Hip Hop Dancing - The Facts
Hip Hop and Reggaeton Dance Classes happen on Mondays at West
Roxbury School of Dance and will resume in Fall 2009:
History of Hip Hop Dance
Old school hip hop dance refers to the hip hop dance styles
that evolved in the 1970s and 1980s, and were primarily danced
to funk and old school hip hop music. Breakdance appeared during
this time and is said to be the first and original hip hop dance
style, as it's considered a cornerstone of hip hop culture itself.
In the 1980s, many funk dance styles that originally evolved
separately from hip hop dance, such as popping and locking, started
to be incorporated with the hip hop culture as well, and could
be seen combined with breakdance.
Today, many of the old school styles of hip hop dance are as
alive as ever, and can be seen at dance clubs, competitions and
in the media, commonly used in popular music videos.
Hip Hop Dance and Reggaeton
Dance classes at OUT to Dance focus on dynamic choreography,
and our instructor, Kristina Marley, incorporates many classic
and innovative movements you can really enjoy using in a night
club dance setting. Our Hip Hop and Reggaeton Dance Classes are
open to men and women 16 and over, of any size, shape, or level
of dance experience.
Hip Hop and Reggaeton Dance Instructor
Kristina Marley on being a female hip hop dancer and choreographer:
"I honestly feel that women are just powerful and talented
beings anyway, especially when they are passionate about something,
and this has been misrepresented and misunderstood in hip hop
especially. But the nature of this style of dance is exploding
in a very exciting way and women are now coming together to fight
that stereotype. In my class you can, like in the quality videos
by the quality hip hop artist, catch a glimpse of this amazing
level of creativity and power in the dancing; and I am confident
that everyone is getting hungry for that. Most of the videos that
I find now about hip hop dance teams are either all girl or co-ed,
and I have yet to see too many all male teams, so what was once
a very male-dominated style of dance is really opening a lot of
doors for females. And a lot of females are walking through that
door with guns blazing which is, I guess, besides the obvious
talent and power, what really inspires me and draws me in."
Our two OUT to Dance studio locations,
West Roxbury and Roslindale, are within twenty minutes of downtown
Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Brighton, Allston,
Brookline, Newton, Chestnut Hill, Dedham, Norwood, Needham, Westwood,
Milton and Quincy; and within 25 to 35 minutes of Cambridge, Somerville,
Arlington, Wellesley, Natick, Waltham, Braintree, Brockton, Stoughton,
Canton, Foxboro, Weymouth and surrounding towns. |
"Every day I ask, “Is it Monday yet?”
so I can go to Kristina’s Hip Hop Class. The class is fun
and she is a GREAT teacher. This is my 3rd class that I have taken
with Kristina and she brings something new and challenging each
session." Cairra G., Hyde Park, MA
"My husband is jealous that he can't get off
work in time to make it to hip hop class too! When I first saw
Kristina show us the choreography I didn't think I could do it,
but I have surprised myself each week. This is a great class!"
-Katie, Dorchester, MA
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