Music and dance styles

Jumpstyle is a rave dance and electronic music genre mainly practiced in Europe, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany and northern France. The dance is also called Jumpen. Jumpstyle also refers to a style of music to which Jumpstyle can be performed. Artists like Captain Ahab, Patrick Jumpen, SpringStil and S-Styl33 are becoming more popular internationally.

It did not have the name “Jumpstyle” when it was first introduced to the world, but it underwent a significant change in the Netherlands in the early 2003. After it changed its name from jump to jumpstyle, it was reintroduced by many European electronica dance clubs and the ones who were interested in the electronic music dances in general. Also, many people found out about it through search engines online like Yahoo or Google. In 2005 to later years, there were European electronica groups such as Scooter (German band) that came out with Jumpstyle music and dances.

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music, generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm, repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track. It is a combination of many forms of music such as techno, house, industrial, new age, pop, chill-out, ambient, electronic art music, classical music, and film music. It is usually more melodic than techno, and the harder styles usually have harder beats than house.

The most popular DJs in the world often played Trance music: Sasha (2000), John Digweed (2001), Tiësto (2002–2004), Paul van Dyk (2005–2006), and Armin van Buuren (2007–2010).

Uplifting trance is very popular too. Uplifting trance has buildups and breakdowns that are longer and more exaggerated, being more direct and less subtle than progressive, with more easily identifiable tunes and anthems. To my mind, many trance tracks follow a set form, featuring an introduction, steady build, a breakdown, and then an anthem, a form aptly called the "build-breakdown-anthem" form. But uplifting vocals, usually female, are becoming more and more prevalent, adding to trance's popular appeal.

Krumping, also spelled Krumpin, is a street dance popularized in the United States that is characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement involving the arms, head, legs, chest, and feet.

There are four primary moves in krump: jabs, arm swings, chest pops, and stomps. Krumping is rarely choreographed; it is almost entirely freestyle (improvisational) and is danced most frequently in battles or sessions rather than on a stage. Krumping is different stylistically from other hip-hop dance styles such as b-boying and turfing. Krumping is very aggressive and is danced upright to upbeat and fast-paced music, where as b-boying is more acrobatic and is danced on the floor to break beats.

It is sometimes spelled K.R.U.M.P., which is a backronym for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise, presenting krumping as a faith-based artform. Krumping was created by two dancers: Ceasare (pronounced CHEZ-a-ray) "Tight Eyez" Willis and Jo'Artis "Big Mijo" Ratti in South Central, Los Angeles, California during the early 2000s. Krumping has appeared in several music videos including Madonna's "Hung Up", Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot", The Black Eyed Peas' "Hey Mama", and Chemical Brothers "Galvanize".

As for me, krumping is an attempt  for the youths to escape gang life and to release anger, aggression and frustration positively, in a non-violent way. Moreover it is a good chance for young people to enjoy their time and to do something really pleasant.