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 Dance industry

    The dance industry responded to hip-hop dance by creating a more commercial version of it. This "studio hip-hop", sometimes called new style is seen in most rap and R&B music videos and concerts. From the point of view of someone deeply immersed in hip-hop culture, anything that looks like hip-hop dance that did not come from the streets is not a true hip-hop dance form.

    Many people echo this sentiment, as stage performance can restrict the free flowing process of improvization which defined hip-hop dance early in its development.Also meshing different dance styles together dissolves their structures and identities.From a technical aspect, hip-hop dance (new style) is characterized as hard-hitting involving flexibility and isolations—moving a certain body part independently from others.Another style the dance industry created was jazz funk. Jazz funk (also called street jazz) is a hybrid of hip-hop and jazz dance.This style is used by artists like Beyoncé. Large scale studios around the world that teach hip-hop and jazz funk dance classes include Millennium (LA), Broadway Dance Center (New York), Edge Performing Arts Center (LA), Pineapple Studios (London), The Vibe – The International Hip Hop Dance Center (Oslo, Norway), Boogiezone (LA), Debbie Reynolds (LA), Sunshine Studios (Manchester), DREAM Dance Studio (Canada), and Ones to Watch (Japan & Hong Kong).