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House Dance International

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House Dance International (“HDI”) is an annual street dance festival based in New York City that highlights the art forms of House dance, Vogue, Hustle, Waacking and Experimental, all of which are performed to house music or derivatives of electronic dance music. [1]

33 relations: Alvin Ailey, Breakdancing, Broken beat, Capoeira, Chicago, Choreography, Disco, DJ Spinna, Drum and bass, Electronic dance music, Hip hop, Hip-hop dance, House dance, House music, Hustle (dance), Jacking, Javier Ninja, Jazz dance, Krumping, Locking (dance), New York City, Nu jazz, Paradise Garage, Popping, Salsa (dance), Soul Train, Street dance, Tap dance, The Loft (New York City), Vogue (dance), Waacking, Warehouse (nightclub), Willi Ninja.

Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.

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Breakdancing

Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance.

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Broken beat

Broken beat or "BRUK" is an electronic music genre that can be characterized by syncopated rhythm typically in 4/4 meter, with staggered or punctuated snare beats and/or hand claps.

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Capoeira

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Choreography

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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DJ Spinna

Vincent Williams, better known by his stage name DJ Spinna, is an American hip hop producer from Brooklyn.

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Drum and bass

Drum and bass (also written as "drum 'n' bass" or "drum & bass"; commonly abbreviated as "D&B", "DnB" or "D'n'B"), is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in Britain during the early 1990s.

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Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music (also known as EDM, dance music, club music, or simply dance) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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Hip-hop dance

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.

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House dance

House dance is a social dance and Street dance primarily danced to house music that has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New York.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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Hustle (dance)

The hustle is a catchall name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s.

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Jacking

Jacking, or the jack, is a freestyle dance move in which the dancer ripples his or her torso back and forth in an undulating motion.

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Javier Ninja

Javier Ninja (birth name Javier Madrid,Dance Magazine - interview of "Javier Ninja" by Margaret Fuhrer - retrieved 30 March 2015 born 10 March 1984 in QueensJavier Ninja's workshop and bio in Arkstar (December 3, 2010) retrieved March 31, 2015 (New York City)) is an American vogue dancer and teacher.

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Jazz dance

Jazz dance is the performance dance technique and style that emerged in America in the early twentieth century.

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Krumping

Krump is a street dance popularized in the United States, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement.

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Locking (dance)

Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated, but not to be confused with hip hop.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nu jazz

Nu jazz, also known as jazztronica, is a genre of jazz and contemporary electronic music.

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Paradise Garage

The Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay-rage", was a discotheque in New York City notable in the history of modern dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures.

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Popping

Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from Fresno, California during the late 1960s–1970s.

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Salsa (dance)

Salsa is a popular form of social dance that originated in the Caribbean.

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Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

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Street dance

A street dance is a dance style that evolved outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs.

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Tap dance

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.

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The Loft (New York City)

The Loft was the location for the first underground dance party (called "Love Saves the Day") organized by David Mancuso on February 14, 1970, in New York City.

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Vogue (dance)

Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s.

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Waacking

Waack/Punk is a form of dance created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles, during the 1970s disco era.

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Warehouse (nightclub)

The Warehouse was a nightclub established in Chicago, Illinois in 1977 under the direction of Robert Williams.

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Willi Ninja

Willi Ninja (April 12, 1961 – September 2, 2006) was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris is Burning.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Dance_International

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