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'''Street dance''' is an umbrella term, similar to [[vernacular dance]], used to describe [[dance]] styles that evolved outside of [[dance studio]]s at more everyday spaces such as [[street]]s, [[school]] yards and [[nightclub]]s. They're often [[improvisation]]al and [[social dance|social]] in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with the spectators and the other dancers.

''Street dance'' is also commonly used specifically for the many [[hip hop dance]]s and [[funk dance]] styles that began appearing in the [[United States]] in the [[1970]]s, and are still alive and evolving within the [[hip hop culture]] of today, such as [[breakingdance]], [[popping]] and, [[locking]], and also [[[[hip hop dance#New_school.2Fnew_style|hip hop freenew style]] and [[house dance]]. These dances are popular on all levels, as a form of excercise, an artform, or for competition, and are today practiced both at dance studios and more freely arranged spaces. Some schools use street dance as a form of [[physical education]].

Many street dance styles are [[African American dance]]s as they first appeared within [[African American]] communities.

==Characteristics==
(contracted; show full)ste Debout]], [http://www.gforceproductions.com G force Street Dance Weekend UK and International Championships], [http://ihiphopdance.com iDance UK Hip Hop Crew Championships], [http://artspectrum.org/alhc.htm The American Lindy Hop Championship], [http://www.jumpoff.tv Jump Off] and [http://www.hiphopinternational.com World Hip Hop Championship]. These contests focus mainly on judged battles but also on choreographed shows.

==Styles==
Some of the most famous street dance styles of today, such as [[break
ingdance]], [[popping (dance)|popping]] and [[locking (dance)|locking]], began appearing around the [[1970s]], and hip hop freenew style and house dance around the [[1980s]]. Popping, locking (and other funk styles), hip hop freestyle and house are not considered hip hop dances ([[breaking]] was the only hiphop dance, originally), butThough some of these styles originally evolved seperatly from each other, most of them are today commonly associated with the hip hop scene as wellin one way or the other, as they share many street dance elements.

More recently, new street dance styles are emerging that are further inspired by hip hop and its music. [[Krumping]], with its focus on highly energetic battles and movements, is an example of such a style that just recently became publicly known. It's also common to see some characteristics of street dance being mixed with other more traditional dance forms, creating styles such as [[street-jazz]], a hybrid of modern hip hop styles and [[jazz dance]]. Such styles are generally focused more on choreography and performance and less on improvisation and battles, and are not always considered pure street dances.

==The Term "Breakdancing"==
Breakdancing was a term coined by the media in the eighties to refer about all the street dances. This is a wrong term, since it disrepects the history and origins of the dances, and makes it look like everything is Breaking (breaking being the right term), created in New York.⏎
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==See also==
* [[African American dance]]

==External links==
* [http://www.freshvibesdance.com/ FreshVibesDance.com]Streetdance Courses in South West UK.
* [http://breakdancecrew.com BreakdanceCrew.com] An online community with tutorials and videos for breakdancing, popping, and locking
* [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=497846 Houghton Mifflin book] A street dance themed novel titled [[Kid B]].
* [http://artspolicy.colum.edu/DVProfiles.html "Dancing on the Through-Line: Rennie Harris and the Past and Future of Hip-Hop Dance"] by Jeff Chang; from the series Democratic Vistas Profiles: Essays in the Arts and Democracy


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