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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 a(contracted; show full)acteristics 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, though a popular alternative to the more traditional and classical styles of [[dance studio|studio dancing]].

==See also==
* [[Vernacular dance]]
* [[African American dance]]
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Similarly in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica, Dancehall music the contemporary version to Reggae, has spawned its own street dances, the movement has gathered momentum within the last five years where everyday a new dance is being tested on the streets. Most noted of them includes the Bogle, Worl-a dance, Jerry Springer, Dutty whine, Willy Bounce and Gangsta Rock to name a few. Others such as Tunda Clap and Rock-a-way were made popular on the North American scene by their inclusion in R & B superstar Usher's "YEAH" video. With the advent of You Tube Jamaican street dances such as Dutty Whine has become a world wide phenomenon and can be viewed being performed by people of all races  all over the world. These dances have become so popular that artists race to produce and release the lastest songs named after these dances, the more popular the dance increases the chance of the song becoming a hit, a present day anthem in the Dancehall music scene. Just like their North American counterparts these dancers practice their moves on street corners, at street dances and in the clubs. The absence of any formal structure within the street dance realm leaves much room for fiercely contested controversy among individual street dancers or crews as to who was the originator of a dance, especially when it becomes popular.

==External links==
* [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
* [http://streetdance.lap.hu "Streetdance links"]

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