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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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Street
Dance; African-American
An umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs.
Krumping
Dance; African-American
Street dance popularised in the United States that is characterised by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. Krumping originated in South Central Los Angeles, CA during the ...
Turfing
Dance; African-American
A form of street dance associated with hyphy music. The term, which originated as an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor, was created by the influential turf dancer Jeriel Bey; the dance form was ...
Cabbage Patch Dance
Dance; African-American
A dance involving putting the hands together in the form of fists and moving them in a horizontal, circular motion. The Gucci Crew II had a song describing the dance, as well as Dr. Dre and DJ Yella ...
The Dolphin
Dance; African-American
A dance motion often associated with breakdancing and "funk" subculture in which a subject lies supine and forms a rippling motion through their body, creating a wave reminiscent of a worm crawling. ...
Tornado
Dance; African-American
A name used in Lindy Hop for a dance move in which the leader executes a swingout but on the four counts of the return. This dance was a hit around 1910 at a Negro cabaret, Purcell's, on the Barbary ...
Locking
Dance; African-American
Originally danced to traditional funk music, such as that produced or performed by James Brown. This is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop.
