<P> A street dance is a dance style--regardless of country of origin--that evolved outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs . The term is used to describe vernacular dances in urban context . Vernacular dances are often improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers . These dances are a part of the vernacular culture of the geographical area that they come from . Examples of street dance include b - boying (or breakdancing), which originated in New York City . </P> <P> Clogging is thought to be considered a very early form of street dance, since it evolved in the streets and factories of northern England in the mid-19th century . </P>

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