Street dance in China
The first meet between Chinese teenagers and street dance can be traced back to the American movie Break Dance produced in 1980s. The former break dance now becomes the Breaking dance teenagers are doing nowadays.
Besides the early Break dance, youngsters started to do street dance in the mid-90s. Cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are pioneers in this wave, thanks to their efficient communications with the out world. Breaking dance developed early in Henan province. It’s because the dance involves a lot of body movements that are related closely with the Chinese kungfu. Now, dancers gathering together in the downtown square showing themselves almost can be seen in every city around China. Usually, they will hold some sort of competition. They call it dance battle. And the winner in the battle is supposed to be the idle of numerous teenagers.
Street dance is becoming more and more popular in China. And it is being accepted by the masses. The CCTV5 has once opened a programme to some basic movements. And the CCTV3 has played some videos to show some professional dance teams. Most obvious change can be seen in the MVs of famous singing stars. In their videos, we can see street dancers more than ever. It’s easy to figure that street dance is widely spread through out China, especially among youngsters.
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