Skip to main content

What Is Wacking

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waacking

What is waacking?
Waack/Punk is a form of dance created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles,[1][2] during the 1970s disco era.[3] This dance style was named punking because "punk" was a derogatory term for gay men in the 70s. Naming the style punking was a way of turning this negative term into something positive. A "whack" was a specific movement within the punking style. Although the heterosexual dance community took part in punking, they did not want to associate themselves with the negative, violent, and sexual connotations of name and therefore called the dance genre "waackin". Later, Jeffery Daniel added the "g" to waackin to make it "waacking".[4]
Waacking consists of moving the arms to the music beat,[5][6] typically in a movement of the arms over and behind the shoulder. Waacking also contains other elements such as posing and footwork. Waacking puts a strong emphasis on musicality and interpretation of the music and its rhythm. It also took inspiration stylistically from movie stars such as Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and James Dean.[1]
Waacking was popularized by Soul Train and influenced the creation of Outrageous Waacking Dancers, a Los Angeles-based waacking dance group.[5][7] Waacking gained renewed attention through the American TV series So You Think You Dance in 2011[2] when a dance routine was choreographed by Kumari Suraj.[2]
The typical music of choice for Waacking is 1970s Disco.[8] The originators of Waacking were said to have danced to underground Disco music and records imported from various European countries.
The dance has been incorporated by dance programs including the Department for Theatre and Dance at University of South Carolina.[3]
The style of dance is famously performed by the character Garnet in the cartoon show Steven Universe as a catalyst for many of her magical powers, including summoning magical weapons and fusing with other characters.[9]

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Beauty of Nature

Nature , in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or  universe . "Nature" can refer to the  phenomena  of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of  science . Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The word  nature  is derived from the  Latin  word  natura , or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth".  Natura  is a Latin translation of the Greek word  physis   (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.   The concept of nature as a whole, the physical  universe , is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by  pres...
Post a Comment
Read more

https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-contemporary-dance-1007423

by  Treva Bedinghaus   Updated May 23, 2019 What is Contemporary Dance? Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including   modern ,   jazz ,   lyrical   and classical   ballet . Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements. The term "contemporary" is somewhat misleading: it describes a genre that developed during the mid-20th century and is still very popular today. Overview of Contemporary Dance Contemporary dance stresses versatility and improvisation, unlike the strict, structured nature of ballet. Contemporary dancers focus on floorwork, using gravity to pull them down to the floor. This dance genre is often done in bare feet. Contemporary dance can be performed to many different styles of music. Pioneers of contemporary dance include Isadora Duncan,  Martha Graham , and Merce Cunningham because they broke the rules of ...
Post a Comment
Read more