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Streetdance
Street dance is an umbrella term for a large number of social dance styles such as: breakdancing, popping, locking, house dance, waacking, voguing, etc. Social dance styles have many accompanying steps and foundations, created organically from a culture, a moment in time, a way of life, influenced by natural social interaction. A street dance is a vernacular dance in an urban context. Vernacular dances are often improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers. These dances are a part of the vernacular culture of the geographical area that they come from. History Street dance evolved during the 1970s outside dance studios in any available open space. This includes streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. This is partly because African Americans who created the style were generally not accepted into dance studios because of their race. A significant feature of street dance i ...
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Litefeet
Litefeet, also referred to as "getting lite," is a type of street dance/vernacular dance that emerged from Harlem, New York in the early 2000s (was established in 2006) . The term comes from dancers dancing as though they have "light feet," or are weightless. The Harlem shake is commonly incorporated into the social dance Litefeet, as is the "Chicken Noodle Soup, the Tone Wop (often mistakenly named the "Toe Whop"), the Rev Up and the Aunt Jackie. Moves often include: shuffling, hat tricks, and shoe tricks. Dancers often perform on subways in New York City, where the performances are called Showtime, and at Union Square. The dance has been embraced as a symbol of the urban musical social scene of Harlem. Well-known teams include: W.A.F.F.L.E. (We Are Family For Life, Ent.), MonzterInc, Brotherhood, 2Real Boyz, Team Rocket, Demon, 2crafty, Loonatics, Outsiders, Live Zombies, LyveTyme, NewMem The Litefeet Collective and Bwreckfast Club E.A.T. Litefeet is also the name of the musi ...
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The Bronx
The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, Westchester County to its north; to its south and west, the New York City borough of Manhattan is across the Harlem River; and to its south and east is the borough of Queens, across the East River. The Bronx, the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island, has a land area of and a population of 1,472,654 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density of the boroughs.New York State Department of Health''Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State – 2010'' retrieved on August 8, 2015. The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the West Bronx, west, and a flatter East Bronx, easte ...
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Don Campbell (dancer)
Don "Campbellock" Campbell (January 8, 1951 – March 30, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer who was best known for having invented the " locking" dance, and for his work with The Lockers. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri in January 1951, Campbell discovered dance while studying commercial art at Los Angeles Trade–Technical College. Early career In 1971, Campbell joined the cast of ''Soul Train'' once the program arrived in Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer until 1973, when he was removed from the program for requesting that performers be paid. He then recruited other dancers who had been removed for the same reason, and with them founded the Lockers. Campbell recorded a song in 1972 titled, "The Campbellock", to go with his new high-flying, groundbreaking dance. He also established his own dance ensemble, The Campbellock Dancers. They later changed their name to The Lockers. Campbell's then girlfriend Toni Basil, former student Fred Berry, Adolfo "Shabadoo" ...
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Popin' Pete
Timothy Earl Solomon (born August 5, 1961), known as Popin' Pete, is an American dancer and choreographer who popularized the "popping" dance style and member of the Electric Boogaloos. Pete’s career has spanned over forty years since the emergence of popping dance. Biography Being inspired by his older brother, “Boogaloo” Sam Solomon, who by that time had already mastered all existing street dance styles, Pete would always watch Sam dance and learn from him . Around the years 1975-1976 Sam would combine the local popping techniques & Boogaloo (funk dance), Boogaloo styles that originated in Oakland. He compiled a set of basic movements and founded The Electric Boogaloos. The Electric Boogaloos Popin’ Pete is a first generation member of The Electric Boogaloos, joining the group in 1978, Pete began to learn the popping style. According to Pete, he learned to pop first because Boogaloo (funk dance), Boogaloo was too difficult. Boogaloo Sam as a creator of the group taught ...
