In any dance there is a list of basic movements,who form it. The basic movements of hip-hop are distinguished by their diversity. This style originated as a street dance in which everyone showed everything that he was capable of. It is important that all movements are perfectly combined with the music under which they are performed. Hip-hop music is called a beat. This rhythm can be hidden by words and other sounds. The main thing that is required from a dancer is to hear it and make movements to the beat.
Hip hop basics
This dance has over eighty basic movements. They are divided into three "schools":
- Old School - was popular from 1979 to 1990. It includes the most simple and popular movements. At this time, the most popular was the “top” break dance, which is what hip hop dance is often called.
- Middle School movements appeared in the decade with1990 to 2000. Their founders were the cartoon character Bart Simpson, Janet Jackson and Bobby Brown. All sorts of steppes belong to this school.
- If you want to perform modern dancehip-hop, school New is perfect for this. It includes movements that appeared after 2000. This school includes the famous Harlem Shake, which a few months ago was the most popular movement on the dance floors.
- Starting to master this dance is necessary with swing and steps. We will talk about them further.
Groove
This term hides quality - movement of the body in the rhythm of playing music. These light hip-hop movements are divided into three groups:
- Bounce - for each account must be smoothly bentknees and move the body down. In order to work out this exercise, you must put your feet shoulder-width apart and count. On the first account the knees are bent, on the second they are straightened.
- Reverse "quality" - up. In this case, it is necessary to straighten the knees in time with the music, making the body move upwards.
- Fast pulsation - body movements are performed faster, for each half of the count.
Remember that these basic movements of hip-hopare not independent elements, but a bunch between them. Kach allows you to make the dance plastic, and its other elements with it are rhythmic and more beautiful. That is why the groove must be worked out first. This can be done under the song Fort Minor feat. Styles Of Beyond - Feel Like Home.
Steps
One more basic hip-hop movement is steps. They are used to change the direction of movement in the dance and turns. Without them, it is impossible to participate in battles and create a full-fledged dance.
- Two step from the middle - imagine yourselfdance mat with arrows (in your imagination, you should stand in the middle), pointing in different directions. For a bundle, use Kach and move, first take a step back and return to the middle, then do the same forward, left, right and diagonally.
- For the second type of steps you need to submityourself in front of the triangle. These basic hip-hop movements are performed alternately with the right and left foot through the cross step (cross step for changing legs). First, right, and then left foot, you need to step on imaginary vertices of the triangle.
- Sham rock - movement diagonally one wayand back. The movement begins with the left foot. She takes a step diagonally. Then the socks are turned to the right side, the legs are near, the dancer gets up on the toes and drops to the full foot.
All these movements are repeated with the right foot inback side. When working out your knees should be slightly bent. It is necessary to add quality to steps, and all elements need to be made more voluminous - to make steps wider.
