Semi-Finals2 Flashcards
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Usually performed by couple for pleasure and satisfaction either in private function or in public dancing hall
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Ballroom dancing
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Term for ballroom dancing
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Social or popular dancing
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They are created from man’s basic movements
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Dance steps
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Some most important features of ballroom
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Rhythm Arrangement of music Design Mastery of steps Variation
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Techniques of leading and following the dance:
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Knowledge of basic steps
Basic position
Alert and move with your partner as one
Consciousness of various musical tempo and style
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General rules in leading the dance
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Hold partner firmly but not tensely Listen to the music Start with a new step with a left foot lead Lead to execute new Start with easy steps
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Types of Ballroom Dance
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World Dance Council
A. International standard
B. international Latin
C. Formation Show Dance
American Style Competition (US and Canada)
A. American Smooth
B. American Rhythm
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International Standard
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Waltz Tango Vienesse Foxtrot Quickstep
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International Latin
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Samba Chacha Rumba Paso Doble Jive
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Formation show dance
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Classic
South American
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American Smooth
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Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Foxtrot
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American Rhythm
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Chacha Rumba East Coast Mumbo Bolero Swing
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Literal meaning in Spanish of Pasodoble
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Double step
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A typical Spanish-March like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple
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Pasodoble
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It is the type of music typically played in bullfights during the bullfighters’ entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill
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Pasodoble
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Ring
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Paseo
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Faena
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Passes
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It is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march like Pasodoble music
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Paso doble
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It actually originated in Southern France, but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight
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Paso Donleo
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The leader of the paso doble
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Matador
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Paso doble origin day of the French military march with the name
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Paso Redole
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This was a fast paced march, which if why this a fast paced Latin American dance modeled after the Spanish bull fighting
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Paso doble
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This new dance became popular in the 1930s
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Swing
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It dominated the dance floor in the 80s until today
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Swing
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It is characterized by frequent turns and intricate variations alongside with good sense of rhythm, poise, grace, and confidence. This is a very lively ballroom dance
Swing
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Newest and the most popular Latin-American dances
Cha cha
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It's the easiest to learn because the music has a definite and unmistakable beat
Chacha
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Although you should be able to master the basic patterns very quickly, you will need to achieve attractive style in the dance
Cha cha cha
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The originally came from Cuba and its forerunner is the mumba
Cha cha
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Cha cha developed a gradual slower more pronounced and clearer interpretation of the rhythm
Tribe Mambo
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History of Modern Dance
Early 20th century
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It all started as free dance
Modern dance
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Burlesque skirt dancer who experimented with gas lighting and silk
Loie Fuller
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Introduced her own dancing techniques based on Nietzche's philosophy and the Greek's natural and free dancing
Isabela Duncan
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Translated Indian Culture and mythology into dance
Ruth St. Denis
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Early modern dance school
Denishawn school and dance company in 1915
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They collaborated on works exploring gravity
Weidman and Humphrey
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Explored and introduced new language in movement
Graham
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It prides in its expressionist dance that has been related to German expressionist movement
Europe
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It became a major part of college and university curricula
Modern dance
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It started out as a component of physical education before it became a performing art
Modern dance
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It has served as an effective expression of one's feelings as well as of different perspectives on various issues that affect the society as a whole
Dance
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Characteristics of modern dance
Emotion and mood
| Use of gravity
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First dance craze it came out in the 50s but it's popularity was still present in the 60s
The stroll
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Made the song famous in January 1958 and played today at many parties and wedding
The Diamonds
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It's a rock and dance popular in the early 1960s
Twist
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It was the first major international rock and roll dance style in which the couples did not have to touch each other while dancing
Twist
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Twist was popularized by him in 1960 cover when the 1959 minor hit "The Twist was written by __
Chubby Checker
| Hank Ballard
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A dance craze popular of 1962. It was danced to Dee Dee Sharp's Mashed Potato Time
The Mashed Potato
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He had two mashed potato related hits Do the Mashed Potatoes 1960 and Mashed Potato USA 1962
James Brown
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Two ways to count cha cha
1,2,3&4-dance position
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Mashed Potato dance was also referred to in
Connie Francis' 1962 hit "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N"
The Contours "Do you love me"
Ray Stevens 1963 "Harry the Harry Ape"
Wilson Pickett "Land of 100 dances"
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A novelty dance most popular in 1963
The Monkey
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The Monkey was popularized by two R and B records
Major Lance's "The Monkey Time"
| The Miracles "Mickey's Monkey"
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Novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid 1960s
The Madison
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The Madison was created and first danced
Columbus, Ohio
| 1957
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1960s
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Stroll
Diamonds
Twist
Mashed Potato
Monkey
Madison
Watusi
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Line dance that features a regular back-and-forth pattern interspersed with called steps
Madison
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It's popularity inspired dance teams and competitions and recordings still performed as a nostalgic dance
