STREET STYLES TRAINING

WEEKLY DROP-INS

SEPTEMBER - JUNE

Weekly recreational drop-ins that build technique, new skills, freestyle confidence and street styles dance knowledge!

AT GROOVEBOX STUDIO…
we offer the following Street Styles Drop-in classes

Youth Hip Hop - ages 6- 11
Intro to Hip Hop grooves and foundational steps.
Learn the basic grooves in Hip Hop dance and explore freestyle and introduction to choreography routines. Perfect to start out for first time dancers or young dancers wanting to learn fundamentals and technique in a fun atmosphere.

Hip Hop - ages 13+
Lvl 2 Hip Hop grooves, Freestyle, foundational steps.
Learn the Bounce, Rock, skate and roll and advance to more complex sequences and grooves. Includes high energy choreography and group work.

Funk Styles - Ages 10+
Lvl 2 - Popping and Locking.
This is an introduction to the fundamentals of the Funk Styles street dances. Students explore the difference between Locking and Popping and all their steps and grooves. Learn to unleash your own funky style!

Femme styles - Ages 10+
Lvl 2 - Dance Hall, Soca, Hip Hop, Waacking, Vogue, Street Jazz, Commercial
Explore the many femme focused dance styles and their respective techniques and foundational steps to gain confidence.

Animation - All ages

Lvl 2 - Animation technique and character
Comprehensive training in the Animation dance style which pushes key techniques and foundational movements such as the Dime stop, Speed control, Glitching, Reverb, Vibration, ticking, waving and more.

Foundation First - All ages

Lvl 1 - Popping, Animation, Waving, strength + conditioning
Animation/Popping/Waving/strength training and conditioning all set to a choreographed mix of high energy music that students learn together each week as they advance through the styles and techniques. 

Breaking - Ages 7+
Lvl 1 - Top Rock, Footwork, Freeze and power moves
Breaking is the original form of Hip Hop dance! Come and learn the fundamentals of rocking and footwork and challenge yourself to get into freestyling and even doing power moves like the windmill, head spin, back spin, 1990’s and more! BBoys and BGirls welcome!

Street Styles - ages 11+
Lvl 1 - Hip Hop, Breaking, Popping and Locking
Explore the foundational street dance styles within the Hip Hop culture. Bounce, Rock, Pop, Lock, Twist and swing your way into this diverse street dance class suitable for all ages to learn fundamentals.

What are Street Styles?

There are many different styles of street dance, each with its history and culture. Some of the most popular types of street dance styles include hip-hop, breakdance, house dance, locking, and popping.

Hip-Hop

First and foremost, Hip hop is more than music; it’s a cultural movement that incorporates different elements of art and expression. Four foundational elements characterize hip hop culture. The original four main pillars of hip hop include DJing/turntablism, MCing/rapping, B-boying/breaking, and visual/graffiti art. These forms of expression have also developed into further subcultures with lasting legacies.

Hip-hop dance is a type of dance that is performed to hip-hop music or that has developed as a part of hip-hop culture. It includes foundational elements in its movement like the Bounce, Rock, Skate and Roll and include a wide range of street dance styles, primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. Hip-hop first gained popularity in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s. At this time, many young African American and Latino people were looking for a way to express themselves through movement.

These dancers developed new styles of dancing that incorporated elements from other styles, such as jazz, tap, and breakdance. Hip-hop quickly spread to other parts of the United States and then to countries around the world. In the 1980s, hip-hop dancers began to appear in music videos and movies, which helped to increase its popularity even more. Today, hip-hop is one of the most popular styles of dance and can be seen in many different forms, such as breakdance, popping, and locking.

Breakdance (Breaking or BBoying/BGirling)

BREAKING is a form of street dance that originated in the Bronx in New York City during the 1970s, involves acrobatic movements and a focus on ground work. It became popular within the hip-hop scene and is commonly performed to hip-hop music, though it can also be danced to other musical genres.

The main four types of moves are “toprock”, “downrock”, “power moves”, and “freezes”.

House dance

House dance is a free street and social dance that originated in Chicago in the 1980s in the underground house music scene. This style is known for its unique footwork and body isolations.

“Jacking”, “footwork”, and “lofting” are the fundamental elements of House dance. The House dance at the beginning of its development was hard and sharp, the movements were performed with tense hands and clearly fixed, the body had to be hard, and the tread must be firm. Gradually, the dance movements became more plastic, free, and relaxed. There were soft, springy movements of the legs, a gait pushing off the floor.

Locking

Locking is a funky style of dance that was developed in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. It is characterized by a combination of fast movements and freezing in improvisational positions for a short time, and then continuing the movements at the same speed. Locking is danced to funk or soul. And the performers of this dance are called Lockers. When dancing, the Lockers always try to interact with the audience, smiling or even doing something comical.

Popping

Popping is a style of street dance that was developed in Fresno, California, in the late 1960s. It is characterized by a slow tempo and abrupt and jerky movements called claps. Poppers create the appearance of implausible movements by using isolation techniques. Popping can be performed to any music, but it is most often danced to hip-hop or electronica.

The History and Culture of Street Dance

Street dance has its origins in African American culture. African American vernacular styles such as jazz and tap were some of the first styles of street dance. These styles were later fused with Latin American styles to create hip-hop. In the 1980s, street dance became more mainstream with the rise of hip-hop music and culture. Today, street dance is popular all over the world and is a staple in many different cultures.

While street dancing can be traced back to the late 1800s, it was not until the 1970s that it began to gain popularity in the United States. Street dancing became more mainstream in the 1980s with the rise of hip-hop music and culture. Today, street dance is popular all over the world and is a staple in many different cultures.

Street dance styles have become increasingly popular in recent years, thanks to movies like “Step Up” and television shows like “America’s Best Dance Crew” These films and shows have helped to bring street dance styles to a wider audience and have inspired many people to start dancing.

Conclusion

Street dance is a popular and widespread form of dance. There are many different styles of street dance, each with its own unique history and culture. Now that you know a little more about street dance, why not try it yourself? Start dancing!