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[[Image:Thai_Breakdancers120844215_b137f7aba5_o.jpg|thumb|right|3250px|[[Breakdance]], a well-known and popular form of street dance, being performed at MTV Street Festival, ThailandA girl [[hip hop dance|hip hop dancing]].]]

'''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.

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Generally, a street dance is based on a unique style or feel that are expressed through the dance, usually tied to a certain genre of [[music]]. As new moves evolve based on this feel, the dance is under constant development, and if the feel starts to change it might give birth to a completely new dance form.

==Battles==

[[Image:51189164 3cc8f04821 o.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Battles are an important part of [[breakdance]], a well-known and popular form of street dance.]]⏎
Many street dances involve ''battles'' of some sort (known as [[jamming (dance)|jamming]] in other dance cultures), where individuals or groups of people (called ''crews'' in hip hop contexts) dance against each other, with the observing crowd or a group of [[judge]]s deciding the winner. Battles normally takes place in a ''circle'' of free space on the dance floor, with the dancers taking turns to enter and executing their moves. Normally, if the (contracted; show full)l events are taking place around the world, such as [[Battle of the Year]], [[Juste 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==
[[Image:51189166_46f7e0b2b5_o.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A street dancer doing the [[moonwalk (dance)|moonwalk]] (or ''backslide'') in Madrid, a move closely related to [[popping (dance)|popping]].]]⏎
Some of the most famous street dance styles of today, such as [[breakdance]], [[popping (dance)|popping]] and [[locking (dance)|locking]], began appearing around the [[1970s]], and hip hop new style and house dance around the [[1980s]]. Though some of these styles originally evolved seperatly from each other, most of them are today associated with the hip hop scene in one way or the other, as they share many street dance elements.

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