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LOCKING
Funky dance with jumps, hands, arms, and feet moves around the body. Also with stops, the dancer locks his position to the music. It is a dance with precise and locked moves. A very spectacular dance. The dancer has to bring positive vibes on top of technical difficulties. This brings a lot of styles! Locking comes from the famous American TV show: “Soul Train”.
HIP-HOP NEW STYLE
This dance has a lot of rhythm and jumps. On Rap. This type of dance is a mix of different Hip-Hop music with steps from other styles of dance. It is a more recent dance. It became famous with the video clip: “Can’t Touch This” from MC Hammer.
POPPING
Popping was born at the end of the 1970s on the west coast of USA. It is a funky style of dancing based on muscle contraction. You have to separate some parts of your body in a jerky or flowing style of dancing to create a visual effect. The most well-known movement is Roboting, the dancer moves like a robot.
HOUSE DANCE
This dance was born in the nightclubs of New York and Chicago in the 1980s. The style is light and aerial, dancing mainly on tiptoe. House dance gets its inspiration through different dances like salsa, tap-dancing, or afro style dances. Bgirls became essential in house dancing.