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Baay Sooley
Baay Sooley is a hip-hop dancer from Senegal. He has toured internationally as a dancer of the Positive Black Soul (PBS) crew. He choreography, choreographed the hip hop musical comedy "The Extraordinary Stories of the Poto-Poto Children". and created the street wear brand "Bull Doff". Biography Sooley (real name Souleymane Diagne) grew up in an environment surrounded by dance (his father worked at the Daniel Sorano National Theater, Théâtre national Daniel Sorano in Dakar, Senegal), and at a young age began performing with his elder brother. With the arrival of Hip-Hop movement to Dakar, Sooley became the first professional hip-hop dancer and became the official dancer of PBS. When PBS disbanded in 2001, Sooley formed a new group "PBS Radikal". While well known for his dancing talents, Sooley surprised many members of the Senegalese Hip Hop Galsen movement when he released his debut album "Ndol" in 2004, mixing various musical styles including hip hop, reggae, ragga, and dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip-hop Dance
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop, hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture, hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show ''Soul Train'' and the 1980s films ''Breakin''', ''Beat Street'', and ''Wild Style'' showcased these crews and dance styles in their early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop dance mainstream exposure. The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces. The commercialization of hip-hop dance continued into the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
