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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''', similar to [[vernacular dance]] is an umbrella term, used to describe [[dance]] styles that evolved outside of [[dance studio]]s in everyday spaces such as [[street]]s, [[school]] yards and [[nightclub]]s. They are 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|hip hop]]s and [[funk dance|funk]] [[List of dance style categories|dance styles]] that began appearing in the [[United States]] in the [[1970]]s, and are still alive and evolving within [[hip hop culture]] today: such as [[breakdance]], [[popping]], [[Locking (dance)|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 [[physical exercise]], an art form, or for [[competition]], and are today practiced both at [[dance studio]]s and other spaces. Some schools use street dance as a form of [[physical education]].

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