hip-hop & cheerdance

• hip-hop - is described as any form of dance derived from popular hip-hop music combined with street dance and choreography. It is a good cardiovascular endurance workout
• four historic elements of hip-hop:

  1. MCing
  2. DJing
  3. graffiti
  4. break dancing
• two main categories of hip-hop dance:

  1. old school
  2. new school
• old-school - the era of hip-hop between early 1970s and the mid-1980s
• new-school - the newer forms of hip-hop dance that evolved in the mid-1980
• terms used in old school hip-hop:

  1. breaking
  2. popping
  3. locking
• breaking - also known as breakdancing, b-boying, and b-girling
• types of breaking:

  1. b-boy
  2. b-girl
  3. toprock
  4. downrock
  5. uprock
• b-boy - refers to a male break dancer
• b-girl - refers to a female breaker
• toprock - dance steps that you do while standing
• downrock - also known as the power moves and sequences on the ground
• uprock - a more competitive type of toprock that consists of foot shuffles spins, turns, and creative movements
• popping - was created by sam solomon. performers of this technique should have good body coordination to have smooth fluid motions
• popping dance styles:

  1. boogaloo
  2. floating, gliding, sliding
  3. isolation
  4. scarecrow
  5. strobing
  6. the robot or botting
  7. tutting
• dance warm-ups - are important to avoid some physical injuries in the spine, arms, wrists, shoulders, ankles, and other parts of the body
• cheer dance - came from the word "cheer" and "dance". cheer is to yell created phrases while dance is a physical activity that expresses an idea
• basic cheer dancing moves:

  1. motion
  2. jumps
  3. stunts
• UAAP - university athletic association of the philippines
• motion - one of the most important features of cheer dance
• techniques for executing the arm/hand motions:

  1. high v
  2. low v
  3. low touchdown
  4. k-motion
  5. torch/punch
  6. t-motion
  7. clap
  8. clasp
• arm/hand motion - most of the basic hand motions are integrated with the movements in jumps, cheers, stunts
• leg motion - similar to the hand motion, these can be used in combination with the arms and hand motions to create a variety of movements
• techniques for executing the leg motions:

  1. clean
  2. wide
  3. side lunge
  4. front lunge
• jumps - it is considered one of the hardest skills in cheer dance
• types of jumps:

  1. tuck jump
  2. herkie
  3. toe touch
• stunts - some of the most difficult and exciting features of cheer dance competitions
• types of cheer dance performers:

  1. flyers
  2. bases or mounts
  3. spotters
• flyers - usually cheerleaders who can do stunts while being held or thrown into the air
• bases or mounts - the ones who control the throw of the flyers into the air
• spotters - people who stand at the back where they assist the bases or mounts when lifting and throwing the flyers