What street dance at Coppergrace entails
Street dance is four disciplines under one roof. Breaking covers toprock, footwork, freezes and power moves on crash mats. Locking brings funk grooves and sharp hits. Popping builds waves, glides and robot control. House adds footwork speed and jacking groove. You can specialise or rotate through all four each term.
Classes run 60 minutes with a heavy emphasis on practice time: after the taught material, the floor opens for supervised training where instructors correct, challenge and set personal goals. Advanced students join the Coppergrace crew for local battles and jam sessions.
- Four styles — breaking, locking, popping, house — on rotation
- Crash mats, sprung floors and supervised open training every week
- Crew pathway from open sessions to local battles and jams
- All ages from 12 up, with a dedicated youth breaking hour
How you progress
Open Sessions → Style Fundamentals → Crew Training. Power-move milestones — baby freeze, headstand freeze, windmill — are tracked on your personal progress card.
Street dance questions, answered
Yes. Power moves are built step by step on crash mats with instructor spotting. You will master freezes and footwork long before any advanced power move is introduced.
Hip-hop focuses on grooves and choreography; street dance trains the original funk styles and breaking technique, with battles and cyphers as the end goal.
Yes — Saturday youth breaking hour is for ages 12–16, and teens are welcome in all evening sessions alongside adults.
Flat indoor sneakers with good grip. Avoid running shoes with heavy tread — they stick on spins. Suede-soled sneakers are ideal for house footwork.
