What is REAL Hip Hop?? The hip hop culture is a form of musical, physical and artistic expression. It has 4 main pillars: MCing, DJ-ing, breaking and graffiti writing. Dance is a huge part of the hip hop culture, the foundation includes techniques of steppin’, poppin, toprock, gliding, music-video-style, and some simple floor work. The foundation of hip hop dance is breakdancing or B-boying. Breakdancing involves a frenetic, but incredibly controlled, style of dancing that highlights strength and dynamic movement of the body, matching the beats laid out by DJs or beatboxers. Often breakdancing is done in a battle format, with various competitors facing off by showing their skills and trying to one-up each other.
Most dance studios teach “street jazz” and call it hip hop or breakdancing, while having little to no knowledge of the history or foundation of true hip hop culture. Be selective on where you take your hip hop and breakdancing classes you wouldn’t take your ballet classes from someone with no knowledge of the steps or skill, and so your ‘hip hop’ and ‘breakdance’ classes should be the same! And if your kids are looking for a fun, safe, and exciting environment to learn, then FunkyTown is the place for them!! For More information on REAL Hip Hop classes in Charlotte, contact us at www.funkytownparties.com.
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