Hip hop

In this blog post I will tell you a little bit more about my favorite dance style: hip hop. When I started dancing, I always danced hip hop. I will talk about the history, the different styles, clothes,…

First of all hip hop is set up in 1970 in the United States by dance crews. Mainly in the poor quarter called ‘The Bronx’. Hip hop refers to styles of street dance. Most of the time the dancers dance on hip hop music and sometimes some dancers are from a hip hop culture.

Hip hop incorporates a big assortment of styles like breakdance, popping and tutting for examples. The best known styles are hip hop fast and hip hop lyrical. Hip hop fast is a quick dance choreography with movements on every tone of the music. Hip hop lyrical is a bit slower because you dance on the lyrics of the song and you dance with more emotions

I like hip hop because you can do your own thing, is the same choreography but every dancer has his own style. It’s not like ballet, not every movement must be exactly the same as the others.

There exists a lot of movies concerning hip hop. For example, the movies like Step up, Honey, Street dance, etc…

When you dance hip hop, boys and girls wear the same things like a top or t-shirt and untighten pants with some sneakers.