Madison
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It was featured in the movie and Broadway musical "Hairspray"
Madison
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Solo dance that enjoyed brief popularity during the early 1960s
Watusi
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Puerto Rico jazz musician had his first hit in 1961
El Watusi
| Ray Barretto
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A vocal quarter from Philadelphia, had the biggest got of their career "The Wah Watusi" June 9, 1962
The Orlons
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The most common dances in the 1970s gained popularity by the middle part of the decade
Disco
| Punk genres
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They're very different with disco style being very sexy and flashing colored dance floor lighting and clingy dance wear
Two genres 1970s
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Became a huge name in disco and helped make disco dances popular during the 1970s
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Donna Summer
Love to Love you, Baby
Hot Stuff
MacArthur Park
She works hard for the money
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The Hustle
Van McCoy 1975
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One of the most common dances from the 1970s
Hustle
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It's slower than the LA version and has more footwork
New York Hustle
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His moves to Bee Gees songs in the 1977 movie SNF inspired many dances in the 1970s
John Travolta
| Staying Alive and Night Fever
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Travolta Movie, Urban Cowboy released in 1980 for the hottest dance trend
Texas Two Step
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1970s
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Love to Love You Baby
Hot Stuff
MacArthur Park
She works hard for the money
Hustle
Staying Alive
Night Fever
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Saw the start of some dance ads that have stood the test of time and remain popular today
1980s
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Also known as mosh pits
Breakdancing and "slam dancing"
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It saw an explosion in many different kinds of music, which spawned some very interesting and popular dances
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1980s
Hiphop
Electronic
Latin
Dance
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Became the most popular dance craze of the 1980s growing along the popularity of rap and hip hop
Breakdancing
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Encompasses a variety of movements from head spins and back spins to rhythmic popping and locking of the joints
Breakdancing
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Usually operated in teams or crews competing each other in battles
Breakdancing
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The movies of breakdancing in the 80s
Breakin'
| Breakin' 2: Sequel 1984
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A dance developed in the punk, hardcore and heavy-metal scenes but doesn't look like a dance
Mosh
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Consists of a crowd of people usually near the stage during a concert, slamming their bodies against each other or jumping up and down in time to the music being played
Mosh pits
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Dance for couples originated in South America though it's in dispute
Lambada
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The dance caught on 1989 when the French Group ___ recorded a song "Lambada" to a traditional Lambada tune
Kaoma
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Two movies of Lambada
Lambada
| The Forbidden Dance 1990
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One of the easiest dance to and fairly self-explanatory
Robot
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The dancer simple moves their arms, legs and torso in a jerking motion as a robot would. Make small motions instead of big sweeping ones
The Robot
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Also known as Centipede popular for breakdancers to perform
Worm
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Made popular by Michael Jackson in the 80d looks simple but takes a lot of practice to get right
Moonwalk
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80s
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Lambada
Breakdancing
Moshing
Robot
Moonwalk
Worm
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There are a wide variety of musical genres represented in the best pop song
Mariah Carey
| Britney Spears
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Recovered for its dive underground in the wake of the end of disco
1990
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Golden era of hip hop experimentation with sampling
1990
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Longest running number one song in American music history and VH1s #1 Greatest One-hit Wonder of all time" in 2002
Macarena
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Spanish song coordinated with an eight-step line dance illustrated in the song's music video
Macarena (1995&1996)
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Consists of simple arm movements and a pivot, suitable for all ages
Macarena
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Creators of Funky Charleston
Kid 'n Play
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Also know as the Kid 'n Play Kickstep
Funky Charleston
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Dance is aerobic, consisting of large steps and jumps from side-to-side.
Funky Charleston
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Its origins and inspiration step from the Charleston dance from Charleston South Carolina made popular by flappers in the 1920s
Funky Charleston
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Created the Tootsee Roll dance in 1994
69 Boyz
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Dance it by moving your bent knees in and out simultaneously which also include further instructions to the dance from the lyrics
Tootsee Roll
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They popularized the Rump Shaker
Wrecks-n-Effect
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Criticized for women in bikinis shaking their rumps (Teddy Riley) WH I will always love you
Rump Shaker
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Originating from a reggae dance move and emerged into the hip-hop dance in the 1990s
Butterfly
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Performed in dance clubs and parties to reggae, rap, and R&B music, the dance consists of moving the legs in and out in a smooth, butterfly like manner.
Butterfly
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Mentioned in the Tootsee Roll song it resembles but slightly slower than the Tootsee Roll Dance
Butterfly
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Electric Slide top dances in 90s
Richard Silver 1976
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A four part line dance performed to the song "Electric Boogie" by Marcia Griffith
Electric Slide
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Will Smith's 1998 hit song "Gettin' Jiggy with it" (Michael Joyner's)
Jiggy
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Used this term to confront the derogatory term for African Americans "jigaboo" and transform it to empower black people.
Jiggy
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Dance consists of standing and doing slight wiggles to the rhythm of the beat
Jiggy
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Da Dip
1997 Freak Nasty
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Done by placing hands on hips and dipping the pelvis in low scoops.
Dip
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1990s
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Macarena
Electric Slide
Rump Shaker
Tootsee Roll
Funky Charleston
Butterfly
Dip
Jiggy
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Single by Soulja boy
Crank that
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Recognized by looping steel pan riff produced by FL Studio
Crank that
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Horse dance
Gangnam Style
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Best 2012 Dance Songs
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Jennifer Lopez (Dance Again, On the Floor-Casper Smart)
Crank that
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Queen of booties
Jennifer Lopez
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Created by GSpot Boys that's dominating the airwaves
Da Stanky Legg
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They endorsed the crazy southern phenomenon
Bow Wow and Soulja Boy
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Multi-step dance that mainly involves the movement of the dancer's leg moving in a circular motion then alternating to the opposite leg
Stanky Legg
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Dances of Stanky Legg
Booty Dew
| Dougie
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2009 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP USA Jozy Altidore and Charlie Davies used this dance as their goal celebration making it a popular reference in the underground US Soccer scene
Stanky Legg
