Hip-Hop

A genre of dance that incorporates a certain style of creativity, attitude, music, posture, and choreography. This genre stems from early urban influences of rap and the inner city streets where many different ethnic cultures and dance disciplines fused together to form the exciting form of dance known as hip-hop. A hip-hop class follows that of the traditional dance class in that instruction begins with stretching and strengthening exercises, progressing to some technique work indicative of hip-hop, then doing small patterns across the floor, and in the center, and finally finishing in some choreographed routines and a cool down.