African American Dances by City

[Citi Trends]

3:42 “Camel Walk”
Mississippi shyt

I thought this was just my uncles being drunk in the backyard nobody told me shyt

 

[8WON6]

them white people hittin that shyt.

 

[Dre Space Age]

How come ain't no girls dancing?

There's a bazillion twerk threads on here breh

 

[315]

Take it back to Lindy Hop. Harlem

 

[Grizzly]

Jersey, Charleston, Oakland and Bmore got the sauciest dance styles to me

I love Chicago Footwork and Ghetto Tech music more than the dances but that whole scene is dope

 

[315]

Anybody know where she's from? When I first saw some people were saying Baltimore. Sista was cuttin up

 

[Black Haven]

Atl

 

[IllmaticDelta]

House dancing (chicago and NYC)

 

[GPBear]

Turfin Oakland
Bucking Memphis
Clowning LA I love my people

Oakland goin in :curlgrin:

I've seen those clowns do some wild things



I still remember being at the dude at 3:53, some of the craziest shyt I ever saw in my life. Even the clown gave him props

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Vogueing (NYC)

Inspired by the style of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the famous model poses of Vogue magazine, voguing is characterized by model-like poses integrated with angular, linear, and rigid arm, leg, and body movements.[1] This style of dance arose from Harlem ballrooms by African-American drag queens of the early 1960s and their tradition in throwing "shade," or a subtle insult directed to other queens in order to impress the judges. It was originally called "presentation" and later "performance".[4] Over the years, the dance evolved into the more intricate and acrobatic form that is now called "vogue".[2][3][5]

The precise origins of voguing are disputed. Although many cite the story in which Paris Dupree takes out a Vogue magazine and mimics the pose at the beat (and other queens subsequently following), there are other accounts that note voguing may have originated from black gay prison inmates of Rikers Island for the attention of other men and throwing shade.[1] Voguing is continually developed further as an established dance form that is practiced in the LGBT ballroom scene and clubs in major cities throughout the United States and around the globe—mainly New York City and Paris.[3][6]

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Waacking (California)

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]

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[HarlemHottie]

There's a bazillion twerk threads on here breh

A. I'm a female. B. I wasn't looking for twerk videos.

 

[27FarOutRazor]

Boy would you dance

 

[KodeBlue]

I see Baltimore's influence in places I didn't expect.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Where's Boston?

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

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I found out recently that Memphis jooking vs beat ya feet is also a thing