Dancehall emerged as a dance style from different aspects of African culture many years ago.
It was created on the streets of Jamaica..
Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology, and more.
Born in the 1950s out of the neighbourhood soundsystems of Kingston, Dancehall grew to its height in the 1980s before a massive influx of drugs and guns made the scene too dangerous for many..
Dancehall is a form of Jamaican popular music that emerged from that country's fertile and diverse music industry in the late 1970s.
Dancehall music borrowed the sinuous rhythms of reggae music but replaced its spirited live musicians with prerecorded or digitally composed tracks built on pure, driving grooves..
Modern dancehall is a hybrid of dancehall rhythms and hip-hop and R&B beats from the United States..
Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities..
Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities..
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.
Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s..
DANCEHALL DANCE.
Dancehall is a popular dance genre springing out of English speaking Caribbean, and spearheaded from Jamaica.
It is the mix and coming together of African retention dances of the region and Jamaica in particular, with popular culture, and youthful “innovation”..
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that grew from the reggae and roots styles of music in the 1970's.
Developed in the dance halls of Jamaica, at parties and nightclubs, Dancehall is a highly energetic dance style, with a strong focus on moving the hips and “booty”..
Le dancehall est devenu populaire en France dans les années 1990, grâce à l'influence de la communauté antillaise et à l' augmentation de la diffusion de la musique jamaïcaine
Les DJ et les chanteurs de dancehall ont commencé à se produire dans des clubs et des festivals francophones (Antilles puis metropole), et diffuser cette culture
Le Dancehall est au monde du reggae ce que le hip-hop est au monde de la musique noire américaine populaire
Le style musical dancehall n'est pas précisément définissable
Il existe plusieurs styles différents de danse Dancehall, chacun ayant ses propres caractéristiques uniques
Certains styles sont plus acrobatiques, tandis que d'autres mettent davantage l'accent sur les mouvements de bassin et de hanches
