Krumping

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You will find that Krumping is a style of dance moves that the American teenagers invented to keep themselves occupied on the streets as well as to use for dance competitions instead of using violence to solve their problems. The best thing that was stated about the Krumping craze was simply that teens were now using this as a way of fighting their battles rather than shooting and stabbing each other. This made top headlines in many parts of the world when two gang leaders got together to decide their problems over a dance off. The style of dancing is referred to as energetic free dance moves that are partly made up and partly routine. Depending on the dancer and his or her style you will find that the differences are complete but the similarities are still visible.

A high energy free styling dance that is also referred to in the Wikipedia as expressive and exaggerated using all body parts as well as the torso. Looking almost dangerous there is no doubt that Krumping in one dance style that the American teens love to participate in as well as to watch. As a style of acronym the word KRUMP stands for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise. It is an aggressive style of dance which is said to release anger and get people in the right mood for just chilling out to coin a phrase.

Krumping is known as a hip hop dance style which goes together with the hip hop music in a way that the dance moves are deliberately conditioned to that particular style of beat. In 1990 an American that went by the name of Tommy the Clown created a dance move referred to as clowning. Later the dancing became more aggressive and became known as Krumping which is still popular today after a good twenty year stretch. The LA gangs and hip hop crews took eagerly to this new style of dancing which eventually grew to the status of a regulated dance.

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