Hip hop dancing is an urban ethnic dance form that has gained popularity in recent days. It is more common
than the break dance of modern days. Hip hop dancing marked its beginning as part of the hip hop culture in the early 1900's,
when the youth in and around Bronx, New York started dancing on the streets.
Hip hop dancing is an ideal
way to express one's creativeness. It features self impressions and the dances come from the soul. The dancing represents
body movements that go with the beat and rhythm of hip hop music. There is breaking, popping, locking, and free styling in
hip hop dances. The jumps, breakages, and rotations in the movements are combined in such a way that the dance style becomes
an informal and explosive one.
Hip hop dancing is considered a good exercise for those persons who perform
these dances. It helps the dancers to improve flexibility, to develop body balance, and to coordinate the muscles. This dance
allows the dancers to improve their own style and to remain in good body shape. It also leads the dancers to a state of spiritual
wholeness.
Hip hop dancing includes many steps and movements that are not present in ballet and ballroom
dancing. The jazz, ballet, and other traditional dance forms are technical and require more formal training. There is a term
for each and every movement in jazz and ballets. But this is not the case with hip hop dancing and the dancers experience
freedom while dancing. The only thing the dancers should have is to become familiar with the dancing technique.
Hip
hop dancing can be learned by all those who are interested in dancing. There is no age limitation or restriction for learners
and dancers. It is also not necessary that the instructor should be a professional dancer. However, this kind of dance is
slightly difficult to learn because of the various body movements.
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After Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance,
another dance reality program will surface on the TV loop and it will be produced by Randy Jackson. The famous American Idol
judge will be gracing yet another reality series called World Moves, which will be broadcast
on NBC for its fall schedule.
World Moves, a hip-hop dance-themed program, will showcase teams with five to seven
members, focusing on their dance performances, as well as the behind-the-scene drama. Like any other competitive reality show,
elimination will be present and will be coming in the form of online voting, text messaging or phone voting.
Like
American Idol, World Moves calls for thousands of teams to audition across the country. Teams that are selected will then
go to Hollywood where competition will be fiercer and tougher by the minute. At stake on the competition is a global touring
contract.
Although the new series doesn’t have an exact airing date yet, NBC is eyeing for a fall broadcast,
which would in all likelihood be a replacement for an hour long cancelled show.
Aside from taking the show as a
useful alternate, World Moves will actually be a challenging project for the American Idol judge given that those other reality
dance series have earned great ratings and much popularity.
Prior to American Idol, Jackson has acquired numerous
credits from playing with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Blue Oyster Cult and many other renowned artists. He has worked as an
executive at Columbia Records and at MCA Records, after exhausting nearly all genres of music as a musician.
In addition, he has also appeared on shows like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dr.
Vegas, Greatest American, Kevin Hill,
The Oprah Winfrey Show, Hollywood Squares, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien just to name a few.
