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Written & Edited by: Jager Clark Owner & Artistic Director- Jade's Academy

INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS I.aM.Me...... 3 In order to fully appreciate the artistry and skill of I.aM.mE. this Study Guide takes a look back at the History, Origins and Pioneers of the very Styles they perform (and the styles preceding them) in combination with ...... 4 their self titled "Brain Bangin". ...... 4

The Dance Styles included in this study guide have long been regarded as styles with no structure, technique or ...... 5 vocabulary. So while , Jazz, Modern, Tap and are regarded as high forms of performance art, styles under the umbrella term "" have and are still often looked down upon. This study guide Breaking...... 5 closely examines the dance styles of Locking, Popping, Waacking, Breaking, Hip Hop, House and Krump. Hip Hop...... 6 What makes this study guide unique and one-of-kind are the summaries provided below, which have been provided by the very pioneers who created and developed these styles and in some cases the second generation of House...... 6 trailblazing students on behalf of the creators. Included you will find a brief break down of the history, origins, Krump...... 7 techniques and vocabulary related to each style as told by them. Materials...... 7 Furthermore this Guide Includes suggested Activities that tie in curriculum based learning for students with resources and references for further study. Suggested Activities...... 8/9

It is our hope through this study guide to educate and grow audience appreciation and respect for not only I.aM. Terms to Know...... 9 mE but all dancers and dance crews past and present who train, perform and teach these Styles. It takes years to become proficient in each style. Connect...... 10

Whether you call them Hip Hop, Street Dance, Styles or Urban Dance there is no Denying the wonder, awe- Acknowledgements...... 11 inspiring power and joy that these styles bring to Audiences. Though there may not be a formal worldwide distributed curriculum and exam based program (yet) for all these styles like there is for Ballet, Jazz, Tap etc. we hope you will join us in passing on the history and knowledge, to your fellow teachers, family, friends and to your students.

- Jade Jager Clark Owner & Artistic Director

Jade's Hip Hop Academy

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I.aM.mE Dance Crew

Inspire. Motivate. Energize Founded in 2010 by Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb, Di "Moon" Zhang and Brandon Harrell with original members Jaja Vankova, Emilio Dosal and Chachi Gonzales, this crew won the MTV's America's Best Dance Crew season 6. They were featured on LXD season 3 and were special guest in Cirque Du Soleil. IaMmE took on board new members Tam Rapp, Liza Riabinina, Bebo and Scarlett Nabil in 2015 participating in ABDC 8. IaMmE has been very successful, performing all over the world, featuring in movies like , choreographing for numerous artists like Skrillex and teaching. Right now IaMmE works with many amazing external members and continue creating their original style called "Brain Bang".

THE SHOW Fear, Nerves. Anxiety, Excitement... all emotions that can alter your state of mind or sleeping patterns. The build up the night before an IaMmE performance can sometimes prove to be overwhelming. We take you through a night of our members' dreams....or lack thereof. We find out what can trigger the mind the night before a show. We come to find out a little bit more about every members personality by what goes on as they enter REM Cycle. Our night travels through a variety of interesting dreams. Scary, Romantic, happy, embarrassing, etc. We even come to find that some members might even get any sleep! All this leading up to the BIG DAY, SHOW DAY!!

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LOCKING Locking is considered the first Street Dance Style. It was created in 1970 by at LA Trade Technical College. After creating Locking by mistake while trying to do the Shuffle, Don "Campbellock" Campbell became a dance maverick, who blazed a distinct trail throughout the clubs of . His dance became so popular, in Feb of 1972, he released the single "The Campbellock" on Stanton Records. That year, Don also went on to appear The TV show "", where he became a regular dancer and a fan favourite. In 1973, Don was kicked off Soul Train for standing for the right for dancers on the show to get paid for their time and effort. So together with the Legendary Choreographer , Don founded the dance group first called "The Campbellock Dancers" later called "The Lockers" that would change the face of dance forever. Don, Toni and The Lockers, which included Greg "Campbellock Jr" Pope, Leo "Fluky Luke" Williamson, Fred "Mr. Penguin" Berry, Adolfo "Shabba- Doo" Quinones, and Bill "Slim the Robot" Williams took the Entertainment industry by storm, with Live Performances, as Awards Show Presenters,

