One of the most athletic dances in the world, Breakdance, have originally found its popularity in the 1970s as the street dance in the New York’s Bronx. Since then it has spread all around the world where it was viewed as one of the most unique dance styles ever made. Usually danced solo, this dance requires talented dancers to perform the series of either choreographed or freeform dance and athletic movements alongside usually breakbeat, hip-hop or funk music.

Born in the 1980s as a mix of New Orleans hip-hop music and the traditions of the Mardi Gras Indian chants, Bounce dance can today be danced both in its common and hypersexual form. Since it is so closely connected with the traditions of the Mardi Gras culture, many forms of Bounce today remain to be highly regional and can rarely be seen dancing outside of the music scenes of New Orleans, Miami, Baltimore, and other music hubs.

Funk style of hip-hop was popularized not only by its music but also by the worldwide acceptance of the famous dance style called Electric Boogaloo, which was originally promoted in the 1970s by the dance group of the same name. Danced both by individuals and groups in both free form and choreographed manner, Electric Boogaloo is filled with the wide variety of moves that focused on the movement of legs, hips, knees and frequent use of exaggerated robotic-like moves.

Created with the influences of African American slaves, Jazz dance gained popularity in the early 20th century as any form of dance that was performed alongside then new Jazz music. Highly improvisational and freeform, Jazz dance quickly morphed into a performance dance that emulated elements of ballet. Today, Jazz dance is enjoyed in many forms which are collectively called “modern jazz dance”.

Funk dance is incredibly diverse, and one of its famous variations is “locking”. The core gimmick of this style of hip-hop dance is to suddenly stop and hold the position (or get locked) in the middle of dance routines for a short while, and then suddenly resume the dance. It requires full body motion, but most of the dance is focused on top half of the body. Many Locking dancers prefer to use various acrobatic and physically demanding moves to augment their dance routines.

Very close in style with popular Electric Boogaloo, Popping is another variation of the funk-themed street dance from the 1960s and 1970s that found popularity all around the world. The technique that dancers need to master to properly dance Popping is controlled and quick contrasting and relaxing of muscles that will create the feeling of a jerk throughout the body. This jerk is referred as “pop” or “hit” and can be used to augment dance routines, movements and possess.

Hip hop is a style of dance that originated on the East Coast in the late 1970s in the Bronx, New York City. Groups of people would often perform the dances in the streets, clubs, and underground venues of New York. It evolved closely with many other elements of hip hop—like DJing, graffiti writing, and MCing—and borrowed certain signature elements from the funk styles of the 1960s.

Waacking is an extremely expressive, free and musical form of dance that is characterised by arm movements and posing with a strong emphasis on musicality and improvised performance. ... Waacking battles, similar to other dance styles such as “locking” and “house”, are a transplant of “hip hop” battles.

Girl Style dance is a more feminine interpretive version of dance while incorporating various movements in the genre of street dance. Have fun and learn energetic moves that are sexier, more fluid and feminine.