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Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc. They are often improvisational and social in nature encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and the other dancers. These dances generally evolve out of urban and suburban spaces in some form of underground culture/region; they are a part of the vernacular culture of that geographical area (as if they were folk dances; although since the advent of the internet, the dances seem to be shared amongst people with the same musical interest worldwide). Therefore, street dance refers to modern folk dance with the term 'street' being more accurate since much of the modern world is now urbanized. Some examples of street dance include B-boying, more commonly known as breakdancing, which originated in New York City,Melbourne Shuffle which originated in Melbourne, Australia and Electro Dance which originated in Paris, France.
George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is a street dancer and actor from Warrington, England. He won the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14.
In 2007, a dance teacher called Dominic Chambers told Sampson that there were auditions in the area that would be right up his alley. He only discovered he'd be auditioning for the first series of Britain's Got Talent when he arrived. In his audition, he danced to "Drop" (Timbaland feat. Magoo & Fatman Scoop), receiving a yes vote from all three judges. However, despite Simon Cowell's enthusiasm, he was unable to convince the other two judges, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, to let Sampson proceed to the live semi-finals. This experience made Sampson determined to re-audition the following year and prove Holden and Morgan wrong. In the intervening time, he continued dancing on the streets of Manchester to improve his technique, and to raise money for his family.
In 2008, Sampson successfully got through the first round of Britain's Got Talent series 2 auditions by dancing to "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)". He then came top in the audience's vote in his semi-final with his arrangement of Mint Royale's big beat remix of "Singin' in the Rain", complete with an artificial rain machine on-stage, a formula that had previously been produced in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf GTI. He subsequently won the audience's vote in the final, beating dance duo Signature (second place) and Andrew Johnston (third place). He broke into tears when his win was announced. Sampson was due to perform a different routine for the final, to a track by the Bee Gees, which he described as involving "a lot of movement without me actually doing anything". An hour before the final started he changed his mind and, after consulting Simon Cowell, opted to re-perform his winning act from the semi-final.
Everywhere that you may go We're jammin' in the street All the people that you meet Dance to the beat
If you come to New York City You'll never be the wack When you see us city kids Spinning on our backs
I like the way he does that dance When he glides across the floor You know it really blows my mind I always yell for more
I can't believe the things I see Like diving on the ground Then he's standing on his head And groovin' to the sound
Streetdance, streetdance Streetdance, streetdance Streetdance, streetdance
Oh, I
People all around the world Can break a way, Can do All you need is the technique And you can do it too
Take a look and you will now This dancing to the beat All you do is get on down Spinning 'round and freeze!
All the people that we know Are rockin' on the one On the corner of Chi' Town They're breakdancing for fun
At the night clubs in L.A. Their master mix is on On the sidewalks of Detroit They're poppin' all night long
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break
Oh, I
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break
Oh, I
Streetdance .... Streetdance .... Streetdance
Everywhere that you may go We're jammin' in the street All the people that you meet Dance to the beat
If you come to New York City You'll never be the wack When you see us city kids Spinning on our backs
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break Oh, I
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break Oh, I
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break Oh, I
Now just let your body move (Streetdance, streetdance) Put your feet into the groove (Streetdance, streetdance) When you feel your body shake (Streetdance, streetdance) Then you know you've got to break Oh, I