Street Dancing

Articles covering street dance styles including hip hop, breaking, popping and locking. We examine their origins, techniques and how to get started with classes.

Break Dancing

Break dancing has been thriving since the 1970s, evolving from a New York invention into a complex global cultural movement.

Joining a Street Dancing Class

What to expect when starting street dance classes and how to find the right fit for your style and skill level.

Krumping

A street dance form from South Central LA that channels anger and frustration through intense, aggressive movement and physical contact.

Learn About Body Popping

Body popping is a street dance style from the 70s funk scene where dancers create jerky movements by tensing muscles to look robotic or animated.

Locking, Street Dance

Locking is a street dance style created in the late 60s by Don Campbell, blending fast hand movements with funk music and performance-focused energy.

Origins of Hip Hop

Hip hop emerged from 1970s New York as a cultural movement built on rapping, DJing, dancing and graffiti that shaped modern culture.

The History of Popping

How popping emerged from 1970s California through dancers like Boogaloo Sam and became a defining street dance style.

What Is Uprocking?

Uprocking is a competitive street dance born in 1970s Brooklyn that blends freestyle moves, jerks, and burns to soul and funk music.