Commercial Endorsements, Movies, Guest Appearances on Television, and even their own TV special. In simple terms, Locking is a freestyle dance, where you are free to move to the music, returning to "The Lock" as the base. Besides The Lock, Don did a variety of movements when he was creating the dance that are now synonymous with "Locking" Today such as, "The Wrist Roll", "The Points", Knee Drops, "Up Lock", "Down

Lock", "Giving Yourself 5", "Giving The Floor 5", Dives, and Splits, Additional movements were later contributed by Members of The Lockers or Dancers associated with The Lockers. They took moves that already existed and "Lockafied" them. These movements include Leo walks (created to Leo "Fluky Luke" Williamson and used in his solos), scoo b doo, scoo bot, stop n' go, scooby walk (all 4 credited to Jimmie "Scooby Doo"

Foster but brought to the group by Greg "Campbellock Jr." Pope for the unison parts of the shows), The Skeeter Rabbit (Credited to Tony "Go Go" Lewis but brought to the group by Greg "Campbellock Jr." Pope for the unison parts of the shows) and which-a-ways (Credited to Leo " Fluky Luke" Williamson, used in both solos and unison parts). Locking is dance that requires a balance of precision with groove, soul and funk. Locking has most notably appeared in Music Videos from , , , Wyclef, Jean, and more. And if you watch closely, Locking has appeared in dance movies such as 80's classic "Breakin' 1&2" to "" and the "STEP UP" series. - History by Don "Campbellock" Campbell. Written by Dennis Danehy- Son of Don "Campbellock" Campbell.

POPPING Popping began in the 1970's. The techniques were created by a man named Sam out of Fresno . In order to "POP" dancers must flex and release the muscles in their arms, neck/head and snap back their knee joints rhythmically to music. Popping

techniques include fresnos, walk outs and -o-flexes and styles such as Toy Man, Puppet and Scarecrow. Boogaloo Sam also created Boogaloo, a fluid style that utilizes every part of the body using angles and often using rolls of the hips, knees and head. Boogaloo Sam Founded the dance crew the Electric Boogaloo's who travelled and performed all over the world teaching Popping and

Boogaloo. Members including Popin Pete, , Mr. Wiggles, Skeeter Rabbit have performed and choreographed for Soul Train, The Grammy's, Billboard Music Awards, Breakdance the Movie and Music Videos including Michael Jackon's Beat It and Thriller. They have also performed alongside and choreographed for Janet Jackson, , Justin Timberlake and just to name a few. It is Important to remember Popping is a single style and is not an umbrella term for Boogaloo, Waving, Tutting (created by Mark Benson), Gliding and . However those styles can be added in when Popping.

- Popin Pete Electric Boogaloos 4

WAACKING

Waacking started in the 1970's in Los Angeles in the Gay Club Scene. It is derived from Punking and the first dance group was known as the Original Punkers. As Punking spread to the larger dance community and dancers from other dance styles (such as Locker Shaba Doo) began to take part, it took on the name 'whacking' and eventually became known as Waacking. Waacking is stylistically influenced by the highly animated characters of Hollywood silent films and musicals as well as cartoons and martial art films. Dramatic poses, characters and storytelling are combined with, and quick, sharp, strong and fluid arm motions, often in circular patters around the upper torso, shoulders and head. Punkers and Waackers were both featured on Soul Train and waacking spread from Los Angles to and around the world by way of pioneers such as Tyrone Proctor. After the popularity of the dance began to fade during the 80's and 90's it experienced a resurgence in the early 2000's by way of Brian "footwork" Green who began teaching in New York and

urging the elders to teach. This has led to next generation of Waackers, of all genders and orientations, who continue to be practitioners, trainers and share the dance world wide. Aside from being included in Music Videos and Dance Films, Waacking also debut on Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance.

