Dance as an art form has been constantly evolving and changing depending on the cultural context. Over the long history of dance, many of its types and styles have arisen. Modern dances consist of a huge number of dance types, each of which is subdivided into separate performance techniques.
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Club dance includes such directions as house, electro-dance, trance. Tectonics combines elements of hip-hop, popping, techno and other directions. House is a dance, often of an improvisational nature. It is based on complex and fast steps combined with smooth body movements. Electro-dance is a form of street dance, a mixture of such dance styles as hip-hop, waving, popping, locking.
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Hip-hop is a dance style that originated in the second half of the 20th century. Initially, hip-hop had a bright social orientation: youth from the working-class neighborhoods of New York used hip-hop to protest against social injustice. By the end of the 20th century, this dance style had lost its social significance and became just a popular part of the music industry.
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C-Walk (or Crip-Work) is a street dance style characterized primarily by fast and masterly footwork. Born in the 70s of the XX century in the street gangs of Los Angeles.
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Popping is one of the main styles of street dance. His technique is based on the rapid contraction and relaxation of muscles in the rhythm of music, resulting in the effect of a push, a sharp jerking of body parts. Popping includes several performance techniques: waveforming, gliding, strobing, etc.
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Shuffle is a dance style that originated in the 80s of the XX century in Australia. It is based on fast sliding movements, performing which the dancer practically does not take his legs off the floor.
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Jumpstyle is a dance style that has spread in recent years mainly in Holland and Belgium. The dancers perform movements resembling jumping to energetic music (hence the name of the style).
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Hustle is a pair dance based on interaction, improvisation and lead. This is a social dance and can be performed with an unfamiliar partner. Hustle is easy to use and does not require a lot of training and practice. Initially, the dance was performed to disco music, but now you can dance hustle to any music. There are show hustle (a dance based on hustle elements, but with its own plot), led's hustle (two partners dance), double hustle (performed by three partners, more often one partner and two partners).
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Strip dance is a dance direction suitable for striptease performance. It includes several directions, united into groups according to the principle of functionality. For example, go-go is an erotic dance in which the dancers do not undress.
