HIP HOP Dance The History of Hip-Hop dances encompasses the people and events since the late 1960s that have contributed to the development of early hip-hop dance styles, such as uprock, breaking, locking, robotic, boogaloo, and popping . African Americans and Latino Americans created uprock and breaking in New York City. African Americans in California created locking, robotic, boogaloo, and popping—collectively referred to as the funk styles. All of these dance styles are different stylistically. More than 50 years old, hip-hop dance became widely known after the first professional street-based dance crews formed in the 1970s in the United States. The most influential groups were Rock Steady Crew , The Lockers , and The Electric Boogaloos who are responsible for the spread of breaking, locking, and popping respectively . The Brooklyn-based dance style uprock influenced breaking early in its development. Boogaloo gained more exposure because it is the namesake of the E
Waacking
Waacking (also known as Whacking or Wacking) is a form of street dance created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles during the 1970s disco era. The style is typically done to 70s disco music and is mainly distinguishable by its rotational arm movements, posing, and emphasis on expressiveness.
In the early 1970s the dance style was known as posing or punking. with "punk" being a derogatory term for gay men at the time. Naming the style punking was a way of turning this negative term into something positive. Although the heterosexual dance community took part in punking, they did not want to associate themselves with the negative connotations of the name and therefore renamed the dance genre "waackin". Later, Jeffery Daniel added the "g" to waackin to make it "whacking".
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