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[[Image:Thai_Breakdancers.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Breakdance]], a well-known and popular form of street dance, being performed at MTV Street Festival, Thailand.]]⏎
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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.

(contracted; show full)mping]], 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
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==See also==
* [[African American dance]]
* [[Breakdancing]] (BBoying), though a popular alternative to the more traditional and classical styles of [[dance studio|studio dancing]].

==See also==
* [[Vernacular dance]]
* [[African American dance]]
* [[Hip hop dance]]
* [[Breakdance]]
* [[Popping]]
* [[KrumpLocking]]
* [[Gangsta WalkKrumping]]

==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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