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Name: Sandoval, Frenelle G. G-17 Section: 10 - St.

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B. Answer and submit the following in a separate worksheet.
1. What dance styles, formally known as vernacular dances, refer to dances that
evolved outside of dance studios?
Answer: A street dance is a dance style that evolved outside dance studios in any
available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school
yards, raves, and nightclubs. A street dance is a vernacular dance in an urban
context.
2. What form of street dance is performed impromptu in large crowds?
Answer: Punk dance (also known as the thrash dance, or simply thrashing) is a form
of street dance that is performed impromptu in large crowds. While the punk dance is
considered a fad dance, its origins also make it a street dance.
3. What culture is created by DJ-ing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art?
Answer: Hip-hop culture created by DJing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art is
known as Hip-hop or Hip Hop. Aside from being a culture, hip-hop is recognized as
an art movement originated in Bronx, New York in the early 1970s.
4. What dance style is primarily performed to hip-hop music and have evolved as part
of hip-hop culture?
Answer: Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop
music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of
styles primarily breaking which was created in the 1970s and made popular by dance
crews in the United States.
5. What hip-hop style is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing
muscles to cause a jerk in a dancer’s body?
Answer: Popping is a funk dance and street dance style based on the technique of
quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body,
referred to as a pop or a hit.

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