Breaking, also known as Break Boy/Girl, B-Boy/Girl and Breakdancing (media coined phrase) is a Street Dance style which evolved as part of the Hip Hop movement in the Bronx, East Coast of America, in the 1970s. How it all started During the 1970s, people from African, Caribbean and Latino communitie
Hi, my name is Kiah and I’m 9 years old. I have been training at Elevate Arts for 2 years now. Since I started, I feel like I have improved on my control, timing and even becoming sharper and stronger each week. My mum applied for me to do the JD casting and I was […]
Over the last academic year, our students made great progress. This year, we want to offer more ways to help them achieve their goals quicker and discover themselves as dancers and individuals. A couple of the ways we will be doing this, in addition to our classes, are through our crew training prog
This was our first time running Urban Dance Camp so we weren’t completely sure how well it would take off, but a week before camp was due to start we were already fully booked! It was fantastic so many current and past students booked onto the week too, taking their dance training even further
Last month we entered into Da Clash Showdown, a street dance competition held in Battersea, organised by Scariofunk. Ourselves and the children were excited but nervous as we knew the standard of some of the group’s out there so we trained hard in the lead up to ensure we were the best we could be
Last month our students from Berrymede Junior School won a competition called Shake It Out, which was open to all London Primary Schools. Their prize was to open the opening ceremony of the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre with their dance piece. Each September, at the sta
Whether your child participates in dance class for fun, or because it is their dream to become a professional dancer, they will learn and develop a wide range of important transferable life skills without even realising it! Yes, dance is physical, it will develop your child’s endurance, strength,
So, you’ve attended class, learned the moves/choreography and have been told by your dance teacher to go away and practice for the following week. You go home and run through what you’ve learnt a few times until you feel you’ve “got it.” You know you can still improve however you don’t r
So you’ve seen Street Dance everywhere, from music videos and reality TV shows, to being advertised at your local community centre or school, but what is it exactly? Street Dance is the umbrella term for a number of social dance styles including, but not limited to; Breaking, Hip Hop, Locking, Pop