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Building Confidence in Hip-Hop with Paige

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  Hip-Hop dance has been prevalent in today's dance culture, creating a community of people who have come together to explore various styles integrated from the late 1960s and 1970s in New York, inspired by African dance styles such as swing, tap, and modern dance. It has truly transformed dance culture from bounces to rocks, including popping, breaking, locking, and moves such as The Jack, the C-shuffle, the Charleston, glides, The Chicken Head, The Cabbage Patch, and many others.  This style of dance encourages individuality and creativity, bringing together communities from all walks of life to create art in a way that makes the many generations of hip-hop so unique, as well as fun and playful. Today, I chatted with Paige, a Hip-Hop and Heels instructor from the Florida area, about her journey with learning hip-hop dance, so let's learn about her, shall we? Paige currently teaches Hip-Hop Heels at Vecinos in Gainesville, Florida, and formerly taught at Elemental Studios. Pa...