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The Electric Boogaloos
The Electric Boogaloos are a street dance crew responsible for the spread of popping and electric boogaloo. The name "Boogaloo" came from a song called " Do a Boogaloo" by James Brown, which was also adapted as a Boogaloo street dance done from Oakland, CA. They were founded by Boogaloo Sam in Fresno, California in 1977. Their original name was the Electronic Boogaloo Lockers but "Lockers" was dropped the following year. On January 25, 2012, The Electric Boogaloos were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th anniversary show of The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball, for their role in popularizing dance styles such as popping and electric boogie, presented by choreographer and dancer Toni Basil. Members Boogaloo Sam, also known as Sam Solomon grew up in Fresno, California. He was inspired to innovate a new dance style after learning from the Bay City Boogaloos and meeting Tick'n Will and Darnell McDowell - the Ace Tre Lockers - they danced a form of Boogaloo from Oakla ...
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DJ Kool Herc
Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is credited with being the founder of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in 1973. Nicknamed the Father of Hip-Hop, Campbell began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown. Campbell isolated the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat—the " break"—and switch from one break to another. Using the same two-turntable set-up of disco DJs, he used two copies of the same record to elongate the break. This breakbeat DJing, using funky drum solos, formed the basis of hip hop music. Campbell's announcements and exhortations to dancers helped lead to the syncopated, rhythmically spoken accompaniment now known as rapping. He called the dancers "break-boys" and "break-girls", or simply b-boys and b-girls, terms that continue to be used fifty years later in the sport of breaking. Campbell's DJ style was quickly taken up ...
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List Of Ethnic, Regional, And Folk Dances Sorted By Origin
This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region. These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances. Albania * Dance of Osman Taka * Entarisi ala benziyor * Gusharaveli * Napoloni * Pogonishte * Rugovo (sword dance) *Shota (dance) * Vallja e cobanit Argentina * Carnavalito *Chacarera *Cueca *Cumbia Villera * Milonga *Tango * Zamba Armenia Note: in Armenian "bar" means "dance". *Berd * Entarisi ala benziyor *Kochari * Shalakho * Tamzara * Temuraga * Yarkhushta Austria *Ländler *Schuhplattler * Tyrolienne *Waltz Azerbaijan * Abayı * Agir Karadagi * Anzali * Asma kasma * Choban Regsi * Halay * Innaby * Jangi * Khanchobany * * Shalakho * Tarakama * Tello * Uzundara * Youz bir Belarus * Liavonicha ( Lyavonikha) * Karahod ( Khorovod) * Trasucha (Poĺka-Trasucha) * Kryzhachok Bolivia *Awki awki *Caporales * Diablada *Kullawada * Llamerada *Morenada * Oruro Diablada * P'aquchi * Siklla * Toba ...
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List Of Street And Vernacular Dances
Below is a list of vernacular/street dances, varying from traditional to modern electronic styles. See also *List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances sorted by origin This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region. These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances. Albania * Dance of Osman Taka * Entarisi ala benziyor * Gusharaveli * Napoloni ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Street and vernacular dances Dance-related lists ...
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Northern England
Northern England, or the North of England, refers to the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, County Durham, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire. Officially, it is a grouping of three Regions of England, statistical regions: the North East England, North East, the North West England, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber, which had a combined population of 15.5 million at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, an area of and 17 City status in the United Kingdom, cities. Northern England is cultural area, culturally and Economic inequality, economically distinct from both the Midlands of England, Midlands and Southern England. The area's northern boundary is the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland, its western the Irish Sea and a short England–Wales border, border with Wales, and its eastern the North Sea. Its southern border is often debated, ...
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Clogging
Clogging, buck dancing, or flatfoot dancing is a type of folk dance practiced in the United States, in which the dancer's footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm. Clogging can be found at various Old-Time and Bluegrass Music festivals. Clogging is the official state dance of Kentucky and North Carolina. Antecedents In the United States, team clogging originated from square dance teams in Asheville, North Carolina's Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (1928), organized by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in the Appalachian region. The Soco Gap Dancers performed at the White House in 1939, which caused an uptick in the popularity of team clogging. American Clogging is associated with the predecessor to bluegrass— "old-time" music, which is based on English, and Irish fiddle tunes as well as African American banjo tunes. Clogging primarily develo ...
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California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ...
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