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Dave Scott (born 1974) is an American hip-hop dance teacher, choreographer, and talent developer. He gained widespread success from his choreography in movies, primarily the 2004 dance film You Got Served and the 2008 dance film Step Up 2: The Streets. He is a resident choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance and The PULSE on Tour dance ...
A Detroit ghettotech style of dancing is called the jit. This dance style relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations. The roots of jit date back to Detroit jitterbugs in the 1970s. [5] Chicago's equivalent dance style is Juke, where the focus is on footwork dating back to the late 1980s. [3] [6]
The 1980s witnessed a surge in hip-hop activity in Michigan, fueled by independent record labels like Inner City Records and a grassroots movement of artists and producers. The Hip Hop Shop, a Detroit record store, became a hub for the scene, providing a platform for local talent and fostering a sense of community.
The prevailing aesthetic of Chicago Dance Crash has been cited as "fusion-style," [19] generally referred to as the blending of unalike dance forms but more culturally recognized as the specific combination of hip hop dance aspects (including breakdancing, popping, krump, among others) with the influence of "concert dance" vocabulary and ...
For more information, see Detroit hip hop. Pages in category "Rappers from Detroit" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, when in 1977 several aspiring young artists approached dance teacher/choreographer Lou Conte to teach tap classes. [1] At the time, the studio was located at the corner of LaSalle Street and Hubbard Street, which is how the company acquired its name.
Steppin' in Chicago goes back to the late 1940s early 1950s, originally called Bopping it evolved with soul music as the street corner harmony soul songs did with musical bands. Stepping remained popular throughout, even as Hip Hop and Rap music came along it remained mainstream in the urban dance scene.
ˈ l eɪ /) is a newly recognized dance style that fuses ballet with hip hop. The term was first coined in 2009, [1] but in May 2016, dancers from the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center (CMDC) performing hiplet gained widespread popularity after a video of the dancers attained thousands of views on Instagram. [2]