Hip Hop Dance Lessons


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Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced you can learn hip hop dance steps with Gif from Gino’s Urban Dance Choreography Videos. You can take advantage of this and try to improve your hip-hop dancing skills. You also have the opportunity to take a look at the free samples of hip-hop dancing they have from animated gif files, online dance lessons, dance music and videos.

You will have fun and look good doing it as well. The master hip hop choreographers, Gino Johnson and David Kellough will teach you and they will give you three hot videos that will provide you with fifteen different routines of great dancing and choreography and cool dance moves.

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5 Business Lessons I learned from Hanging out in Hip-Hop Class

I’ve been a dancer my entire life. I started out at the tender age of 4 with my first pair of shinny black tap shoes with little pink bows. I later graduated to jazz, swing, ballroom, a little country line dancing and in my mid 20s returned to my love of tap where I studied with a professional dancer who taught the likes of Paula Abdul and other celebrities how to shake a leg.

So when I decided I wanted to drop a couple of pounds before the holidays hit I went back to my roots and signed up for a series of dance classes.

Going in I knew that dance requires creativity, focus, control and power. But driving home one day I thought about how much learning to dance is like running a business. Here are 5 business lessons I’ve learned from hanging out in a hip-hop Continue Reading

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P90X, Hip Hop Abs & Slim In 6: Three Workouts To Match Every Fitness Goal

Creating an effective workout schedule can be a daunting task. That is why many people turn to gyms and fitness centers for inspiration. With a roomful of shiny workout equipment and a schedule packed with Pilates, spinning and body pump classes, who can go wrong?

For many, however, a gym membership simply does not work. The monthly membership is too high, the gym is not conveniently located or their daily schedule does not accommodate gym fitness classes. Some gym enthusiasts also find that they want to supplement their gym routines with at home workouts as well. That is when people often turn to DVD sets.

Here are three of the most popular DVD exercise systems, P90X, Hip Hop Abs and Slim in 6 and what makes each of them different.

P90X

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How James Brown influenced Hip-Hop

In the long and winding road of Black America to civil rights and social equality, hip-hop has been an ardent supporter. Echoing the despair of African Americans in the shifting urban culture of the United States in the early 70s, hip-hop protested fervently for the association of Black civil rights to criminality, poverty, unemployment, sexism, drugs and street violence. Through the expression of passionate political speech, opposition and controversy, hip-hop became a massive culture that overwhelmed the American society.

But it was so much more than that. Hip-hop was a process; an ongoing process that had started long before it actually infused the American culture. And a very important element of this process was James Brown.

The ‘Godfather of Soul’ influenced Continue Reading

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The effect of Hip-Hop on American culture

Music is a reflection of social change. As such, it creates new mindsets and reflects the reality of an era.

Emerging from the ghettos of New York City in the 70s, Hip-Hop echoed the desolation of African Americans in the altering urban culture of the United States. Through the formation of stereotypes and role models, Hip-Hop protested for the association of black civil rights to unemployment, poverty, criminality and police brutality expressing political speech, resistance and controversy.

Soon, Hip-Hop became a massive reality that permeated popular culture in an unprecedented way. Black youth found a way to express a new culture through distinctive communication patterns such as speech, hand gestures, and body movements. Moving beyond concrete thoughts and Continue Reading

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