Summary
SUMMARY Hip-Hop is an umbrella term encompassing several sub-genres. Breaking is considered the original form of hip-hop dance. The Hip-Hop cultural movement of the 1970s was spawned from African-American and Latinx youth in marginalized, inner-city neighborhoods. During the 1980s, the media helped increase hip-hop’s popularity, gaining it widespread attention. In the 1990s, hip-hop culture, including […]
Mainstream Media and Globalization
Mainstream Media and Globalization In the 1980s into the early 1990s, Hip-Hop gained attention through mainstream media primarily due to the rise of popularity of rap music. Two biopic films introduced Hip-Hop culture to the world. Style Wars and Wild Style featured Bronx’s breakers, rappers, deejays, and graffiti artists. The Hollywood film Flashdance also featured […]
OTHER HIP-HOP DANCE STYLES
OTHER HIP-HOP DANCE STYLES Waacking Waacking was created by the LGBTQIA+ community in the 1970s disco era. Waacking uses striking arm movements, poses, and footwork, with “emphasis on expressiveness” (Wikipedia). The moves are inspired by classic Hollywood film actors/actresses, 1960s comic book heroes, and 1970s martial art films. Waacking has undergone several name changes throughout […]
Hip Hop Dance Types
Hip-Hop Dance Types The Hip-Hop movement began on the East Coast of New York City; however, it was not isolated to this location. Other street dances emerged on the West Coast in California. EAST COAST Fig. 9. B-boy Pumba (Urban Force) dancing in the cypher of Rock Steady crew 30th Anniversary – Concrete Battle (The […]
What is Hip-Hop?
“Hip-Hop is the culture of oppressed Black and Latino people that has, I guess, kind of flipped the political end of music and art on its head. Hip-Hop is the opposite of politics. Politics separates people. Hip-Hop brings people together.”- Emilio “Buddha Stretch” Austin What is Hip-Hop? Hip-hop is an umbrella term that includes several […]
Timeline & Summary
MODERN DANCE TIMELINE SUMMARY Modern Dance emerged as a contrast or rejection of the rigid constraints of Ballet. From individual free expressions to Contemporary Modern Dance, just like its beginnings, Modern Dance is forever changing. Today, combining unifying elements of other genres of dance (African, Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop), Modern Dance is interested in […]
FOURTH GENERATION: Contemporary Modern Dance
FOURTH GENERATION: Contemporary Modern Dance During the mid 1970s there was a shift back to more technical-based movements with a return to the proscenium stage. We are using the term Contemporary Modern to refer to this current genre. Remember that the term Modern refers to those early choreographers who broke away from old world ballet and developed an original […]
THIRD GENERATION: The Postmodern Movement
THIRD GENERATION: The Postmodern Movement The Postmodern movement emerged during the early 1960s and reflected the revolutionary mood of the times. Postmodern choreographers began to question the reasons for dance-making, who could dance (can untrained people be performers?), what could be used as music (can silence be music?), and experimented with where dance could occur. […]
SECOND GENERATION: Expanding the Horizons of Modern Dance
The second-generation modern dancers either continued following their predecessors’ work or went in a different direction by creating new dance techniques, styles, and unorthodox choreographic approaches. José Limón (1908-1972) José Limón, originally from Mexico, danced with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Eventually, Limón would form his own company and ask his mentor, Humphrey, to be […]
FIRST GENERATION: Discovering Personal Voices
FIRST GENERATION: Discovering Personal Voices Dancers from the Denishawn school began to branch out as they grew restless with the company’s artistic vision, which focused on exotic themes that proved to be more so entertainment on the vaudeville circuit. Instead, the first-generation dancers wanted to express their creative voice and push the art form’s boundaries, […]
