Street DanceBy Jack Greeney

Street dance is a very popular form of dance in western world. However, it is yet to make a grand entry in Indian dance culture, though street dancing is slowly making its roots in India. Street dancing’s real name is vernacular dance. Vernacular means instinctive, so it’s real name is instinctive dancing. The origin of street dance can not be traced to any particular era. It is not any trained and revised form of dance. It basically symbolizes all those dance styles which originated

and evolved in everyday life places including streets, nightclubs, playgrounds, schools etc. It was not promoted or discovered in a dance studio. The best feature of street dance is the improvisation. There are no fixed dance moves in street dancing; rather it focuses on dancer's own improvisation. Street dance is quite social in nature and promotes contact and interaction with spectators to make it even more fun. Street dance was first seen in USA in the 1970s. Street dance is an interesting and energetic

amalgamation of many hip hops and funk dance styles. Other dance forms like house dance, locking, popping etc are also a part of the same movement of which street dance originated. Street dance is very popular in many parts of the world because of diverse uses. It is also used as a physical education in many western schools. With the passage of time, it has become more popular even with established dance studios. Street dance finds its motivation in fight against violent gangster activities. It uses moves like rigorous hand, clapping hands, head movements and stomping feet which help in releasing anger, frustration and aggression. It is a wonderful medium of expressing one's pent up emotions in a non-violent way. The moves of street dance are quite fast, agile, dramatic and powerful. Street dance is slowly making its presence felt in Indian metros. Many young people can be seen flocking to street dance classes every new season.