- Kumari Suraj The Waackers (International), Jungle Jills (LA),House of Suraj (India), CEO & founder of Waackfest BREAKING

Breaking is a dance that was born in the early 1970s in , New York. Coined as Break Dancing by the media, the correct term is actually Breaking or B-boying/B-girling. Many people focus on the acrobatics and power moves of Breaking but it is important to remember that Breaking is first and foremost a dance. Intricate and fancy dance techniques called Top-rocks combined with the rocking of the upper torso forwards and backwards or side to side are an essential component of the dance. Different Top-Rock techniques include Indian step, steps, Rocking/Up-Rock, Charlie Rocks, side shuffles, etc. Additional components of Breaking include steps and moves that are done down on the floor known as: Footwork or Down-Rocking. They include the 6-step, 3-step and CCs to name a few. Another vital component of the dance are freezes. Freezes are a form of physical punctuation where one pauses after a series of movements. The two foundational freezes are known as the baby and chair freeze. Power moves are also part of the dance. These moves are typically acrobatic & explosive. Some of the moves are windmills, head spins, halos, air-tracks, air-moves, air-flairs, 1990s, 2001s, etc. Each dancers performs a combination of top-rocks, floor work, freezes and power moves while adding their own individual style and creativity to the technique. Breaking is most often done in cyphers and battles. Many breakers and breaking crews contributed to the creation and development of the dance. Pioneering crews include the original Zulu Kings, The Bronx Boys, Crazy Commandos, Starchild La Rock and (RSC). The Rock Steady Crew appeared in the movies: , and . Theater: So What Happens Now, Jam on the Groove and Ghetto Made. Documentaries: , The Freshest Kids and individually we appeared in many others. Music videos include: Buffalo Gals, 's -Greatest DJ, Gang Star's -Skills and many others and released a song called "Hey You the Rock Steady Crew." RSC which was established by Bboys Jimmy D and Jimmy Lee and is now led by Rich "" Colon (President) and Anthony "Ynot" DeNaro (Vice President), is still active today celebrating 39 years of existence and still going strong. - Jorge "PopMaster Fabel" Pabon Rock Steady Crew5

HIP HOP DANCE Hip Hop Dance is the physical expression of the movement of Hip Hop Culture! It is organized Urban , born of the block party and NYC nightlife, taken to stage and screen. Hip Hop Dance includes , technique & VOCABULARY from the URBAN VERNACULAR, from the SIXSTEP, FREEZE to the and the to the whip and Nae Nae to the latest iteration dubbed Litefeet. Hip Hop Dance was pioneered by two crews, in two of the most legendary NYC , Union Square and The Latin Quarter starting in the mid 80's. The first Crew was dubbed the "JAC "dancers and included Peter Paul, Tron, Danilo, and Buddha Stretch. The second crew was called the "IOU" Dancers with Scoob Lover, Laze laze, Mike Swift, Reggie Reg and others. This in turn lead to the inspiration of crews like Elite Force, The Soul Brothers, Knuckleneck Tribe, MISSFITSS, Electric Trouble and Serial Steppers to name a few. Mop Top and Elite Force (which formed on the set of Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" ) still remain active today teaching and judging worldwide. Elite Force includes Henry Link, Terry, Loose Joint, Ejoe

12, Bobby Mileage and Hip Hop's 1st Choreographer Buddha Stretch. Together their impressive resume includes, Michael Jackson, MC Hammer, Doug E. Fresh, P Diddy, Mariah Carey, Will Smith, TLC and many more.

- Buddha Stretch Elite Force/Mop Top

HOUSE was created by a Collective of Dancers in the late 80's in . Driven by a spiritual, uplifting positive energy the dance is an amalgamation of hiphop, jazz, tap, salsa, salsa, and a vast collection of African American and Carribbean social dances all blended over time. Main components include footwork, lofting and . House Footwork regularly transitions from smooth slides, to hops, to intrecute jagged foot work patterns utilizing the heel and toe. Lofting combines smooth dives or spins to the floor with additional floor work. Jacking, introduced to House Dance by dancers

