Urban Expression Project
#1 Brand for Urban Dance Training Videos
Hello and welcome to The Urban Expression project. Here you can find information on founder
Tommy "Hypno" Chan and also connect with other urban artists through oursocial network. Our
goal is to give artists a place to share there work and ideas and increase awareness in the general
population about our art forms. We hold events like Boogie Nation and NYC Popping Week in order to give artists a
outlet for their work. We also sell a wide range of instructional DVDs that teach urban dance forms for those
interested in learning. So have a look around the site. Check out music and awesome works of art by some of our
featured artists. If you have something that you want to share with us and our community get in touch we are always
looking to connect with and help promote new artists.
The Urban Expression Project is the leading producer of Instructional DVDs for urban Dance forms. We offer
Product lines in a wide range of styles and of varying degrees of difficulty. All of our DVDs follow a step by step
format that make dance moves easy to learn so that individuals of all skill levels can follow along. Basic level DVDs
will introduce the dance style and teach the foundations while intermediate and advanced levels use those
foundations to teach moves of increasing difficulty.
Mission Statement
What does popping means to you?
Popping mean the world to me. It gave me a tool to reach out to all type of people from all
over the world. I think the best thing about this dance is the more you learn the more you feel
like you need to learn more about yourself. There is really no end to each technique and
style. Sometime I feel like Popping is not even a dance but an idea that have no limits.
How to get started with popping ?
Back in the days if you wanted to get started with popping you have to go to a party or meet
someone that does it. Now a day you can learn from online and videos. I still think the best
way to learn this dance is to take a class and meet someone that does it. Then use the video
or online to add on what you learned from your teacher. As a beginner its always important to
learn the foundation and then build your style from it.
Why technique is so important?
Technique is what make up this dance! If you are just doing moves and combos with no ideas
on how things works, then you will never really do your style ( doing you! ). A lot of people
want to understand how to get their style but have no idea that style only comes from
techniques.
How do I start to learn about tutting ?
Tutting is a funny techniques. The more you copy the harder it is to get your style but if you
don't copy then you cant understand pattern So how do you do it? Well the main thing is to
learn what is Foundational Pattern . These are set moves that will always show up in any tut
set and they are the basic form. This is kind of like looking for the basic building block then
build you home. One very important thing to understand is Tutting is not about how many
moves you can make , it is a dance that flow by building angle . Don't watch a video and only
looking for moves but look at the flow and if its clean.
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