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House dance is a freestyle street dance and social dance that has roots in the underground house music scene of Chicago and New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically danced to loud and bass -heavy electronic dance music provided by DJs in nightclubs or at raves .
House Dance International (“HDI”) is an annual street dance festival based in New York City that highlights the art forms of house dance, vogue, hustle, waacking and experimental, all of which are performed to house music or derivatives of electronic dance music. [1]
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [10] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
This is a list of artists who have been involved with house music, a genre of electronic dance music. This includes artists who have either been very important to the house music genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label). This list does not include little-known local artists. Groups are listed by the first letter in the group ...
— Barry Walters: Burning Down the House, 1986 [3] DJ and record producer Chip E. also explains the body movements in jacking with a reference to sexuality: “Some of the music is explicitly sexual because some of the individuals are explicitly sexual. House is suited for the way people dance now, which is like being in bed but standing up.
One of the primary elements in house dancing is "the jack" or "jacking" — a style created in the early days of Chicago house that left its trace in numerous record titles such as "Time to Jack" by Chip E. from the "Jack Trax" EP (1985), "Jack’n the House" (1985) by Farley "Jackmaster" Funk (1985) or "Jack Your Body" by Steve "Silk" Hurley ...
Javier Ninja (birth name Javier Madrid, [1] born 10 March 1984 in Queens [2] (New York City)) is an American vogue dancer [1] [3] and teacher. [2] [4] [5] Madrid is a member of the Legendary House of Ninja founded by the late Willi Ninja [1] and has worn the House Dance International vogue "Champion of the year" for three consecutive years. [6]
Electro swing or swing house is a genre of electronic dance music that fuses 1920s–1940s jazz styles including swing music and big band with 2000s styles including house, electro, hip hop, drum & bass and dubstep. Footwork The genre evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of juke and ghetto house. It may draw from styles such as drum and bass ...