Tony McGregor, Sekou and Whichway Sha, is a rocking of the upper and lower torso Forwards and backwards while bending the knees. Jacking can be done simultaneously while performing footwork. As House is primarily lowerbody and footwork based, it is important to remember that the entire body, including hips, head and shoulders should be moving at all times. Dance Fusion Crew is credited with the expansion and development of the hip hop and house culture throughout the world. Members include Caleaf Sellers, Marjory Smarth, Tony Sekou Williams, Shannon Mabra, Shannon Selby, Tony McGregor, Norico Asai & Hiroyuki Suzuki. With roots spanning back to the early days of hip hop, members can be seen in video's from artist like , jazzy jeff & the Fresh , Jay Z, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, LLCool J, Doug E. Fresh, Heather B, Ce Ce Peniston, Gwen Guthrie, Bonjour, , Pet Shop Boys, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans, Crystal

Waters, Two In A Room, Doug Lazy, Criss Cross, Fall Out Boy, the amazing Michael Jackson and more.

- Caleaf Sellers Mop Top/ Dance Fusion NYC Crew & Tony Sekou Williams Dance Fusion NYC Crew/Mop Top Foundation

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Krump Krump Dance was created by Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis and Jo'Artis "Big Mijo" Ratti in South Central, Los Angeles during the early 2000's. It is characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated and highly energetic movement. The Main Techniques of Krump are jabs, arm swings, stomps and chest pop. Since its creation Krump has spread worldwide and is regularly featured in music videos and dance films including and Step Up Series. Tight Eyez and Street Kingdom Crew also appeared on Season 6 of MTV'S America's Best Dance Crew.

- Jaja "Lady Tight Eyez" Vankova I .aM. mE.

ADDITIONAL LEARNING MATERIAL

HIP HOP YOUTUBE www.eliteforcecrew.com Is a great resource for Visuals of the Creators, Pioneers performing or competing their style. We strongly recommend you type in the name of the dancer, battle and/or dance crew versus the dance BREAKING style, as that will result in a lot of irrelevant content. If there are any "tutorials" that you come across www.crazylegsworkshop.com online or you are going to try and learn from watching YouTube make sure the tutorials are by the dancers that are listed in the summaries / IaMmE/JHHA and it is their videos you are studying as LOCKING there are unfortunately many incorrect tutorials. www.thelockersdance.com

POPPING DANCE FILM/DOCUMENTARIES www.popinpete.com There are several Movies that prominently feature or center around the dance styles in this study Guide. Each of these movies have different Ratings so we strongly recommend that Teachers watch HOUSE the movie first to determine appropriateness for their class.

www.dancefusionnyccrew.com

WAACKING FILM: Breakin' , Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, You Got Served, Street Dance, Street Dance 2, Step Up, Step Up 2, , , Step Up: All In, Honey, Stomp the Yard, Battle www.kumarisuraj.com of the Year, Born To Dance (NewZealand) KRUMP www.bvckstr.com Documentaries: Style Wars (Breaking), Rize (Krump) *online tutorials

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SUGGESTED ACTIVITY

Dance Composition -

This is a great group work activity but can also be done individually or in duets or trios. You can invite a guest instructor in to teach your class a routine and let the students apply dance composition elements from there or let students create their own routines from scratch. Be sure to listen too or look up the lyrics to any songs you use before you use them. A lot of Hip Hop Songs today have a catchy beat but are not appropriate to be used inside of schools. Music from the 80's such as Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight do not or are far less likely to have any inn appropriate content or cursing in the music. You can also try to find the 'clean' version of a song. If you're really stuck there are songs such as "Bet You Can't Do It Like Me Challenge" that contain verbal instructions within the song to tell dancers what moves to do. Guidelines to creation can then be given and Dancers can be assessed based on the use of the following elements.

Counting: In Dance we begin by saying "5,6,7,8" as a cue to the rest of the group to start. We then continue counting in multiples of 8. Dancers can choose to repeat a move or combination of moves for 1 count of 8 (eight counts), 2 counts of 8 (16 counts), 3 counts of 8 (24 counts) etc. Teachers can also instruct students as to how many counts of 8 they want them to create or how many counts of 8 they would like them to dedicate to a specific technique or style. Formations: The positions dancers dance in during the Routine. They can dance in a horizontal line, multiple parallel lines, stand behind each other in a vertical line, in shapes such as parallelograms, rhombus, square, pyramid or arrow, circle, triangle etc. Teachers can select the number of formations they would like students to use in their routine as part of the assignment criteria.

