urban context.[1] Vernacular dances are often improvisational and social
in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other
dancers. These dances are a part of the vernacular culture of the
geographical area that they come from. Examples of street dance include
b-boying (or breakdancing), which originated in New York City.[2]
• Clogging is a very early form of street dance, since it evolved in the streets
and factories of Northern England in the mid-19th century.[3]

• Various street dances have lent themselves to the style of urban dance,
which arose from the collegiate dance scene. Urban dance is
choreography-oriented but is inspired by different street dance styles and
fundamental moves, such as house, locking, and popping. Urban dance
should not be mistaken with hip hop, which is the culture and art movement
that began in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.