Krumping is a dance movement, originally formed by gangs in America to be able to express themselves. Now it has developed to a more commercial and mainstream form of dancing. Krumping moves are generally exaggerated and big, with lots of chest moving and arm swinging in a highly energetic manner.

Krumping usually involves battles, which isn’t as aggressive as it sounds. In fact it is a fun way to express yourself. It basically involves 3 people who are krumping who have a dance off to see who can pull out the best moves.

Krumping is popular in American communities where people will often start a session on the street. As session involves everyone forming a circle and the krumper displaying his or her moves in the middle. This is similar to Hip-hop or break-dancing when people freestyle and ‘cipher’.

It can be seen in many music videos, the most popular is Christina Aguleira’s ‘get dirty’ which feature some very high energy moves. Madonna, Missy Elliot, Black Eyed Peas and even the Chemical Brothers have all had videos which show dancers krumping.

Like hip-hop krumping has its own slang terms which are used by those in the krumping community. If someone performs a ‘buck’ then that is considered to be a move that is extremely impressive and hard to pull-off. Labbin’ is a term used to describe when members of a krumping crew get together and try to create new buck moves. Krumping is set to gain even more popularity in the future, with classes starting to spring up in America.