Transitions: The Movement from one Formation to Another. Dancers can walk, slide, skip, hop, jump etc. or transition using the moves in the choreography. Levels: Moves can be performed in low level (floor), medium level (squat range), high (standing or on your toes). Dancers can incorporate multiple levels in the routine and can perform the same move at different levels at the same time. Teachers can select the number of level changes they would like students to use in their routine as part of the assignment criteria. Directions: Dancers can face multiple directions while they dance, some moves can be done facing to the right, left, backwards, forwards or on an angle. Dancers can change directions all together or at different times. Teachers can select the number of direction changes they would like students to use in their routine as part of the assignment criteria. Ending: It is very important that a Routine has a definitive ending. This can be achieved by a group pose at the end of the Routine done with dancers in their final formation or close together in a clump. Unison/Timing: Synchronicity is essential to a successful dance routine. Dancers must move the same way at the same time. Timing can be played with by having half or a portion of the group delay their movement or use a technique called "cannon" where dancers perform the same move one at a time consecutively. There are also many within music and dancers can choose which tempos to choreograph on and whether they want to focus on the lyrics and/or beats in the song. Variety: A Routine should incorporate a Variety of movement, technique and styles. Students can be assessed on how much variety they have incorporated. Execution: An essential part of dance performance is finishing your moves. An assessment of overall Execution takes into account what percentage of the dance moves/choreography were completed. The goal is to aim for a 'clean' routine versus sloppy and unfinished. Performance: Connecting with your audience is essential. Dancers need to look up at their audience, exude energy, stage presence and have facial expressions that tell a story and change to match the music. 8

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES Terms to Know

Dance & Phys Ed. - Through creating their own dance routines or studying live, online Battle: Battles are competitions where in dancers or dance crews go or television dance performances students can analyze the anatomy and/or parts of head to head to see who is stronger. It is different from a dance the skeletal system required to perform certain styles, moves and techniques. competition because dancers and crews face each other on stage at the same time and do not perform a routine one by one. Music is Dance & Social Studies/ History - The era's that these dance styles were created in are usually not pre selected and dancers must freestyle or perform listed in their summaries. Students can conduct and present history and/or culture commandos (pre-set choreography) to whatever Music the DJ Plays. research projects about the decade or part of the decades these styles were created in. Each side gets a chance to dance to the same song and the judges This gives students the opportunity at an in depth look at social and cultural realities of decide who wins by pointing to the side they feel did better. Winners 1970's, 1980's, 1990's and the early 2000's that the creators and pioneers lived in. In can be decided by a panel of judges or the audience (by way of noise). addition projects can be done on Hip Hop Culture, which in short, includes the several Typically judges look at how well a dancer/crew executed their artistic elements - Djing, Mcing (), and Beat Boxing to name a few. Many technique, if they danced on beat to the Music and their creativity. Dancers, especially of Hip Hop/House/breaking also DJ, Emcee, draw and paint Graffiti. Some of the Biggest Battles in the World include Juste Debout, Keep Many fun projects, assignments and activities can be drafted from those elements. On Dancing (KOD), The Notorious IBE and R16 Korea.

