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WorksheetsHip-hop and Contemporary Dance
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Collection of various similar dance moves and
Styles put together into one practice.
Street Dance
Hip-Hop Dance
Cultural Dance
Rap
A dance move in which the performer glides backwards but their body actions suggest forward motion.
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Moon Walk
Harlem Shake
Crip Walk
A dance style is characterized by quickly contracting and relaxing various muscle groups to create a very sharp movement.
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Harlem Shake
Walk it Out
Moon walk
A footwork-based dance move that was allegedly developed by the Crips in Compton, CA in the 1970s.
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Crip Walk
Moon Walk
Walk it Out
It is very similar to the Twist, but is modified by lifting the heels of the feet as the dancer twists back and forth in place.
Walk it Out
Moon Walk
Crip Walk
Kick Ball Change
HEALTH BENEFITS OF HIPHOP DANCING EXCEPT.
Stronger and toned muscles
Improves coordination, agility, and other fitness components
Obesity and heart failure
Alternative weight loss program
An expressive dance technique which is a combination of a variety of dances: modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet.
Hip-hop
Contemporary dance
Street dance
Break dance
The Pioneers of contemporary dance.
DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash
Auguste Vestris, Marie Camargo and Marie Taglioni
Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton
Isadora Duncan,
Martha Graham, and
Merce Cunningham
A jerky arm and shoulder movement just in time to the music.
Moon walk
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Crip walk
Harlem shake
A dance move that consists of a kick followed by the ball change. Normally it uses a split-beat count: 1&2 or 1a2 and has a syncopated feeling.
Moon walk
Kick ball change
Crip walk
Walk it out
