Hip-Hop! Let's Dance!

What is Hip-Hop Dance?

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles mainly performed to hip-hop music, orthat have developed as part of hip-hop culture. Hip-hopdance includes a wide range of styles primarily: break-dance, krump-dance, line-dance,and locking-dance. Hip Hop dance started in the 1970s and has been made popularby dance crews in the UnitedStates.

What makes hip-hop dance different fromother forms of dance? Hip-hop dance is often freestyle innature, and hip-hop dance crews often compete in freestyle dancecompetitions�referred to as battles.Hip-hop dance can be a form of entertainment or a hobby. It can also be a wayto stay active in competitive dance and a way to make a living by dancingprofessionally.