I

. Lesson3
HI
P-HOPDANCI
NG:I
t’
sNat
ureandBackgr
ound
Pr
e-Assessment
Dir
ecti
ons:Lookatthepict
urebelow.Canyoudescribethedancingstyl
ethat
i
susedbyt heperf
ormers?Howwi l
lyoudif
fer
enti
atethi
sdancet ootherform
ofdances?
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KeyTer
ms
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 Dance-Themov ementoft
hebodyinar hyt
hmicway,usual
l
yt omusi
c
andwi t
hinagivenspace,f
orthepurposeofexpr
essi
nganideaor
emotion,rel
easi
ngenergy,orsi
mplytaki
ngdeli
ghti
nthemov ement
.

 Breaking-Breaki
ng,alsocal
l
edbr eakdanci
ngorb- boying/b-
gir
li
ng,isan
athl
eticstyl
eofstreetdancefrom theUnit
edSt ates.Whiledi
versein
theamountofv ar
iati
onavai
lableinthedance,breakdancingmai nl
y
consistsoffourkindsofmov ement:topr
ock,downr ock,powermov es
andfreezes. 

 Poppi
ng-Poppi
ngisastreetdanceadaptedoutoft
heear
li
erBoogal
oo
cul
tur
almovementinOakland,Cal
if
orni
a. 

 Hip-hop-Hi p-hopdancer
eferst
ost r
eetdancestyl
espri
maril
y
performedt ohip-
hopmusicorthathaveevolv
edaspartofhip-
hop
cult
ur e.I
tincludesawiderangeofstyl
esprimari
l
ybreaki
ngwhichwas
createdint he1970sandmadepopul arbydancecrewsintheUnit
ed
States.

 Locking-Lockingisast yl
eoffunkdance,whichistodayalso
associatedwi t
hhiphop.Thenamei sbasedont heconceptofl ocki
ng
mov ement s,whichbasical
lymeansfreezi
ngfrom afastmov ement
and" l
ocking"inacer t
ainposi
ti
on,hol
dingthatposi
tionforashort
whil
eandt hencontinuingatt
hesamespeedasbef ore.

 Freesty
le-Freest
yledanci
ng,someti
mesr efer
redtoasst
reet 
dancing,
i
sauni quet ypeof 
dance 
thati
sbasedoni mprovi
sat
ionr
atherthanthe
choreographyseeninother 
dance 
var
iet
ies.
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Lear
ningPl
an
Act
ivi
ty:
(It
’sTi
met
oKnow)
Di
rect
ions:
Readandunder
standt
hepar
agr
aph
TheNat
ureandBackgr
oundofHi
p-hopDance
Hip-hopdancei sast reetdancet hathasbr oadcategoryofst yl
essuchas
breaking,l
ocking, andpoppi ng.I tbecamepopul arin1970s,performedby
dancecr ewsi ntheuni t
edst ates.Becauseofi t
s“ Fr
eest
yle”trai
neddancer s
createdchor eographythatwaspr acticedbot hinstudi
osandst r
eetor
outdoorplaces.Thei nt
ernethascont ri
butedt othepopular
ityofthedance.
Theeasyaccessbr oughtt hemedi aintroducedhi p-
hoptomanynat ionsthat
l
eadt oexposur et oeducat ional opportuniti
esandev endancecompet iti
ons.
Thedancebat tl
esbydi fferentgr oupsofdancer sencouragest udentsofall
agespar ti
cipateinhip-hop.Asi defrom theener gythati
tgivest othey out
h,i
t
al
soshowcasest hephy sical skil
lsandt alentsofdancers.
Ti
psi
nHi
p-hopDanci
ng
1.Chooseanupbeatmusi
corsong.
- Makesur
ethesongfeatur
eshighener
gy,danceabi
l
ity
,ly
rici
sm
(
usedofr
ap),
andElectr
onicdancemusic(EDM).
2.Makesur
etousecomf
ort
abl
eShoes
- Thi
swi
l
lpr
eventt
heoccur
renceofi
njur
y
3.Feel
rel
axedbef
orest
eppi
ngont
hedancef
loor
- I
twillhel
py oumovefreel
ywit
hthebeat
.Beingtensemakest
he
dancemov esfi
rm andnotbei
ngabl
etoful
lyletgowit
hthe
music.
4.Mov
etheHi
ps
- I
tindi
catest
hattheper
sonisr
eadytodance.Mov
ethehi
ps
f
rom l
efttor
ight
,andfr
ontandback.
5.KeepPr
act
ici
ng
- Tomast ert
hemoves,danci
ngrequi
rest
heabil
it
yt or
ecallt
he
steps.Thiscanbeachiev
edthr
oughconsist
entpract
icesand
rehearsals.
6.Wat
chdancet
utor
ial
s/v
ideosf
rom t
hei
nter
netort
elev
isi
on.
- Thi
swilli
nspi
rey
outot
rynewdancemovest
hatcanbeseen
notonl
yinTVbutal
soi
notherf
ormsofmedi
a.
7.Takesomedancel
essons
- Danci
ngcanbei
mpr
ovedt
hroughconsi
stentpr
act
iceand
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rehear
sal
s.I
tisal
sobestt
ofi
ndani
nspi
rat
ional
dancerwhoy
ou
couldl
ookupfor.

Pr
ecaut
ionar
yMeasur
esWhenDanci
ng
1.Dowarm upexer
cisesatt
hest
artoft
heact
ivi
tyandcool
downatt
he
end.
2.Wearappr
opr
iat
efootwearandcl
othi
ng.
3.Dancei
nasmoot
handdr
yar
eat
oav
oidbei
ngsl
i
pped.
4.Pr
ovi
def
ir
stai
dki
tint
hedancer
oom f
orsaf
etymeasur
es.

Act
ivi
ty1
Whatar
ethebenef
it
sofHi
p-hopdance?

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Act
ivi
ty2
Complet
ethepar
agr
aphbel
owaboutt
henat
ureandbackgr
oundofhi
phop
danci
ng.
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et hebroad
categor
iesofhi
p-hopdancing.Itwaspopul ari
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thedancecrewsin(5)_
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_.Presently
,thisdanceisperfor
medbyal l
agesbecauseofthephy si
calskil
lsandtalentsthattheperfor
mer sdev
elop.

Anal
ysi
s
Whatvaluescanbeder
ivedf
rom danci
nghi
p-hopt
hatcanbeappl
i
edi
nyour
dai
l
yli
ves?Explai
n.
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Abst
ract
ion
Hip-hopdanci
ngisafunrecreat
ionalacti
vi
tyt
hathelpsintoningmuscles.I
t
buil
dsstrengt
handmakest hejoint
smor efl
exibl
e.Keepi
ngt heproper
mov ementswill
makethedanceeasi erandprovi
denotonlyphy si
calbenef
it
s
butalsoatthesameti
meboostconf i
denceandencouragefellowshi
pamong
others.

Appl
icat
ion
Thi
nkofthreeshor
tnarrat
ionswher
eyoucanusey
ourhi
p-hopdanci
ngski
l
ls
i
nyourdai
lyacti
vi
ti
es.Shareiti
ncl
ass.
Example:Thedancest
epshelpmedevelopmydailyperf
ormancesbecause
ofthemanybenefi
tsi
tprov
idessuchascoor
dinat
ion,t
iming,
andint
eracti
on
wit
hotherpeopl
e.