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CBS News compared the intensity of krumping to that of moshing. [11] Although krumping was not directly created by Tommy, it was inspired by his “clowning”. [1] [9] [12] Originally, Willis and Ratti were clown dancers for Tommy, but as their dancing was considered too "rugged" and "raw" for clowning, they left and developed krumping. [2]
Thomas Johnson, also known as Tommy the Clown, is an American dancer best known as the inventor of the "clowning" style of dance, which evolved into krumping.Johnson invented the style in 1992 to enhance birthday party clown acts, thereby creating the concept of "hip-hop clowns".
Like clowning, krumping is characterized by free, expressive exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. [5] The youths who started krumping, known as Lil C' and Miss Prissy, saw the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and "to release anger, aggression and frustration positively, in a non-violent way."
Hip-hop dance is a fusion dance genre with influences from older street dance styles created in the 1970s. These include uprock, breaking, and the funk styles. [1] Breaking was created in The Bronx, New York, in the early 1970s. [2] In its earliest form, it began as elaborations on James Brown's "Good Foot" dance, which debuted in 1972.
Christopher "Lil' C" Toler (born January 19, 1983) is an American dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his choreography and judging on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance, and for his appearance in the 2005 krumping documentary Rize.
The signature hand move of the Dougie dance University student performs the Dougie during a talent show. The Dougie (/ ˈ d ʌ ɡ i / ⓘ DUG-ee) is a hip hop dance move generally performed by moving one's body from side to side and passing a hand through or near the hair on one's own head.
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.
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