Larissa Rivera's Blog: The World Of Hip Hop

There are so many different genres of dance. There are the basics like ballet and tap, and then there are international ones like river dance or bachata. Dance has a big variety of genres all around the world. But I’m going to be talking about one genre of dance that is very popular, and that is also one of my favorites! For this blog post, I’m going to be talking about Hip Hop! Hip Hop also has many versions to it. There is old school hip-hop. Hip-hop from this generation includes twerking, whiping, dabing. Well there not really considered "hip hop", but many hip-hop dancers use it so it kind of just fell into hip-hop. Hip-hop also includes krumping and tutting, which is very popular. But I’m just going to focus on one version of hip-hop, and that is breakdancing. Me personally, I don't breakdance but I do know some of the basics of breakdancing. Breakdancing has always been fascinating to be, and someday I hope to be good at it. To breakdance, you have to have a lot of strength especially in your core, but this goes for basically every dance genre. Breakdancing is a type of hip-hop that’s called "street dance". When you see a break-dancer, you would usually see them breakdancing outside especially if your walking around in a city like New York. If you see a boy breakdancing, the name for them is "B-boy", and a girl that break-dances is called a "B-girl". If are competing in breakdance, you wouldn't call it a "breakdance competition, you would call it a "breakdance battle". For a battle, there are a lot of expectations. For example in the article, "With Crews and Zoos, a B-Boy World", it mentions, "Battle of the year is largely responsible for the trend toward longer, more artful works featuring characters and plot."(Bloom, 1). This means that they have to tell a story through their breakdance. Breakdancing has a lot of famous moves that you may notices every time you see someone breakdance. Like it mentions in the article, "The dance in the night-time." it says," One dancer swivels on his head. Another pops and locks. These small explosions of wrist palm and foot are the universal body play of breakdance."(Kampala, 1). I’m not going to lie; I always see a breakdance spin on their head at least once in their routine. Breakdance is known all around the world, many different countries are influenced by breakdance. In the early 1980's, breakdancing was very popular in Britain. "When the breakdancing craze swept Britain", it says," Each week, hundreds of "b-boys" attended Nottingham's biggest nightclub, Rock City, to show off their moves."(Wade, 1). Breakdancing has started years ago, and is still popular today!