Hip hop & Break Dancing

A street preformer

Hip hop is a form of dancing that originated from Latino and African-American communities in America, such as the Bronx, in the 1970's. Hip hop quickly spread from East Coast America to all around the world. People would dance hip hop to a new sort of music called rap and beatboxing, music made vocally. Another sort of dancing similar to hip hop is breakdancing. Breakdancing was created in the 1980's as a part of hip hop culture. People who breakdance are called "B-Boys", "B-girls" or breakers. They participate in "battles", a type of competition, solo against another B-boy/girl or as part of a crew. Breakdancing can sometimes be looked down upon by hip hop dancers as they believe that breakdancing has been learnt for personal use instead of commiting to hip hop. Hip hop dancing and breakdancing is so popular in America that a tv series called "America's Best Dance Crew". In this show, dance crews battle against other dance crews to win the title "America's Best Dance Crew".


Contestants in Americas Next Dance Crew

A Hip Hop Group Preforming (video from youtube)

Irish Dancing

Irish dancing is a type of traditional group dance that was created in Ireland hundreds of years ago and has been practised ever since in countries all over the world. Irish dancing can be used as a type of social dance , called a céilí. Céilís can be preformed with as little as two people and up to 16 people. They involve couples dancing together in a line or circle to traditional Irish music. Céilís are often preformed in Gaeltacht communities as a way of bonding and getting to meet new people. They are also preformed in Irish colleges across the country.                 

Ghillies

           Irish dancing competitions are held all over the world. Young people in particular compete in them along with they're class mates. Costumes are worn at competitions. Irish dancing shoes, called ghillies are worn along with an Irish Dancing dress and knee-high white socks.



A typical Irish Dancing dress



                                                                                                

Introduction

Hi, my name is Sophie and I'll be writing my blog on The Geography Of Dancing. I chose to write my blog on this subject because I thought it would be interesting to look at all the different types of dancing that exists in different countries and also because I do Latin and Ballroom dancing and I really enjoy it, so I want to find out about what other types of dancing there is to offer from around the world. I hope you enjoy my blog!