Hip Hop Dance Move List

The list of names of hip hop dance moves below is what I learned in my journey with hip hop dance. It is not complete and will never be as our dances are still alive and growing every day. So there are potential new steps created every day.

Bold is the name of the move that I consider the correct one. Most of the time it’s the name I got taught.

(In parenthesis there are alternative names when written next to the name or general comments when in the back of the line).

In italic letters, I added additional info when I have it. The name after an s stand for source, meaning who I learned the move from. o stands for origin and is used whenever a move is from another style imported into hip hop.

Some of the names have a link. It leads you to a clip of the move.

 

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List of Hip Hop Steps and Moves

1. The Wop. s Link. (FraGue doing The Wop)
2. Running Man (Link doing the Running Man, FraGue doing the Running Man).
3. Mike Tyson. s Tarek
4. Gucci. s Buddha Stretch. (FraGue doing the Gucci)
5. Smurf. s Buddha Stretch & Mr. Wiggles (2 different versions) (FraGue doing the Smurf)
6. Steve Martin (Link doing it). s Marcio Ratinho
7. Robocop. s Suga Pop
8. Stomp. s Link
9. BK Bounce (Brooklyn Bounce, Criss Cross). s Buddha Stretch. (FraGue doing the Brooklyn Bounce)
10. Basketball.
11. ATL/A-Town Stomp. s Buddha Stretch. (FraGue doing the A-Town Stomp)
12. Harlem Shake. s Link
13. Dice Game. s Marcio Ratinho
14. Roger Rabbit (Reject). s Budda Stretch
15. Bart Simpson. s Buddha Stretch
16. The Prep. s Link
17. Wu-Tang. s Buddha Stretch
18. Bankhead Bounce. s Link
19. Monastery. s Yuljah (It is spelled differently in the clip, but I believe that is a typo)
20. The Snake.
21. Janet Jackson (Janet, Barbie). s Marcio Ratinho
22. Kick Ball Change (Flintstone). s Storm
23. The Guess.
24. Party Machine/Spongebob/Criss Cross. s Buddha Stretch
25. Leo Walk. s Flomaster o Locking
26. Shamrock. s Niako
27. C-Walk. s Buddha Stretch o Gang Ritual
28. Fila/Rambo. s Buddha Stretch
29. Walk it out. s Buddha Stretch
30. Tone Whop. s Buddha Stretch
31. Pepper Seed. s Link o Dancehall
32. Penguin. s V-cell
33. Upstairs Downstairs (Up & Down).
34. Funky Penguin.
35. Happy Feet. s Link
36. Crazy Legs. s Peppi Meilinger
37. Toss it up. s Buddha Stretch
38. The Freak. s da Bürgermasta
39. Patty Duke. s Mister Wiggles
40. Brooklyn Stomp.
41. Pacman (Crab).
42. Lite Feet.
43. Bizmarkie. s El Fonky Juice
44. James Brown (Good Foot). s Storm
45. Baseball Bat.
46. Bad One.
47. Chicken Noodle Soup.
48. Al-Be.
49. Old Man. s Storm o Popping
50. Rocksteady.
51. Dougie.
52. Chicken Neck. s Brian Green
53. Cat Daddy (Tina Turner).
54. Ney Ney (Nae Nae). s Link
55. Alf. s Suga Pop
56. Bobby Brown (Cold Duck). s Suga Pop
57. Sophisticated Sissy. s Suga Pop
58. Cabbage Patch. s Suga Pop
59. Camel Walk. (Kamel Walk) s Suga Pop
60. Holly Pill. s Mister Wiggles
61. Walking Backwards. s Mister Wiggles
62. Spanish Freak. s Mister Wiggles
63. Reebok. s Link
64. Gigolo. s Link
65. Butterfly. s Buddha Stretch o Dancehall
66. Run It. s Buddha Stretch
67. The Bounce. 

I also have a list of moves and steps from house dance, and another one for breakdance/breaking.

And if you are ready to dig deeper into the possibilities that your moves offer, check out my book Dance Smart, which covers 36 concepts to work with your moves.

If you are on the beginning of our hip hop dance journey, you might want to take a look at those easy hip hop dance moves for beginners.