Basics of Hip Hop Choreography

Series Summary

Hip hop dance covers a large variety of body movement and expression, incorporating many different steps and techniques, but the cornerstone of the style is undoubtedly break dancing. Over time, that so-called old school way of dancing and participating in hip hop culture has developed a family of off-shoots. Funk dancing, popping and locking, jigging, freaking, krump, and hyphy are examples of types of hip hop dance, and each style contains certain moves that distinguish it from other forms.

There is no doubt as to the influence hip hop has had on the cultures it comes into contact with. These days, many people decide to take hip hop dancing lessons from an instructor, and although some critics believe that teaching orchestrated steps in that fashion is counter to the true culture and the history of the dance, many people enjoy learning how to break with the best of them.

So take a few moments and watch this instructional video series designed to help teach the basics of hip hop dancing to beginners. you'll learn the basic steps and moves that will impress everyone at the club. Make sure you go to the dance floor prepared, and bring your best moves. You’re welcome to borrow some of ours—just make sure you practice first!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Hip Hop Bec with Blitz Freestyle Productions with expertvillage.com. I'm going to be teaching a hip hop piece that I choreographed a while back and it's pretty intermediate. It's not beginner, it's not expert but it's right in the middle. It's about three eight counts, so here we go. Alright, we're going to start off in the stationary position. You're going to go back one. So that's right, left, and you're going to go, one. So, and one. So, five, six, seven, eight and one, and two. Pop, three and four. So, again in the beginning, you're going to shoot back, and one, and two, three and four. "