How to Dance Top Rock Style

Want a new hip hop dance? In these free dance lessons, you can learn the hip hop dance called top style from a professional hip-hop dancer

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Summary: Hip hop dance covers a large variety of body movement and expression, incorporating many different steps and techniques, but the cornerstone of the style is undoubtedly break dancing. Over time, that so-called old school way of dancing and participating in hip hop culture has developed a family of off-shoots. Funk dancing, popping and locking, jigging, freaking, krump, and hyphy are examples of types of hip hop dance, and each style contains certain moves that distinguish it from other forms.

There is no doubt as to the influence hip hop has had on the cultures it comes into contact with. These days, many people decide to take hip hop dancing lessons from an instructor, and although some critics believe that teaching orchestrated steps in that fashion is counter to the true culture and the history of the dance, many people enjoy learning how to break with the best of them.

So take a few moments and watch this instructional video series designed to help teach top rock dancing to beginners. you'll learn the basic steps and moves of this dance which will impress everyone at the club. Make sure you go to the dance floor prepared, and bring your best moves. You’re welcome to borrow some of ours—just make sure you practice first!

About the Expert

Blitz Mendez runs Blitz Freestyle Productions, an entertainment educational company in Austin, Texas. To continue the ground breaking work of Hip Hop Dance, Blitz has established relationships with schools, dance studios, individuals, and businesses to cultivate hip hop culture in the U.S and recently has opened Body Rock Dance Studio with co-owner Helen Medina. At the age of 13, Blitz started winning almost every B-Boy competition he entered. At age 15, Blitz founded the Alien Squad, which has in turned into an internationally known crew. At age 22 he and his crew won first place in the US in an International Hip Hop Competition. He went on to place third World wide at the finals in Japan. Blitz has had over 10 fulfilling years of teaching dance in Austin. He has trained and encouraged all ages in hip-hop, breakdancing, dancehall and house dancing. Mr. Mendez has also won numerous awards for his Choreography and has Hosted many B-Boy Competitions.


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