Hip-Hop Dance

 Hip hop dance refers to social or choreographed dance styles primarily danced to hip-hip music or that have evolved as part of hip- hop culture.

This includes a wide range of styles notable breaking, locking and popping which were developed in the 1970s by black and Latino Americans.

What separates hip-hop dance from other forms of dance is that it is often freestyle (improvisational) in nature and hip- hop dancers frequently engage in battles- formal or informal freestyle dance competitions, informal freestyle sessions and battles are usually performed in a cipher , a circular dance space that forms naturally once the dancing begins.

These three elements – freestyling, battles and ciphers – are key components of hip- hop dance.