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SUGGESTED MOVEMENT: HAND SIGNALS* Non-verbal communication is a very important part of street dance and hip-hop culture and history. Hand gestures and making signals and words are used as a way to show emotion, thoughts, representation, and affiliation. For example, breakdancers have their own silent language that is often used to burn or egg their Read more

SUGGESTED MOVEMENT: OLD WAY VOGUE* There are multiple styles of voguing, the first recognized style created was Old Way vogue. The focus on this style is “…precision, style and grace by presenting long lines, powerful postures and attitude throughout the whole body. The style is strongly inspired by hiëroglyphs, posing, martial arts, breaking and popping.”  Read more

SUGGESTED MOVEMENT: TURF MIMING* Many turf movements are associated with their neighborhoods of origin. To create these distinctive moves, dancers utilize improvisation with a focus on storytelling. One way to achieve this is miming. To mime, a person has to do gestures and movements, without using words, to demonstrate an idea or feeling. What ideas Read more

SUGGESTED MOVEMENT: MIMICKING* Clowning is very connected to and grounded in battle culture. In battles and in clowning, mimicking, imitating a person’s movements or gestures, can be used to entertain the crowd or replicate another dancer.  Look at others around you and copy their movements. Exaggerate them or make them bigger. The point of clowning Read more