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what kind of hip hop moves are good for teaching 5 year olds??? en>fr fr>en
By IvyNYC Comments: 18, member since Thu Oct 09, 2008
On Sat Sep 12, 2009 02:25 PM

I need to know what kind of hip hop dance moves are good for 5 year olds....stuff accross the floor etc?? HELP

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re: what kind of hip hop moves are good for teaching 5 year olds??? en>fr fr>en
By Dancebear8504 Comments: 255, member since Fri Jul 07, 2006
On Sat Sep 12, 2009 04:32 PM
I don't actually teach 5 year olds... but in my youngest class we are working on:
CENTER:
-conditioning of arms and abs
-stretching (of course)
-isolations - head, shoulders, ribs, hips - some of my students are also taking jazz (which helps) but the isolations can feel different and be used differently in hip hop
-body rolls, which is really part of isolating
-arm waves, " "
ACROSS THE FLOOR:
-freestyle walk TO THE BEST OF THE MUSIC (the hard part)
- step, step, step tog. step (yes, a chasse, but I explain why it should look and feel differently in hh class) with their own arms/upper bodies
-grapevine to the R, 3 step turn to the L (and then reverse)
-back gliding ("moonwalk")
CENTER:
-a short combination that works on a few elements of everything that day that will build as time goes on.
-freestyle circle at end

This is what I'm doing in class right now, the first couple months -- building their musicality and ability to isolate and put it all together!

I also go into top rock, etc. later in the year

Hope this helps!
re: what kind of hip hop moves are good for teaching 5 year olds??? en>fr fr>en
By IvyNYC Comments: 18, member since Thu Oct 09, 2008
On Sun Sep 13, 2009 07:53 AM
Thanks this does help im not used to teaching such a young kids hip hop class. I teach technical hip hop like popping, locking, breaking, illusion styles and so on. So for me to take a huge step back is going to be a challenge. If you have anymore ideas please keep them comming thanks soo much:)

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