What's Happening Right Now In Street Dance | Street Dance 2

Street Dance Right Now

As we currently write street dance has made large inroads into popular media. The latest film, the latest dance group that has won a dance competition or the latest new program about dancing.

You could say right now we are in a transition period. As in the newer styles of hip-hop dance which have emerged more recently are driving the street dance scene. While not all acts are centred around this type of choreography, many of those which have done well in the recent resurgences are.

Whatever styles of street are driving the current interest, it filters through and the other styles of street dancing too become raised in awareness.

A dance crew may mix different genres of street dance or may stick with just 1 or 2 style. But what's interesting is that whatever style of dance they perfrom in they can call themselves or be called by others as a 'street dance' act.

Whereas in the 70s a street dancer would refer to a locker or a popper, today it can refer to a locker, popper, hip-hop dancer, bboy, bgirl, acrobat, krumper or any number of other things.

The number of styles of dance that can be termed under the term street dance has increased and it is no longer limited to 1 or 2 styles but more like 20 or 30 (with perhaps 4 or 5 main styles).

It is also a time of transition because as the current hip-hop choreography and routines get a major shout, there will be changes in what audiences digest.

Many of the earlier successful acts will no doubt influence people's perception of what street dance is and what is should look like.

However none of these acts are the actual creators of their respective dance styles. The creators and innovators such as Don Campbell, Boogaloo Sam and The Rocksteady Crew still remain more or less underground in their respective scenes.

They did all receive their fair share of exposure when their styles of dance were first coming out, however as is always the case the torch is passed on and the current youngsters will be of most interest to new audiences.

So it is mainly the young adults and youngsters of today driving the scene. And with these youngsters it is hip-hop choreography that is of most interest to the vast majority of them.

They see it on TV shows, they flick on MTV and they see it there, they watch their favourite artists on TV and there they are as backing dancers, they log into YouTube and there they are again. Hip hop choreography is what they know.

So how this relates to transition periods is that audiences will always be seeking new visual entertainment and as interest grows, sub-genres will gain further recognition.

Many of the top groups today are practising ideas which have been around for years. As audiences take in and see all these ideas repeated out, they will be hungry to see something new.

And then you may see some of these other trends which are still very much underground emerging into the forefront.

Street dance and the media at the moment are very much catching up with what's been going on quietly for years now.