1. Hip Hop Choreography 101
When you're ready to choreograph a hip hop dance routine, you've already got the basic moves of hip hop down. So take it from there and select your hip hop music. Pick music that compliments the hip hop style of dance; this is usually a form of rap music. Have a practice area large enough to perform the hip hop movements. Video tape the practice sessions and the choreography sessions, so you'll remember which movements you want to keep in the routine and you can study the video after practice to come up with ideas for new combinations.
2. Choreograph Hip Hop With Attitude
Work on your choreography for the hip hop routine in front of a mirror. It's one thing to have the dance movements coordinated to the counts of the music, but it may look totally different doing it in front of a mirror. Keep working the steps and movements while you can watch yourself performing. Make adjustments and changes until you get the look and attitude of the hip hop routine that you want. Keep your movements strong and edgy.
3. Hip Hop Solo Needs to Slam With Variety
Choreographing a hip hop routine for a single dancer needs to have a large variety of movements that include hip hop movements standing up or "the top rock" and movements going down to the ground to perform on the "down rock." In addition, a single dancer needs to cover the entire dance area equally, always coming back to center. Moving across the dance area going up and down, turning, jumping, slamming and popping moves adds a great deal of dimension to the appeal of the routine rather than dancing in one single area.
4. Big Group Hip Hop Needs Energized Choreography
Choreographing a hip hop routine for a group of dancers takes a bit more coordinating to make the routine work, but having a group routine adds lots of possibilities to work with. Play with your music to know where the focal points will be. Break up the music into sets of 8 counts. Keep the routine energetic and cover the entire dance area in many different ways. Work in the specialty stunts and moves of each dancer in the group if possible. Do moving line dance movements and ripple effect movements. Have a catchy ending worked out for the hip hop routine that gives that last pose some attitude for the audience to remember the group by.
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