Various Types of Street Dancing

The major difference between Street Dancing and other forms of dancing techniques is that there are no sets of rules and regulations governing the moves in this form of dance. The best and the brightest aspect of Street Dancing are the improvisation and innovation of the street dancer during the course of their performance. Depending on the rhythm of the music, the street dancer can choose and perfect his or her moves. Street Dancing moves are solely depended upon the music to which the dancer is supposed to perform. The street dancer can choose to perform his moves with a group or individual depending upon the choice of music and dancing style.

For beginners and those, who love to follow the conventional dance patters, there are various types of Street Dancing Moves available that one can choose for practicing and performance. These styles started the genre of Street Dancing. At this stage, they are the most common and famous moves that are successful in entertaining the audience. Out of all the different types of Street Dancing moves, the styles and movements of break dancing is probably the most popular one.

Break dancing technique involves spinning the body by the support of a singular body part. The dancer must get on the floor and support the rest of his body weight on one particular body part like the head, hand or spin the rest of the body by applying pressure on that specific body part. This move requires high flexibility of the body and great strength and control over the body as well. The various forms of spinning associated with this style of dancing are headspins, backspins, windmills and a move named suicide, in which you are required to do a front flip. It will eventually land you straight on your back. The sheer difficulty of this move has inspired the term ‘suicide’ to it. However, once you have practiced these Street Dancing moves properly, they are a great fun to perform in front of a packed audience.

Another famous style of Street Dancing that has become famous is the art of popping. In this dancing style, the dancer has to contract and relax his or her muscles in quick succession to produce jerks in the body that will create gliding motion. The famous moon walking technique made famous by the legend, Michael Jackson, is part of this Street Dancing style. This style involves great control over the muscles of the body and requires a lot of practice before you can perform them. Popping is one of the famous, yet difficult Street Dancing moves known till date. Even the basic moves in style of dancing requires high control over the muscles of the body to ensure the perfect movements that creates the famous dance steps like moon walking in which the performer appears to be walking on the moon wand in an environment where there is little or no gravitational force.

Liquid dancing is another form of Street Dancing, where the dancers concentrate on the movements of their hands, fingers and feet to produce the gliding effects. Recently, another form of style has evolved known as Krumping, which requires high physical capabilities by the dancers to perform the amazing body bending acts that the Street Dancing moves for this style requires. This is meant only for the most seasoned street dancers and can be performed by them only. Some street dancers also like to perform another type of style known as the robot, in which the dancers have to mimic the actions of a robot. These various Street Dancing moves have made this style of dancing famous and popular throughout Europe.