HipHop

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  • HipHop is also known as?

    Street Dance
  • Classically trained dancers developed this studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip hop dances that were performed on the street
  • Because of this development, Hiphop dance is practice in both dance studios and Outdoor Spaces.
  • The word "HipHop" was used as African America Vernacular English (AAVE) as early as 1904
  • The word "Hip" means informed or current meaning the dancers movement are rooted in their personal, social, cultural, and environmental experiences.
  • HipHop is polyrthymic meaning two or more rhythms within the tempo
  • The polyrthymics can create different accents and divisions of time making the beat sound more complex and denser.