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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Campbellocking

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.

Robot

Dance; African-American

An illusionary street dance style often confused with popping that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin. Roboting gained fame after The Jacksons used the dance when they performed Dancing ...

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 ...

Monkey

Dance; African-American

A novelty dance, most popular in 1963. The dance was popularised by two R&B records: Major Lance's "The Monkey Time", and The Miracles' "Mickey's Monkey" both Top 10 Pop hits released during the ...

Walk-around

Dance; African-American

A dance developed from a "Prize Walk" done in the days of slavery, generally at get-togethers on plantations in the Southern United States.

Lindy Hop

Dance; African-American

A dance based on the popular Charleston and named for Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing in 1927. Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is ...

Charleston

Dance; African-American

A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularised in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. ...