Week 12

WHICH REFERS TO BREAKDANCING-HIPHOP?

Originated in originated in
Fresco, California The Bronx, New York

also known as
isolating different body
b-boying/b-girling
parts

puts small pauses and associated with a particular

moves in alternating beat style of baggy clothing
 WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE?

Breakdancing has provided

Breakdancing popularized
a youth culture constructive
the dance from progressive
alternative to violent urban
genres of jazz, soul, funk,
street gangs. electro, disco, and R&B
Breakdancing is a street
dance style that evolved as
part of the hip hop
movement originated
among African Americans
& Irish Americans during
early 1980s
 WHICH REFERS TO
BREAKDANCING-HIPHOP?
• Define the nature of popping & locking

• Differentiate popping from locking

• Identify the different styles of popping & locking

-a street dance and one of the
original funk styles from Fresno, CA
during 1960s–1970s.

-based on the technique of quickly

contracting and relaxing muscles to
cause a jerk in the dancer's body
-closely related to hip hop dancing.

-distinct from breaking and locking,

with which it is often confused.

-requires command of isolations, a

perfect knowledge of the body, and
a good sense of the rhythm with
major use of counter -tempo.

-incorporated into the

electronica dance.
-imitates film characters being
animated by stop motion

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/
ZM7rrXHNNPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6jDVTJeF1hE

-imitates animatronic robots, but

adds a hit or bounce at the end of
each movement.
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being pushed out and
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flexing the chest
muscles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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- a loose and fluid

dance style trying to
give the impression of
a body lacking bones
- a leg-oriented style focusing -a set of footwork-oriented
on fast moving legs, knee rolls to create the illusion that
and twisting feet the dancer's body is
floating smoothly across
the floor

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 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zsIPefNJDMA

-inspired by the art of Ancient -based on action figures such as

Egypt G.I. Joe
-creates geometric positions -goes between straight angles to
- focuses on the arms and simulate limited joint movement.
hands, and even finger tutting
-composed of a series of fluid
movements/liquid dancing.
- freezing from a fast movement and "locking"
in a certain position, holding that position for a
short while and then continuing in the same
speed as before

-originally “Campbellocking”
back to the late 1960’s
-created by Don Campbell danced
to traditional funk music such as
James Brown.
-may be done in solo or in unison
-lockers will often put a small pause and move
up on the second and fourth beats to
emphasize the locking.
 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/13Y9rSSoeRo

-doing a muscle man lock

then doing two separate -starting with a muscle man
-one arm and leg out then kicks while pacing with one lock, step back with one foot
switching to the other leg. hand in time with the kicks and punch
 Bending slightly
forward with arms
forming a circle
downward, as if
lifting a heavy
object.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/13Y9rSSoeRo

-macho man
pose, where
the arms are
drawn above
the shoulder
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COLUMN A COLUMN B

Putting small pauses during a

Fresno, California dance

Locking Place of Origin of Popping

Popping
Jerking of the dancer's body
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COLUMN A COLUMN B

creates geometric positions

Animatronics
with arms, hands & fingers

imitates robots, but with

Muscle man
bounces

Tutting arms are drawn above the

shoulder posing like a macho