Monday, 9 June 2014

B-boying Or Breaking

                12. B-boying or breaking

Perhaps the a lot of acclaimed of hip hop ball styles, b-boying or breach dancing is one of the aboriginal pillars of the aboriginal hip 

hop movement. It is commonly done aural a amphitheater or cypher area b-boys will assassinate their dances moves, generally 

aggressive improvisationally with added b-boys. It charcoal to be the one of the a lot of accepted ball styles affliated to hip hop.

There you go, a account of the a lot of accepted and important hip hop ball styles of date. I accept my own opinions apropos this styles and trends, maybe we can allocution about it below. 

Crip-Walking Style

                      11. Crip-walking

Crip-walking was affected by the abominable animosity amid the     Bloods and Crips gangs. Crips associates are accepted to   

assassinate this move afterwards killing a rival, appropriately capping off the annihilate with their signature. Nowadays, crip-

walking has gone above its agitated origins and is now generally allotment of every hip hop  repertoire of moves.

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Locking Style

                      9. Locking

Locking is characterized by abrupt pauses or freezes, generally in 
applesauce with the beat. affected by Campbellock Campbell and 

his crew, The Lockers, locking has endured transitions from its blue origins into a accepted hip hop ball idiom. Some of its a lot of 

accepted move are the Scoo B Doo, Muscleman, Attic Sweep, Blue Guitar, and a lot of others.

Popping Style

                        9. Popping

Often abashed with locking, the bustling appearance is a abundant 

altered appearance from the others. It is generally done continuing up, in which the physique is twitched or jerked in a way that goes 

with the beat. Abounding moves are accompanying to popping, one accepted archetype is the moonwalk as affected in the 80s by 

Michael Jackson. Bustling involves a abundant accord of motion abetment such as animatronic moves

Electric Boogaloo Style

                 8. Electric Boogaloo

Closely affiliated to popping
, boogaloo is 

accompanying to alarm and its associated ball 

styles. Its generally involves вЂ˜rolling’ of the limbs and and twitching legs.

Floating Style

                        7. Floating

Hence the name, amphibian emphasizes glossy вЂ˜floating’ movements that gives the consequence that the ballerina is dancing 
                                                    

in the air. Its three basal moves are вЂ˜the float,’ вЂ˜gliding,’ and вЂ˜sliding.’ All three moves are focused 

on creating the apparition that there is no abrasion amid the dancer’s shoes and the floor.

Turfing Style

                         6. Turfing
                       

An acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor, turfing is a ball 
appearance acclamation anon from Oakland, California. storytelling 

or вЂ˜representing’ a accurate or abode which a accurate 
aerialist seeks to represent. Turfing is actual improvisational and 

free-form, accepting ball moves that appear from altered traditions in adjustment to absolutely accurate or characterize a accurate activity story.

Robot Mannequin Style

                        5. Robot/Mannequin

Robotting is appealing abundant agnate to popping, but still abounding dancers use apprentice ball moves as their primary style. 

Apprentice ball is artlessly acting like a robot, (not necessarily in 

applesauce with the beat) and accomplishing annealed arm and arch movements that generally adverse with bland breeze of the music.

Liquids And Digits Style

                  4. Liquids and digits

Liquid dancing is aggressive added appear ball hip hop and added animated settings such as in annihilate hop and boom n’ bass. 

It generally involves smooth, вЂ˜liquid-ish’ duke movements alleged duke flows, and agenda manipulation, creating illusions and 

movements with the fingers. The performer’s physique is acclimated as a curve to accurate a activity or a alternation of interpretative gestures.
                          

Jerkin Style

                             3. Jerkin

Jerkin is a adequately contempo hip hop ball trend. It involves antsy dances moves alleged jerks’ wherein the aerialist executes a set 


of leg stretches in and out. Jerkin is added of a sub-culture trend if 
taken calm with its dress cipher of neo-coloured angular jeans and Chuck Taylors. And yes it looks abundant like the Dougie.

Harlem Shake Style

                      2. Harlem shake

It acquired acceptance afresh this year because of a viral Youtube 

video alleged Harlem Shake, but acutely no Harlem Shake was done in the video. And Harlem Shake originally came from the 80s. 


The shake’s origins are said to be from an East African ball alleged Eskista, but dancers a lot of generally analyze the Harlem Shake to bashed dance.

Krumping Style

                    1. Krumping

Krumping is added accepting acceptance in hip hop and electronica 


circles because of the activity and abandon is encourages. jabs, arm swings, chest pops, and stomps or if you attending at it in a simpler 

way, basically annihilation you capital to do with your body. It is actual improvisational and expressive, at times even berserk so, 
          

appropriately accepting acceptance a allotment of adolescent performer.

Top 12 Hip Hop Dance Style

1. Krumping
2 Harlem shake
3 Jerkin
4. Liquids and digits
5 Robot/Mannequin
6  Turfing
7 Floating
8  Electric Boogaloo
9  Popping
10  Locking
11 . Crip-walking
12 . B-boying or breaking

Friday, 6 June 2014

Sattriya

                        SATTRIYA


Sattras are the Vaishnava monasteries in Assam. The saint poet Shankar Deva of the 15th 
century AD started this institution to bring harmony to the region of Assam through religion, 

creating forms of dance-dramas, music, painting and collective prayer. The dance forms 
which have come to stay are called Sattriya dances, sharing all the characteristics of a 
classical dance form.
As a living tradition these dances are performed in the namghar, the prayer hall of the sattra 

by the celibate monks.Now young 
female dancers also study these dances and they have come out of the sattra. They are 

presented on the metropolitan stages, with typical music of Assam, costumes and literary 
compositions viz borgeet. Both solo and group numbers enrich its presentation.

