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[[Image:120844215 b137f7aba5 o.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A girl [[hip hop dance|hip hop dancing]], a very broad and common category of street dance.]]

'''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 [[breakdance]], [[popping]], [[locking]], [[hip hop dance#New school.2Fnew style|hip hop new style]] and [[house dance]]. These dances are popular on all levels, as a form of exercise, 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]].  Street Dance exploded in the early 1980's when a young Mike Kearney performed a ground breaking dance routine in front of the senior school of Peninsula Grammar.  His exciting combination of breaking, popping and the robot left the crowd stunned and produced an earth shaking standing ovation.

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

==Characteristics==
Unlike many other dance forms, most street dances encourage individuality and originality, and that dancers interpret the existing moves freely and even invent new ones to create a personal style of their own. Improvisation is the heart of most street dances, though [[choreography]] is also seen, mostly mixed with improvisation or used for prepared shows.

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