Mind in Chinese culture, Form of Hip-hop style

When Drunk Fist met with Hip-hop dance

By Rongzhen Lyu

5 min read · Published on 10/20/2021 · 9:00 PM EDT

“When you're drunk and trying to impress your crush at the club on the dancefloor” is the best comment I read about the feeling this dance gives to audiences. It makes me associate a disciplined Chinese Master with a free, amazing American-style party.

Aha! The sound of Suona (traditional Chinese instrument, double-reeded horn) blows out with Carp kip-up (Chinese Kongfu term) and Hip-hop basics, like rolling. Kyoka did a fantastic job; she says this experience has added a new layer of depth and expression to her dancing!

Becoming creative and original is very important, so we must see and think more. Listening to different voices and tones and expressing ourselves is crucial for us to communicate and exchange experiences to grow. In China, hip-hop dance started relatively late compared to Japan or Korea. But it is consistently working on providing good communication and studying the Hip-hop dance environment to the public, the Hip-hop dance lover, or just a stranger.

Street Dance of China has been in the air for four seasons. Each season, they will try to combine street dance with traditional Chinese dance styles, Chinese music, and other dance styles like dance sports. It is a new attempt for all dancers, program planners and audiences. Many comments and reviews from the google website say this show not only let them know about different dance styles but also learned Chinese Hip-hop style.

In this video, Huang Xiao and George show us the new style of Hip-hop — choreography with Chinese elements. Here is a comment from Youtube to introduce the background to audiences. "This performance is based on a classic Chinese legend about the strategist Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Taigong. The story has it that King Wen of Zhou encountered Jiang Ziya, a strange older man fishing with a straight fishhook, three feet above the water, without bait. Eventually, the king realized that Jiang Ziya was a brilliant strategist and enlisted his help to topple the Shang Dynasty. Today, people use the idiom 'Jiang Taigong fishing; the fish willingly gets caught' to describe someone who willingly falls into a trap. " It becomes a great conversation between audiences worldwide.

Most excitingly, the Street dance of China IV, with the highest commercial income in the whole industry in China, had an international repercussion. One hour later, when we see the first episode on TV or the Website, the social media platform, this program, and the header, all those topics go to Thailand and Philippines Twitter hot search. They have an international player like Gogo Brothers, Hilty&Bosch, Poppin C, Popper Nelson, etc., to join, which makes this program more than just showing Hip-hop dance.

Street dance of China IV stands out under the situation that most of the world's hip-hop competitions have been suspended due to the pandemic, allowing hip-hop lovers to communicate and integrate with their predecessors and new gens, which is of great significance. In disseminating hip-hop culture, such a program simultaneously shows Chinese culture and even the world culture and promotes high-quality commercial transformation. Undoubtedly, an excellent cultural exchange and integration give us a better development of society.

The international positioning appears to be very valuable. On the one hand, the outbreak has significantly impacted all kinds of offline hip-hop activities; this program provides a rare platform for Hip-hop dance lovers. As one Japanese contestant said in the backup: "Because of the impact of the Covid-19, they have stopped a lot of that kind of activity, thanks China has such a program, many dancers could get together, it is tough to get."

Street dance of China IV poster

Everyone in this program is from all over the world, the language is not the same, but the love of hip-hop is the same. Hip-hop has become a common language in competition and collaboration, slowly eliminating the misunderstanding of each other and building profound friendships. So the English theme of the program is called “Battle for peace” it has a certain height, and it’s just right.

Dancing and working bravely to embrace the resources we have now, dance in the style you want and like, and do not get into a box. It is hard, but you will find a new world once you do it.