Club or Party dancing took over with the style and steps named or influenced by what was happening in popular culture. This led to the emergence of a new style of Hip Hop dance expression, more correctly termed Hip Hop Freestyle, and led to movements more suited to the music. The music was slowing down, being replaced by more of a 'head nod' or 'boom bap' sound. Originally performed to Funk and Rock 'breaks', the music was more up-tempo and lent itself to what the dancers would refer to as 'going off'.īreaking increasingly began to die out in the mid to late '80s as the culture changed.
Traditionally, the original dance of Hip Hop was Breaking, which was the predominant style from the 1970s until the mid-'80s.īeginning in the Bronx, Breaking spread worldwide via movies such as Wild Style, Beat Street and Breakdance - The Movie, as well as through tours like the New York City Rap and Wild Style Tours, which showed off the new culture and dance styles in the 80s. Hip Hop dance includes a wide range of 'street dance' styles that are associated with the Hip Hop culture born in New York City in the mid-'70s. Funk & Rock breaks were more up-tempo and lent themselves to what the dancers would refer to as 'going off'
