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House dance
House dance is a social dance primarily danced to house music that has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New York. The main elements of House dance include Footwork, Jacking, and Lofting. House dance is often improvisational in nature and emphasizes on fast and complex foot oriented steps combined with fluid movements in the torso, as well as floor work.

Jacking
In the late 80's, Chip E told the world it was "Time to Jack." Jacking was a term coined in Chicago for waist-centric launch and recovery dance of house. The Jack represents the control factor in house dance, manipulating the energy by gathering it on the snare and releasing it on the high hat.

Lofting
Following the trend of social dances in New York, the eccentric dances of Paradise Garage formed the basis for the Loft style of the mid 80’s. As the “New Jersey” sound took hold in New York, the loving reinforcement of the music became the catalyst for the dance form. Clothing and environment played a large part in the styles development. Many practitioners opted for formal attire, including dress shoes and slacks. Many of these dancers opted for spins and footwork instead of fast movements or floor work. Others felt the movement should be natural and the clothes should allow the body to freely interact with the music. This group would often wear athletic shoes and gym attire while challenging the limits of their bodies.

Footwork
Footwork, long a part of the landscape of the NYC dance scene, appears in full regalia in house dance. Many classic techniques like “heel toe”, cross stepping, kicks, taps, and slides, speak to the anthology of movement and music that lead to the disco revolution and the music we now call house. Stomping and skating and jacking and the other forms (like wacking, voguing, swammy, etc) are interlaced with the footwork to create a complete system addressing body mechanics and postures and the syncopation in the modern day house music.

Many of the middle generation of named “house dancers” brought innovation and sequencing to footwork, enabling it to be repeated and taught to the masses. Influenced from the many dancers at the time, like Frankie, Story, Ramir, and Kaheem; pioneers like Brian Green, Caleaf Sellers, Asia, Marjore Smarthe, Shan S.,  Ejoe, Justice, and many more to  bring forth a new vocabulary to the scene.

Some of the movements commonly scene are tip-tap-toe, loose legs, hurdle, pas de bourree (with a twist), heel-toe, mixed with kicks, spins, and many, many more steps.