Who introduced street dance to China?

Street dance was introduced to China in the mid-1980s, thanks to the 1984 American street dance movie Breakdance. The year 1984 coincided with the first boom of street dance in the U.S. Street dance gained widespread attention from society, emerging from the underground all of a sudden, and was covered by major media outlets. In China, at that time, VCRs were just beginning to enter homes, and the videotapes of "Breakdance" were delivered to Chinese teenagers through various channels, and those teenage families who first owned TV sets and VCRs became the spreading centers of breakdancing. Many "motors" with flowery cloths on their heads and kickback sneakers appeared on the streets - one of the protagonists of "Breakdance" named Boogaloo Schlimp (Boogaloo Schlimp), who was the first Chinese teenager to be introduced to breakdancing. Boogaloo Shrimp, one of the main characters in Breakdance, is a famous dancer in the history of street dance. As if they had a brain disorder, one hand to the other hand "transmission of electricity", the other back and forth to the right and left to walk "space step", and the other time to the air "wipe glass". In fact, the media in the United States at the time of the first In fact, the U.S. media was so confused by the first street dance frenzy that they pressed breakdancing, a New York dance name, onto West Coast dancing. The movie "Breakdance" should have been called "Madcap Dance" or "Mechanical Dance and Mechanical Dance" because it was filmed in California and basically reflected West Coast dance. But no matter what, "Breakdance" had a huge impact on China, and because of it a large number of street dancers appeared in mainland China almost in parallel with the United States, and the level was quite high. Unfortunately, by the end of the 1980s, breakdancing rapidly disappeared in China. This is mainly due to three reasons: First, the influence of the United States. Since 1986, the street dance fever in the United States gradually cooled down, excessive commercial hype so that street dance soon became the public mouth chewing leftover gum, pop artists quickly steal the results of street dance, will be repackaged into a more accessible to the public acceptance of the popular products, the real street dance but was abandoned. Breakdancing became obsolete in New York, and B-Boys all over the world were swept away overnight. Secondly, "breakdancing" is not properly recognized by society. Young people who breakdanced were called delinquents. Thirdly, there was no market environment for breakdancing to grow and develop at that time. Street dancers had nothing to gain from breakdancing except to satisfy their personal interests. Without the economic foundation to survive, street dance, as a non-traditional form of art and culture, would eventually lose its vitality in China. Another important influence on early street dance in China was Michael Jackson. Another important influence on early street dance in China was Michael Jackson, whose steps are still imitated by many young people today, demonstrating the influence of the "King of Pop". As early as 1974, at the age of 16, Michael Jackson was a member of the "Jacksons". As early as 1974, 16-year-old Michael Jackson as "Jackson five brothers" singing group members, singing the song on television "Dancing Machine" (DancingMachine), and jumped up and down robot dance, so that this dance is hot all over the U.S. In 1983, Jackson in the Motown (Motown) Records 25th anniversary of the television special performance of the space step, a sensation. In 1983, Jackson performed the space step on Motown Records' 25th Anniversary TV special, which became a sensation. Starting with Off the Wall, each of his albums was accompanied by a number of well-done music videos that included extensive dance performances, making dance an important part of his musical artistry. Thriller, Bad and RemembertheTime are three of the most exciting music videos with dance performances. The dances in these videos are classics of the new school of street dance combining madcap, hip-hop and jazz, choreographed by renowned New York street dancers, among them Henry? Link and others. And Jackson's dance performance in concert is popular in China, lasting. The 1990s saw a revival of street dance in the U.S., thanks in large part to the worldwide popularity of street dance and hip-hop culture as a whole.In the 1980s, New York hip-hop artists worked hard to promote the culture to the world, with hip-hop tours throughout the U.S., to France and the U.K., and, in 1984, to Japan. By the 1990s, hip-hop was growing rapidly around the world as a new and trendy form of culture and lifestyle, and in 1990, Germany hosted the first "Dance Dance of the Year" street dance competition, which is now the most important annual street dance event in the world. With hard work, intelligence and creativity, Japanese youth quickly mastered and developed street dance. The achievements of Japanese street dancers were recognized by Americans, who spread the culture to neighboring countries and regions such as Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, China. Since the mid-1990s, street dance has been gradually spreading in mainland China, centering on the cities of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. Street dance and its hip-hop culture appeared earlier in Guangzhou, where breakdancing competitions were reportedly held in 1993, leading to the rapid popularization of street dance in the province. It was in the Guangdong region that the term street dance first spread. Shanghai's street dance is influenced by Japan and Taiwan, and the level of the new school of street dance is leading the country. There are some masters in lock dance and mechanical dance, and breakdancing is mainly based on stylized movements. Beijing street dance culture with the "Korean current", established in early 2002 to commercial operation means in the standardized management system and market development under the rapid development, almost attracted all the Beijing street dance masters, and soon became famous in the national street dance circle. In addition to the three places mentioned above, street dance teenagers can be seen in almost every part of the country - from large provincial capital cities to small affluent towns. In the second half of 2003, street dance rapidly heated up under the media hype, and became the hottest youth cultural phenomenon. in November 2002, CCTV 3's "World of Dance" program, filmed a hip-hop special with street dance as the main content, and Beijing's BeiDaTang Street Dance Team performed most of the dance. This was the first time that CCTV, China's most influential mainstream media, introduced street dance culture in a comprehensive way. The program was broadcast during the Spring Festival in 2003. At the end of 2003, CCTV organized the first TV Street Dance Competition, which was the first national street dance competition in China. However, the competition was not professional enough, and the judges, choreographers, cameramen and other staff members had limited knowledge of street dance, and the competition program also incorporated unrelated elements such as aerobics, which gave it a very amateurish and amateurish feel. At the same time that the first CCTV TV Street Dance Competition was held, China Mobile Communications Corporation organized the "Sense of Place China University Students Street Dance Challenge". The competition was held only on university campuses, but some non-students also participated. Since the late 1990s, well-known foreign street dancers have begun to come to China, and can occasionally be seen dancing in clubs in metropolises such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. 2005 saw the first Chinese competition of the world's most influential street dance competition, "Dance Dance of the Year," which was the first time an international street dance event had settled in China, sparking a nationwide street dance movement. This was the first time that an international street dance competition was held in China, which triggered a fervor among street dance enthusiasts across the country to participate in the competition. Now street dance has become the favorite fashion culture of young people, China's street dance to catch up with the world's advanced level, in the international arena is becoming a reality.