▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁mine ▁vict ims ▁around ▁them , ▁and ▁are ▁themselves ▁vict ims . You ng ▁also ▁arg ues ▁that ▁k ud ur istas ▁use ▁their ▁dan cing ▁“ to ▁sign ify ▁on ▁the ▁norm ative ▁landscape ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁body ,” ▁and ▁by ▁extension , ▁their ▁spatial ▁order . ▁Act s ▁of ▁opp ression ▁( colon ial ism ) ▁and ▁violence ▁have ▁composed ▁their ▁environments ▁as ▁sites ▁of ▁sub j ug ation , ▁but ▁these ▁d anc ers ▁influence ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁their ▁settings ▁by ▁taking ▁up ▁space ▁and ▁rec ast ing ▁it ▁through ▁their ▁bodies ▁and ▁movement . ▁ ▁Term in ology ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁dance ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁peculiar ▁movement ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁d anc ers ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁hard ▁but to cks ▁(" C u ▁D uro " ▁in ▁Ang olan ▁Portuguese ), ▁sim ulating ▁an ▁ag gress ive ▁and ▁ag itated ▁dance ▁style . ▁ ▁Gener ations ▁of ▁K ud uro ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁primary ▁gener ations ▁of ▁K ud uro ▁that ▁each ▁last ed ▁nearly ▁a ▁de cade . ▁ ▁Through ▁all ▁gener ations , ▁the ▁primary ▁common ▁ve in ▁was ▁story t elling ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁messages . ▁ ▁These ▁messages ▁are ▁inn ately ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁di as por a ▁as ▁it ▁spread s ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Afr ic ann ess ▁trans n ation ally , ▁using ▁African - origin ated ▁and ▁influenced ▁sounds ▁as ▁a ▁global ▁genre . ▁ ▁The ▁First ▁Generation ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁generation ▁began ▁in