Lockin' dance, hip-hop dance style
The beginning of Locking can be traced to one man, Don Campbell. In the late 1960s he put together several fad dances adding moves of his own (notably the "Lock") when performing. The original lock was created by accident: Don Campbell couldn't do a move called the 'Robot Shuffle' and
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Poppin' dance hip-hop style
by daniel0113 | in Art & Entertainment > Music
Popping is a style of hip hop dance and one of the original funk styles of dance that came out of Fresno, CA in the 1970s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit.
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House dance hip-hop dance style
by daniel0113 | in Art & Entertainment > Music
House is a group of dance styles primarily danced to house music that have roots in the clubs of Chicago but grew and evolved in the clubs of New York. The main styles include Footwork, Jacking, and Lofting. Like hip hop dance it was created by Black and Latino Americans and is often improvisational in nature. Fast foot oriented steps.
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Krump style of hip-hop dances
by daniel0113 | in Art & Entertainment > Music
Krumping is an urban street dance form characterized by free, expressive, and highly energetic moves involving the arms, head, legs, chest, and feet. The root word, Krump, is an acronym for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise. The youth who started krumping saw the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and other negative influences in their neighborhood.






