Survey of Dances in Musical Theatre Hip Hop
Origins of Hip Hop: When 1970s: Became widely known after the first professional street- based dance crews formed in the United States. 1980s: Talented dancers with athletic prowess performed the predecessors of modern Hip-Hop dance in a variety of party dances like the Wop, Cabbage-Patch, and Running-Man. These and many others enabled a larger community of dancers to get in on the fun—those who lacked the athletic ability of a b-boy could participate in this creative dance movement set to rap music. 1980s: Hip hop term coined by DJ Afrika Bambaataa MCs before that used “hip hop” to describe a scat style of rhyming (ex: "Hip-Hop ya'll and ya don't stop, rock on, till the break of dawn.”)
Origins of Hip Hop: Who African American & Latino culture The most influential groups were Rock Steady Crew, The Lockers, and The Electric Boogaloos who are responsible for the spread of breaking, locking, and popping respectively.
Origins of Hip Hop: Where Not studio derived, from the streets African Americas & Latinos in New York City – uprock & breaking African Americans in California – locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping (the funk styles)
Types of Hip Hop Uprock Breaking Locking Roboting Boogaloo Popping
Musicals Hip Hop Used In 1. In the Heights 2. Bring it On the Musical Legally Blonde the Musical Fame 5. High School Musical - BLAH
Teaching Videos In the Heights: Mahalo channel:
Works Cited and-concept-of-hip-hop-dance/ hop_dance ml