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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 ...
Harlem shake (dance) The Harlem shake is a style of hip-hop dance characterized by jerky arm and shoulder movements in time to music. [1] The dance was created by Harlem resident Al B. (Albert Boyce) in 1981; the dance was initially called "The Albee" or "The Al. B.". [2] As indicated by the name, it is associated with the predominantly African ...
The Melbourne shuffle is a rave dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [1][2] The dance moves involve a fast heel-and-toe movement or T-step, combined with a variation of the running man coupled with a matching arm action. [1] The dance is improvised and involves "repeatedly shuffling your feet inwards ...
The Dougie (/ ˈdʌɡi / ⓘ 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. [1] The dance move originated in Dallas, Texas, [2][3] where it took its name from similar moves performed by 1980s rapper Doug E. Fresh. [1][4][5] The Dougie ...
The history of hip-hop dances encompasses the people and events since the late 1960s that have contributed to the development of early hip-hop dance styles, such as uprock, breaking, locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping. African Americans created uprock and breaking in New York City. African Americans in California created locking, roboting ...
Genre. Hip-hop dance. Inventor. Crips. Year. Early 1970s. Origin. Compton, Los Angeles, California, U.S. The Crip Walk, also known as the C-Walk, is a dance move that was created in the 1970s by first generation Crip member Robert "Sugar Bear" Jackson, and has since spread worldwide.
Movement. Hip hop. Richard Colón (born January 1, 1966), better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is an American b-boy who was featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983. Today he is also involved in community ...
The video opens with the first use of the Harlem Shake meme, [3] [6] and started a viral trend of people uploading their own "Harlem Shake" videos to YouTube. [10] Despite its name, the meme does not actually involve participants performing the original Harlem Shake dance, a street and hip hop dance that originated in 1980s Harlem, New York City.