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Street dance classes in Crawley, Horley, Tonbridge, Wallington,
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| What is
krumping? |
| Krumping developed out of South Central Los Angeles'
clown dancing movement. In 1992, Tommy Johnson created a dancing, hip-hop
persona named Tommy the Clown, as well as a traveling entertainment crew and a
clown dance academy in the African-American community of Compton. Tommy the
Clown became a neighborhood staple, providing young kids with a much-needed
creative outlet. It caught on and spread to other neighborhoods. He also
reimagined the decades-old tradition of dance battles in his creation of The
Battle Zone: events and spaces where these clown groups engaged in competition,
in which the community audience chose the winners. Krumping grew out of these
contests, and during the last two years it has become a dance of its
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Get
Krumped!!
Krumping kicks the hip-hop tradition of dance battles up a notch.
It's a freestyle dance form that's full-bodied, adrenaline-driven, and
confrontational. although deep-seated in hip hop, it departs from the movement
vocabularies of b-boying/ b-girling. The dancers are more interactive with each
other, sometimes using physical contact and weight sharing.
Krumping on the big screen: The world of clown and krump
dance inspired a rousingly passionate documentary called "Rize" from
director/photographer David LaChappelle which premiered at this year's Sundance
Film Festival and later opened around the U.S. in major theaters and critical
acclaim.
Other
resources for krumping
www.tommytheclown.com
Krumping web video clip
CLICK HERE
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