Hip Hop dance styles are predominantly dance to hip hop music. It can consist of the many styles simple labeled as hip hop, old school hip hop (or hype), hip hop new style and free style. The dance style primarily associated with hip hop is , and funk styles such as popping and locking were later integrated in the culture. Breaking and the original funk styles look quite diverse style wise, but they share many neighboring fundamentals, such as their improvisational nature, the music they're danced to and the way they originated from the streets, mainly within and communities. These similarities helped bring them, and other street dance styles, together under the same sub-culture, and help to keep them alive and buzzing.
Popping is a and style based on the method of rapidly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit. This is done constantly to the beat and tempo of a song with a variety of movements and poses. Popping is also used as an umbrella term for a group of closely related dance styles like locking and techniques that are often integrated with popping to create a more varied performance. Like other , popping is often performed in , trying to outshine another dancer or group of dancers in front of a crowd. This gives room for improvisation and moves that are hardly ever seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with the other contestants and spectators. Michael Jackson has also helped to popularize popping and today popping has been incorporated into .
Krumping is similar in form and practice to traditional weapon dances, and for this reason is considered by many African-American krumpers to be representational to their tribal roots. Dance "battling," a form of dance where competitors challenge each other in a direct and aggressive competition is a fundamental component of krump in a similar way to the earlier break dance battles in a sarcastic disrespectful manner (dissing). Face paint is used in krumping still as displayed in movies such as “Stomp the Yard”, "Shake City" and "Get Ya Krump On" which had the first songs released worldwide out of the krump world society. Like all forms of , hip hop music is the main type used for krump. The style of hip hop is a crucial factor in krump dancing and the music sets the tone, tempo and atmosphere of the dance battle.
All these dance styles are similar in some way or form. They have all originated from practically the same type of dance style and consist of the same elements. They all use the same improvisational methods and use the rhythm and up beat tempo to set the atmosphere. Street dance is a form of art which is used to express your self physically and is evolving right as I speak.
Warm up and Cool down routine.
Step 1. Slow jog on the spot for the count of 8.
Step 2. 8 star jumps at a moderate pace.
Step 3. Rotate your head from the left corner to the right corner, remembering not to hold your head back, keep it forward so it does not damage your neck line. Repeat this for the count of 16.
Step 4. Rotation of the diaphragm for the count of 16.
Step 5. Stretches for the count of 16.
Step 6. Leaps across the room and back. Repeat this twice
Step 7. Triplets across the room and back. Repeat this twice
Step 8. Sit ups for the count of 16.
Step 9. Then sit ups while stretching to the right with your left arm.
Step 10. Sit ups while stretching to the left with your right arm.
Step 11. Seat rolls and stretching to a point for the count of 16.
Step 12. Ham string, 16 counts for each leg.
Step 13. Rotation of the shoulder for the count of 16.
Step 14. Turns with your harms swinging for the count of 8 .
Repeat step 3, 4 and 5 to finish cooling down.