Oddisi

                         ODDISI


Odissi has origininated from ancient northern India. The name Odissi refers to the dance 
style of the state of Orissa in eastern India. Like other classical arts of India Oddisi also face 
difficulties to survive and by the 1930s and 40s, there were very few surviving practitioners 
of the art.
Like other Indian classical dance forms, Odissi has two major facets: Nritta or non-

representational dance, in which ornamental patterns are created using body movements in 
space and time; .
The technique of Odissi includes repeated use of the tribhangi, in which the body is bent in three places, the shape of a helix.

Mohiniattyam

                           MOHINIATTYAM


The dance form of Mohiniattyam was nurtured in the region of Kerala in southwestern India. 
The name Mohiniattyam literally means ‘Dance of the Enchantress,’ and it does have a 
mesmerizing quality. The white and gold costume, the hairstyle and the highly graceful 
movements in medium tempo bring out the aesthetic effect.
Mohiniattyam is found in some eighteenth century texts, but the practical style was revived 
in the time of Maharaja Swati Tirunal, a 19th century ruler who was a great patron of the 
arts. 
Over the past few decades, the repertoire of Mohiniattam has been developed and 
expanded by dedicated performers who have ensured that this beautiful dance style retains 
a distinct identity among the classical dance styles of India

Manipuri

                           MANIPURI



Manipuri is one of the most beautiful dance styles of India. Nurtured in the mountainous 

region of the northeast, it takes its name from the name of the place Manipur, which is now 

a state. Manipur literally means a jewel of a land, and the state is set like a gem in the 

verdant hills. 
Among the important feature of the Manipuri repertoire are the Sankirtana and the Raas 

Leela, based on the devotional theme of Krishna and Radha. The Raas Leela depicts the 

cosmic dance of Krishna and the cowherd maidens.along with Krishna’s costume with 

the tall peacock feather crown, add to the radiant appearance of this dance, as the 

performers sway and twirl to an ascending tempo.
A traditional Kathakali performance begins in the evening and continues throughout the 

night, when Good finally conquers Evil. Today, however, it has been modified for the 

proscenium stage,

Kuchipudi

                          KUCHIPUDI

Kuchipudi is one of the well-known Classical Indian Dance form from Andhra Pradesh, 

India. The name Kuchipudi has origin from the name of a village “KUCHELAPURAM” with 

resident Brahmins practicing this traditional dance form at Andhra pradesh. Kuchipudi born 

from “BHAGAVATMELA” a dance drama format tradition which used to perform by the 

telegu Brahmins who lives in kuchelapuram. “
Taranagam is the main unique piece of kuchpudi repertoire, also known as plate (made by 

brass) dance. Tala can be set in different gatis and jatis, most interesting 

part of a tarangam is, dancer reaply to mridangist chollu what he is playing in mridangam 

through plate movements..

Kathakali

                        KATHAKALI


Kathakali is one of the oldest theatre forms in the world. It originated in the area of 

southwestern India now known as the state of Kerala. Kathakali is a group presentation, in 

which dancers take various roles in performances traditionally based on themes from Hindu 

mythology, especially the two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
One of the most interesting aspects of Kathakali is its elaborate make-up code. Each 

Character has different make up according to their nature. Characters who are high evil streak, such as the demon 

king Ravana, are allotted a similar green make-up,but with red marks on the cheeks. 

Extremely angry or excessively evil characters wear red make-up and a flowing red beard. 

Forest dwellers such as hunters are represented with a black make-up base. Women and 

ascetics have yellowish faces.

Bharatnatyam

                       BHARATNATYAM


Bharata Natyam is one of the eight Indian classical dance forms of India. This dance form 

originated in the temples and courts of southern India. Later it was documented as a 

performing art in the 19th century by four brothers known as the Tanjore Quartet 
 Their musical compositions are use for Bharata Natyam dance repertoire even 

today.Devadasi women were dedicated to temples to serve the GOD as dancers and 

musicians performing part of the elaborate rituals. 
Today Bharata Natyam is one of the most popular and widely performed dance styles and is 

practiced by male and female dancers all over India and abroad.Bharatnaym 

follows Abhinaya Darpanam , Natya Sastra and other Sanskrit text for the theory part.

The 8 classical dance styles of India!


1.BHARATNATYAM

2.KATHAKALI

3KUCHIPUDI

4MANIPURI

5MOHINIATTYAM

6ODDISI

7SATTRIYA

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Types of Dance

Indian Classical Dances

India has bags of year old attitude of accomplished arts and classical and folk music and dances. Some of the world-famous ball forms that originated and acquired in India are Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam and Odissi. All these ball forms use basically the aforementioned 'mudras' or signs of duke as a accepted accent of announcement and were originally performed in the temples to absorb assorted Gods and Goddesses.

Indian Classical Dancers

Indian classical ball has a audible appearance that reflects the abundant cultural and acceptable endeavor. The forms of Indian ball accept transcended above the fences and socio-cultural hindrances. Exponents of the Indian classical ball accept that it has the ability of creating a new and acclimatized lifestyle. The Indian Classical Ball is generally admired as the anatomy of adoration and meditation. The performers of Indian Classical Dance, admitting of the accomplishments and forms, accept played a acute role in presenting India to the beginning of the World stage.

Indian Folk Dances

India is a acreage of assorted cultures and traditions. Diversities in all spheres accomplish the Indian ability absolutely unique. Indian folk and affiliated dances are artefact of altered socio-economic set up and traditions. Indian folk and affiliated dances are simple and are performed to accurate joy. In India we accept festivals and celebrations around every day. This has added to the affluence of Indian culture. Since every anniversary is accompanied by celebration, folk dances accept become an basic allotment of our amusing milieu.