Where did Hip-hop dance come from?

Watashi · **Where did Hip-hop dance come from? -** 10-02-2003, 09:10 PM

where did hip-hop dance come from exactly? is it a branch off of bboying?

pacerok · 10-02-2003, 10:40 PM

- Only HIP HOP dancing is b-boying.

- yes that is correct.

S0L0 · 10-02-2003, 10:50 PM

i dont think it came form one specific place..if you think about it..theres so many diffrent styles..all around the world..im sure befor we were actually calling it "hip hop dancing" people were doing it..in some form..so to answer your question..it came form people being creative..not one specific place..how i look at it anyway

member · 10-02-2003, 11:42 PM

if you're talking about b-boying---USA

AlphaTrion · 10-03-2003, 01:21 AM

Bboying came from the bronx. Period. The similar dance styles going on in other parts of the world were entirely different dance styles...it wasn't a small difference in naming the dances...they were completely different.

Anubis2002 · 10-03-2003, 02:36 AM

Originally posted by AlphaTrion
Bboying came from the bronx. Period. The similar dance styles going on in other parts of the world were entirely different dance styles...it wasn't a small difference in naming the dances...they were completely different.

irish jigs, african rituals, tap...all dances that HELPED bboyin along, NOT were bboying. if ur talking about BBOYIN then alpha summed it up, bronx. PERIOD

Watashi · 10-03-2003, 11:51 AM

no i am not talking about bboying (thats why i put the 'did it branch OFF of bboying?') But Hip-Hop dancing, the type of dance where it says on the flyers of advertisments for dance companys 'Learn Hip-hop, Swing, ect'. because if they were just talking about bboyin wouldnt the ad just say Breakdancing instead of hip-hop? hopefully this helped to clear things up (im horrible at trying to get what i am thinking about across to people). But i think Solo knew what i ment.

Anubis2002 · 10-03-2003, 12:20 PM

there is NO such thing as "hiphop" dance...if ur meaning that SHIT they pawn off as hiphop n its some brittany spears or wade robinson SHIT then ur not talking hiphop, pop is more like it...

member · 10-03-2003, 03:59 PM

^^^ yes, but there's no such thing as a "pop dance" either...

Anubis2002 · 10-03-2003, 04:24 PM

true but its a lot closer

Bboy Nosy · **hip hop history -** 10-03-2003, 05:08 PM

hip hop orignated in the Bronx, NY. it started when people started dancing on the ground, and called themselves BBoys, or "Break Boys." They called themselves this because they would wait around on the dance floor for the song's breakdown where there were no words, just a long period of music. So then the aspect of DJing came into play-the DJ would keep playing the breakdown over and over again and scratching and fading for transition, so the bboys could dance for longer than 45 seconds. Then MC's started adding lyrics to the beats, and then started making up new beats that you could break to and it lasted like that throughout the whole song. I don't know where Graffiti came from but it's def. a big part of hip hop.

Then the movie "Flashdance" came out, and there was like a 2 minute scene with The Rocksteady Crew breakin in an alley. **Side note** Rocksteady were the godfathers of breakin. Guys like Ken Swift, Frosty Freeze, Mr. Freeze (THE FIRST WHITE BREAKER!! WORD!) Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles, etc. But so when Flashdance went out all over the nation in theaters, then people all over the U.S. started breakin because that was the first time anyone saw breakdancing outside of New York.

There are also many other milestone things that happened in hip hop- The release of Wild Style, the first hip hop movie, then movies like Beat Street and Breakin. Then I think NYC Breakers did a pre show to the olympics and that's when it went international.

If possible, buy the movie "The Freshest Kids" It's a documentary of breakin, you can't find it in any video stores around where I live, but you can buy it off Amazon.com

aight peace
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theb · 10-03-2003, 05:38 PM

very dope but....ive seen a lot of diff stories

Harry Popper' · 10-03-2003, 08:23 PM

It definetly came from Oklahoma.

murasaki0001 · 10-04-2003, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by Harry Popper'
It definetly came from Oklahoma.

o, ok. . .as long as u didnt say indiana. . .id have to kill you. . . 9.5 times. . .

i kno what u mean by hip hop dancing. . .but. . it is just dancing, to hip hop music. . .that is all

Mode · 10-04-2003, 05:35 AM

not another one of these again. read chucky's thread about

'most people from other countries don't understand the true meaning of hip hop'

or some shit like that, it'll have your answer.

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Watashi Registered User Respect: 1.5 Posts: 829 Join Date: Jun 2003	Where did Hip-hop dance come from? - 10-02-2003, 09:10 PM where did hip-hop dance come from exactly? is it a branch off of bboying?


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S0L0 member Respect: 1 Posts: 302 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: lima	10-02-2003, 10:50 PM i dont think it came form one specific place..if you think about it..theres so many diffrent styles..all around the world..im sure befor we were actually calling it "hip hop dancing" people were doing it..in some form..so to answer your question..it came form people being creative..not one specific place..how i look at it anyway
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Watashi Registered User Respect: 1.5 Posts: 829 Join Date: Jun 2003	10-03-2003, 11:51 AM no i am not talking about bboying (thats why i put the 'did it branch OFF of bboying?') But Hip-Hop dancing, the type of dance where it says on the flyers of advertisments for dance companys 'Learn Hip-hop, Swing, ect'. because if they were just talking about bboyin wouldnt the ad just say Breakdancing instead of hip-hop? hopefully this helped to clear things up (im horrible at trying to get what i am thinking about across to people). But i think Solo knew what i ment.


member Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 84 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: wa	10-03-2003, 03:59 PM ^^^ yes, but there's no such thing as a "pop dance" either...
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Bboy Nosy Member Respect: 1 Posts: 85 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: MemphiS, TN	hip hop history - 10-03-2003, 05:08 PM hip hop orignated in the Bronx, NY. it started when people started dancing on the ground, and called themselves BBoys, or "Break Boys." They called themselves this because they would wait around on the dance floor for the song's breakdown where there were no words, just a long period of music. So then the aspect of DJing came into play-the DJ would keep playing the breakdown over and over again and scratching and fading for transition, so the bboys could dance for longer than 45 seconds. Then MC's started adding lyrics to the beats, and then started making up new beats that you could break to and it lasted like that throughout the whole song. I don't know where Graffiti came from but it's def. a big part of hip hop. Then the movie "Flashdance" came out, and there was like a 2 minute scene with The Rocksteady Crew breakin in an alley. Side note Rocksteady were the godfathers of breakin. Guys like Ken Swift, Frosty Freeze, Mr. Freeze (THE FIRST WHITE BREAKER!! WORD!) Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles, etc. But so when Flashdance went out all over the nation in theaters, then people all over the U.S. started breakin because that was the first time anyone saw breakdancing outside of New York. There are also many other milestone things that happened in hip hop- The release of Wild Style, the first hip hop movie, then movies like Beat Street and Breakin. Then I think NYC Breakers did a pre show to the olympics and that's when it went international. If possible, buy the movie "The Freshest Kids" It's a documentary of breakin, you can't find it in any video stores around where I live, but you can buy it off Amazon.com aight peace NOSY HPC
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