African-American

African-American

Cultural dance developed within African American communities in everyday spaces, rather than in studios, schools or companies.These dances are usually centered on folk and social dance practice, though performance dance often supply complementary aspects to this.

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Jerkin

Dance; African-American

A street dance from Los Angeles. Since 2009, jerkin' has gained fans along the West Coast and is gaining popularity on the East Coast.

Chigaco Steppin

Dance; African-American

An urban dance that continues to evolve defining its unique style and culture within in the context of mainstream Swing dance. Steppin as it is affectionately known has it roots imbedded in the ...

Backslide

Dance; African-American

A dance technique that presents the illusion of the dancer being pulled backwards while attempting to walk forward. A popping move, it became popular around the world after Michael Jackson executed ...

Moonwalk

Dance; African-American

Chicken Noodle Soup

Dance; African-American

Originating in Harlem, the dance has been embraced as a new symbol of the local scene that distinguishes New York from other regions whose urban musical subgenres have captured national attention in ...

Cha-Cha Slide

Dance; African-American

A line dance with called instructions. It is an updated version of the Electric Slide. Produced by Hudson Beaudy, Frederick L. Johnson, Ken Uchida, DJ Eric B, Men On Business. DJ Casper developed the ...

Snap

Dance; African-American

A dance-centric subgenre of hip hop music,that originated around 2001, in Bankhead, West Atlanta, the United States. It is not known exactly who has created snap, though D4L, Dem Franchize Boys, and, ...