Krumping Shoot Inspiration

For my next shoot I have chosen to focus on the dance style of 'Krumping'. This style is a form of street dance however it has a much more aggressive and expressive nature to the movements. It has popularised in the USA and has begun to increase popularity around the world through a form of street dance. Krumping uses extreme free, expressive, highly energetic and exaggerated movements involving arms, head, legs, chest and feet. 

Youths who started the style of dance Krumping say they see the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and to ''release anger, aggression and frustration positively, in a non-violent way'. 

Here is a clip from a film called 'Stomp the yard' created in 2007 starring Chris Brown 

This video gives an idea about the style of krumping and the aggression the dancers display whilst doing the dance movements. 

For the hair and make up designs for this shoot I have collected some images which portray my ideas: 

The make up I would like to create will be quite dirty and glossy looking. Using black and grey eye shadows for smokey eyes with an added MAC gloss over the top to get a wet look effect. I would like to try messy, back combed hair to compliment the grime theme of krumping. 

Styling will be key for this shoot so I will have to shop around for styling ideas and perhaps stick to a colour theme of black and white and grey. These colours can perhaps suggest the mood of the dance, the aggression and darkness.