Resistance Dancing I Have Experienced Essay

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I think that one of the ways that break dancing helps to solidify resistance is through providing another avenue for a countercultural movement to grow. Due to the concerns about the economy that she mentioned, today is one of the few times in the history of the U.S. that there is not a dominant countercultural movement. Therefore, I believe that by having people breakdance in places where people also turf dance, both of these forms of dance can help to form a countercultural movement that expresses social concern.

There is a definite similarity between Nicole's choice of hip-hop dance as a form of resistance and mine highlighting turf dancing as a form of resistance. Both of these forms of dance largely began in urban environments in the streets. I believe that it would be useful to incorporate hip hop dancing with turf dancing, since in reality turf dancing is merely an unorganized form of hip hop dancing with the addition of representing one's neighborhood at the same time. That way, both of these types of dances could merge and help to bring back a countercultural movement in the U.S.
I agree with Jessica that drugs can have a negative influence on young people in urban environments around the country. The same sort of social awareness that make people see how wrong gentrification is can also apply to the issue of youth drug abuse in similar communities. Dancing is a good way to help to spread the popularity for these two concerns. There are also certain patterns and of dance in Stepping that are similar to turf dancing. In fact, one can argue that the same sort of music is played for both forms of dance.

Works Cited

Browning, Barbara. Samba: Resistance in Motion. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. 1995.….....

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