HIP-HOP DANCE
Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which 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 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.
MODERN DANCE
Modern Dance is a free, expressive style of dancing started in the early 20th
century as a reaction to classical ballet. In recent years it has
included elements not usually associated with dance, such as speech and
film.
FOLKDANCE
The term "folk dance" is reserved for dances
which are to a significant degree bound by tradition and originated in
the times when the distinction existed between the dances of "common
folk" and the dances of the "high society". A number of modern ballroom
dances originated from folk ones.
CHEERDANCE
The routines usually range anywhere from one to three
minutes, which may contain many components of tumbling, dance, jumps,
cheers and stunting in order to direct spectators of events to cheer for
sports teams at games or to participate in cheerleading competitions.