Dance & Math - Geometry is frequently used in dance to create formations (positions Cypher: A cypher is usually done with dancers standing in a semi in which dancers stand when dancing). Choreographers are also constantly calculating circle or circle. A cypher is a friendly exchange where dancers enter how many steps dancers need to take and how much time dancers have to make those the centre of the circle and , sharing their energy and moves steps within the allotted time in the music to move from one position, point A, to the with their fellow dancers (it is not a battle). Dancers who are standing next, point B. In Dance we count until 8 and refer to the amount of choreography waiting for their turn to dance, clap to the beat of the music and allotted to specific moves in counts of 8 (multiples of eight). e.x. We are going to do 2 cheer on whoever is dancing in the center. Aside from technique counts of 8 (16 counts) of Locking, followed by 3 counts of 8 (24 counts) of Breaking classes and workshops this is how Lockers, Poppers, Bboys/Bgirls, and hold our end pose for 1 count of 8 (8 counts), so in total that's 6 counts of 8 (48 Waackers, House and Hip Hop Dancers train and develop their counts). The above can be used to draft equations and fun math word problems freestyles. incorporating dance. Soul Train Line: Dancers line up in two parallel lines facing each other Dance Performance Review - Armed with the knowledge of the different styles, their creating a corridor. The two dancers at the top of the line step technique and vocabulary and the elements of dance composition students will now be forward and dance together - moving all the way through to the end able to Analyze, Asses, Describe, Discuss and write Reviews on Live Dance of the corridor and then re join the line. Dancers can do their own Performances and Dance Films. These Activities can be done as in class group thing or typically vibe of off each other emulating each other's discussions and/or individual written assignments. Students can write their very own movement. This is how the first dance competitions on the TV Show Dance Review on the I.aM.mE show! Soul Train were done, hence the name.

Dance Cypher/Dance Battle/Soul Train Line - These activities are great team building Crew: A dance crew is like your second family. It is more than just a and confidence building activities. They build and nurture creativity and are a chance group of people you dance with. Like a family you care for and look to build positive and supportive environments through dance. See 'Terms to Know' to out for one another, you are loyal, committed and you help each find out More. other out inside and outside of dance life. 9

CONNECT With the CAST

With the Crew and your Favourite Dancers on Social Media!! Find them on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. I.aM.mE Crew @IaMmEcrew

Brandon "747" Harrell - Choreographer/Dancer | IaMmE Crew | ABDC 6 Champs | Cirque Du Soleil | American Music Awards | LXD @showoff747

Jana "Jaja" Vankova - IaMmE Crew | SYTYCD 12 top 2 | Step Up All In | ABDC 6 champs | Cirque Du Soleil | Lady Tight Eyez @jajavankova

Tamara "Tam" Rapp HI ✈ LA Dancer | Choreographer | Stunts | IAMMEcrew | 8 Flavahz (Runner Up - ABDC Season 7) | Ciara | Robin Thicke I Headliner/Host T: @tam_rapp IG:@Tam_rapp247

James "BDash" Derrick I Chris brown I I Nike I Gwen Stephanie @bdash_2

BGirl Shorty I Americas Best Dance Crew Season 3 I Step Up 5 I I JLO I I I I Pink I IG: @bgirlshortyrocc T: bgirlshorty

Edson Juarez I SYTYCD Season 12 I Paul Mitchell (Mitchell Men) I Every Single Step Season 2 I UCA Interactional @edson_juarez

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Acknowledgements JADE JAGER CLARK Born in Toronto, Jade opened Jade's Hip Hop Academy (JHHA) in 2006 at the age of 18 in Brampton, Canada.

The studio is dedicated to teaching youth ages 3-19 solely in Hip Hop and Street Dance and is one of the few of its kind in the country. Jade has won several choreography, entrepreneur and business awards and was featured on THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW with her dancers in December 2015. Her primary focus is to ensure her students have the opportunity to pursue their passion for dance and raise the profile of Authentic Hip Hop and Street Dance. Her Dance Company, JHHA Performance Company has broken barriers and stereotypes performing at corporate and political functions, proving that youth have what it takes to be professionals. Their impressive resume includes Microsoft, Bombardier, TIFF, Wrigley, Holt Renfrew, Canada Goose, Family Channel and YTV just to name a few. Jade continues to strive to learn as much as she can from the creators and pioneers and pass on the knowledge and skills to her students. To learn more or contact Jade with any follow up questions regarding anything in this study guide visit www.jadeshiphopacademy.com and follow @jadeshiphopacad

This Guide would not have been possible without the contribution of the following creators, pioneers and protégés. THANK YOU.

Don "Campbellock" Campbell Popin Pete Buddha Stretch Jorge "PopMaster" Fabel

Tony Sekou Williams Jaja Vankova Caleaf Sellers Kumari Suraj 11