<P> The History of Hip - Hop dance encompasses the people and events since the late 1970s that have contributed to the development of the early hip - hop dance moves, such as uprock, breaking, locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping . Black Americans and Latino Americans created uprock and breaking in New York City . Black Americans in California created locking, roboting, boogaloo, and popping--collectively referred to as the funk styles . All of these dance styles are different stylistically . They share common ground in their street origins and in their improvisational nature . </P> <P> More than 50 years old, hip - hop dance became widely known after the first professional street - based dance crews formed in the 1970s in the United States . The most influential groups were Rock Steady Crew, New York City Breakers, The Lockers, and The Electric Boogaloos who are responsible for the spread of breaking, locking, and popping respectively . The Brooklyn - based dance style uprock influenced breaking early in its development . Boogaloo gained more exposure because it is the namesake of the Electric Boogaloos crew . Uprock, roboting, and boogaloo are respected dance styles but none of them are as mainstream or popular as breaking, locking, and popping . </P> <P> Parallel with the evolution of hip - hop music, hip - hop social dancing emerged from breaking and the funk styles into different forms . Dances from the 1990s such as the Running Man, the Worm, and the Cabbage Patch entered the mainstream and became fad dances . After the millennium, newer social dances such as the Cha Cha Slide and the Dougie also caught on and became very popular . </P>

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