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Dance-pop is highly eclectic, having borrowed influences from other genres, which varied by producers, artists and periods. Such include contemporary R&B, house, trance, techno, electropop, new jack swing, funk and pop rock. Dance-pop is a popular mainstream style of music and there have been numerous artists and groups who perform in the genre.
Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier boogaloo cultural movement in Oakland, California.As boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as "robottin'" in Richmond, California; strutting movements in San Francisco and San Jose; and the Strikin' dances of the Oak Park community in Sacramento, which were popular through the mid-1960s to the 1970s.
In June 1852, the boat Pop Goes The Weasel competed in the Durham Regatta. [7] By December 1852, "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a popular social dance in England. [8] A ball held in Ipswich on 13 December 1852 ended with "a country dance, entitled 'Pop Goes the Weasel', one of the most mirth inspiring dances which can well be imagined." [8]
Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former more accurately describes all music that is targeted for mass appeal (compare art music) and includes many disparate styles
Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular songs. Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, were written to cash in recent successful novelties.
This dance move may sound self-explanatory, but striking the perfect balance of leg-to-arm movement ratio requires a certain rhythm which many people seem to be lacking. And by many people, we ...
Electronic dance music (EDM), [1] also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. It is generally produced for playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix , by segueing from one recording to another. [ 2 ]
House-pop (sometimes also called "pop-house") [22] is a crossover of house and dance-pop music that emerged in early '90s. [23] The genre was created to make house music more radio friendly. [24] The characteristic of house-pop is similar to diva house music, like over-the-top vocal acrobatics, bubbly synth riffs, and four-on-the-floor rhythm ...