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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)

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.

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.

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