Turf Dance

Turf dance is a form of street dance associated with hyphy music. The term, which originated as an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor,[1][2] was created by the influential turf dancer Jeriel Bey; the dance form was originally known as “hittin’ it”. The dance form had its earliest influences in the break dance movement of the 1980s. It developed into a distinctive dance style in Oakland, California.

History
Turf dance has its earliest origins in the Boogaloo movement of California and the break dancing movement of New York City in the 1980s.[2] It developed into a separate genre of dance in Oakland, California during the 1990s, and, along with hyphy music, came to be seen as distinctively representative of Oakland.[3] The movement rose to prominence in 2002 following Jeriel Bey's establishment of his group, The Architeckz.[3] Turf dance had been promoted as a means of dispute resolution within the Oakland community;[3] in 2005 The Architeckz built on this concept of dance battle by engaging krump dancers from Los Angeles in city-level competition.[1] Friendly rivalries with dancers from New York and Memphis[2] have developed as well. The artist E-40 brought international attention to the movement with his 2006 single Tell Me When to Go. (Info:Wikipedia!)










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