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Hip Hop

An ensemble of street-inspired, freestyle, breakin’, pop&lock and crunk elements, used to create visual effects and/or interpret a musical arrangement

Required Elements

The performance must include stylized motions with a street influence and attitude.

Potential Penalties

  • A dropped item is a 1 point deduction for each infraction.

  • Allowable uniform accessories such as hats, glasses, neckties can be used as part of a routine as long as the item is shown and worn as the team enters the floor. Teams can only use one type of accessory and it can be used as a dance move once during the routine (must be completed within one 8-count). The accessory can also be removed from the body during the routine but not picked up after it has been discarded.
  • Acceptable: Performers can lift a hat from their head and throw/toss it to the side out of the performing area within one 8-count.
  • Not Acceptable: Performers lift glasses from their face, put it back on, dance for 2 counts of 8 and then remove the glasses again. Or if you remove glasses and then remove a hat. We will consider these as props.
  • If an accessory falls from the body during the routine (that is not a part of the choreography) it will be a 1-pt deduction for the dropped item. If an accessory is used more than once during the performance, it will be considered as a prop and a 5-deduction will be assessed.
  • Inappropriate music (suggestive lyrics, foul language, etc.).
  • Exceeding or not meeting time requirements will result in a 1-pt penalty per each 10 seconds.


Helpful Hints

Variety of Elements can be achieved by the following:

  • Level changes and floor work incorporating hip-hop elements
  • Group work incorporating hip-hop elements
  • Types of technical stylized elements
  • Type of stylized motions
  • Use of hands and heads
  • Tempo of hip-hop sequences

Difficulty of Elements can be achieved by the following:

  • Changing the tempo of hip-hop movements
  • Increasing the number of body parts used to complete a hip-hop movement.
  • Increasing the number of elements within a hip-hop sequence
  • Complexity of the movements within a hip-hop sequence
  • Increasing the number of performers executing a hip-hop sequence
  • Traveling while executing a hip-hop sequence

Creativity is Defined as the following:

  • The extent to which basic hip-hop movements, combinations and visual effects are used in unusual ways.
  • Consider how "old" hip-hop combinations may be revamped in an interesting "new" way or debut a totally different concept or visual effect.
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