Street Dance is a collective term for various dance styles that emerged from street dance culture and music genres, including breakdancing, popping, locking, waacking, voguing and house dance, etc. In China, street dance began to gain popularity in the mid-1990s. As a must-have skill for being cool and stylish, it has attracted many young people nowadays to learn street dance. Here is a ranking of the top 7 best street dancers in China.
Top Street Dancers in China
- Huang Jingxing
- Yang Wenhao
- Yuan Guoqin
- Feng Zheng
- Xiao Jie
- Xie Wenke
- Han Yu
1. Huang Jingxing 黄景行
- Specialty: Popping
- Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and a graduate of the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, Huang Jingxing is known in China as the “Prince of Street Dance.” In 2004, he won the National Street Dance Competition, as well as the National Street Dance TV Competition and KOD5 (Keep On Dancing) Poppin Battle Championship, among many other competitions. He appeared as a semi-final assistant dancer in “Street Dance of China”, which is one of the most popular Chinese dance competition reality shows. He is widely recognized as the number one street dancer in China.
2. Yang Wenhao 杨文昊
- Specialty: Wave, Animation
- Also a graduate of the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, Yang Wenhao was the first Chinese contestant to win a popping championship in the United States. He was the Most Popular Dancer in Chinese Hip-hop in 2013 and the Most Valuable Dancer in 2018.
3. Yuan Guoqin 袁国钦
- Specialty: Popping, Locking
- Born in 2002, Yuan Guoqin, mentored by Shitou from Hip-Hop Gang, is a rising star in street dance. In 2013, Yuan Guoqin won the China (Zhengzhou) International Street Dance Competition and has performed in various TV shows. His future growth in street dance is highly anticipated.
4. Feng Zheng 冯正
- Specialty: Popping, Locking
- Feng Zheng is one of the founders of “Beijing Wujiawu”, which is one of the earliest and leading street dance crews in China. A graduate of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Feng Zheng is one of the OGs of street dance in China, having won the first Chinese Street Dance Competition championships in both solo and group choreography.
5. Xiao Jie 肖杰
- Specialty: Locking
- Born in 1985, Xiao Jie holds the title of World Street Dance Champion, winning the Keep On Dancing World Street Dance Elite Challenge three consecutive times. He has also participated in many street dance talent shows in China.
6. Xie Wenke 谢文珂
- Xie Wenke, born in 1986, is the president of the Sichuan Street Dance Association and a committee member of the Sports Bureau’s street dance project. He won the KOD World Street Dance Championship three times in a row and the WDC (World Dance Council) World Street Dance Championship in Japan, earning him recognition as a world dance king.
7. Han Yu 韩宇
- Born in 1989, Han Yu is currently a member of the Street Dance Committee of the China Dancers Association. He has won the Juste Debout China championships in both hip-hop and locking. He was also the champion of the first season of “Street Dance of China”.
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