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A backup dancer performing for Mark Wills. A backup dancer also known as background dancer [1] is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements (especially where there are many moving together) improve the visual aesthetics of the lead performer, and provide a symmetry and ...
Ken Swift has several film credits to his name, including Style Wars, the first hip hop documentary, and the first hip hop major motion picture, Wild Style. His most famous movie was 1983's hit Flashdance , where his two-minute dance with several members of the Rock Steady Crew launched the hip hop scene into international attention.
A few hip-hop dance shows appeared on television in the 1990s such as 1991's The Party Machine with Nia Peeples [note 9] and 1992's The Grind. Several hip-hop dance shows premiered in the 2000s including (but not limited to) Dance Fever, Dance 360, The Wade Robson Project, MTV Dance Crew, America's Best Dance Crew, Dance on Sunset, and Shake It Up.
Slavik Pustovoytov (born 15 December 1998) is a Ukrainian dancer, model, choreographer, influencer, and social media personality. He is known on social media under the names Vik White and Itzslavik. [1] Slavik Pustovoytov has participated in many TV shows and dance competitions. His dancing style can be described as Hip Hop and Freestyle.
Lorenzo Harris (born January 28, 1964) is a dancer, choreographer, artistic director and professor of hip-hop dance. Harris formed the first and longest running hip-hop dance touring company, Rennie Harris Puremovement in 1992. [1] In 2007, he conceived another touring company, RHAW or Rennie Harris Awe-Inspiring Works. [2]
Stephen Laurel "tWitch" Boss (September 29, 1982 – December 13, 2022) was an American freestyle hip hop dancer, choreographer, actor, television producer, and television personality. In 2008, he finished in second place on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD).
As a craze for all things hip hop took hold, the 16-year-old Crazy Legs, now President of the Rock Steady Crew, took hip hop dance to Paris and London as part of the New York City Rap Tour, with recording artists Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmixer D.ST, graffiti artists Fab 5 Freddie and Futura 2000, and the World Champion Fantastic Four Double ...
She has danced with LL Cool J, Bobby Brown, Salt n' Pepa, [3] Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Michael K. Williams, [7] and was a dancer in the opening credits of Living Single. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] She is most known for her time on Rap City [ 11 ] [ 8 ] from 1994 to 1999.