This is actually inaccurate. Many hip hop dances are elaborately choreographed, especially when they are performed in groups, and as is often the case, performed at concerts with recording artists like Britney Spears. Moves have to be choreographed, since a uniform feel to the dance allows the performer to also dance at moments in concert with her backup dancers.
Hip hop or any other dancing becomes freestyle dancing in less formal settings. A high school dance is a good example. Students may take turns showcasing their hip hop moves, or dancing together in the style of hip hop, without predetermining the moves. Street dancers may also either choreograph moves or go with the flow in freestyle dancing. Usually, dancers may plan to include some moves, and then fill the dance with other appropriate and impressive moves. This way, their work represents part freestyle dancing and part choreography.
In ballroom dancing of all types, learning basic moves means you can do freestyle dancing to any music, as long as you could either lead or follow a partner. Good communication between partners performing freestyle dancing is vital. In other cases, the wrong move or idea can mess up a dance quite easily.
In the 1970s, partner dancing became more freeform, and this may also be referred to as freestyle dancing. Simply moving to the music and “grooving,” replaced most partner dances. This had some advantages. Women didn’t necessarily need a partner to dance and could dance together, though many still danced with a man.
Freestyle dancing that evolved from the disco era has undergone many changes. Ability to perform it depends upon a person’s sense of rhythm, and knowledge of current dance moves. There are, for example, many tapes, which teach freestyle dancing in the form of modern hip hop moves, and as music and dance styles change, freestyle, non-partner dancing continues to evolve.
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