Junior new system dance crew biography meaning
•
Hip-hop dance
Street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show Soul Train and the 1980s films Breakin', Beat Street, and Wild Style showcased these crews and dance styles in their early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop dance mainstream exposure.
The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.
The commercialization of hi
•
Inside Sunny Choi's quest for U.S. Olympic gold in break dancing
Choi has wanted to flaunt like this since college, when she first dove into the breaking scene as a quiet observer and saw it as an opportunity to free herself from a life of routine. "A lot of my journey through breaking has been figuring out who I am, being confident in my skin," she says. Now, at 34, she's looking to prove something to the young Sunny who fell in love with gymnastics at age 3 and dreamt of being an Olympic athlete. "That inner child whose dreams were crushed by societal and family and cultural expectations," she says. "That inner child that's super shy and scared but has so much to say and just wants to show it."
Choi is now one of the 10 best B-girls in the world, and won silver at the 2022 World Games. Her ascendence comes at a time when break dancing's platform has never been bigger and the stakes have never been higher: Birthed in the 1970s, on the cusp of the Reagan-era Bronx, breaking will d
•
Super Junior
South Korean boy band
For the Irish political begrepp, see Super junior minister. For the professional wrestling tournament, see Best of the Super Juniors.
Super Junior | |
|---|---|
Super Junior performing Mr. Simple at KCON 2015 | |
| Also known as | Super Junior 05 (2005–2006) |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Discography | Super Junior discography |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | |
| Member of | SM Town |
| Spinoffs | |
| Members | |
| Past members | |
| Website | Official website |
Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어; RR: Syupeo Junieo; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy grupp. The group is composed of Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun. Han Geng, Kibum, and Kangin were originally part of the group before departing in 2011, 2015 and 2019, respectively.