Beats, Rhymes, and Life Quiz Review

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Across
  1. 3. Clowning is the less aggressive predecessor to __________.
  2. 5. Hip hop moves were inspired by complex rhythms and the down-to-earth movement style of _______________ dancing. Music and movement came together to form a new art.
  3. 7. Popping is based on the technique of quickly ____________ and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer’s body, referred to as a pop or a hit.
  4. 9. Locking relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more _____________ hips and legs.
  5. 10. Refers to the dance form that is a __________ dance style primarily performed to hip-hop music or that has evolved as part of the hip-hop culture.
  6. 11. Original tutting movements were made with the aid of the wrists, elbows and shoulders, to create the desired ____________ angle.
  7. 12. The Sugar Hill Gang recorded the first popular commercial rap recording, “__________ _________,” in 1979. This song was many Americans’ first brush with hip-hop.
Down
  1. 1. The youths who started krumping saw the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and to release ______________, aggression, and frustration positively, in a non-violent way.
  2. 2. The four main elements of the hip hop culture are deejaying, breakdancing, graffiti, and ______________.
  3. 4. Both informal and formal competitions often arose. Informal competitions started when a few truly exceptional dancers were noticed on the dance floor; the rest of the people would back off and allow the leaders to duke it out. This is known as a dance _____________.
  4. 6. Hip hop dancing is thought to have officially begun in _______________ during the late 1960’s and early 70’s.
  5. 8. Stylish and challenging dance poses that sometimes require the breaker to suspend himself or herself off the ground using upper body strength in poses such as the pike are called ____________________.
  6. 9. While vestiges of modern, tap, swing, and African dancing can all be found in hip hop, this dance style is really in a class of its own when it comes to improvisation, lack of ______________, and an edge of competition.