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Dance, in the olden times, is a ritual of sorts.
Olden people dance for thanksgiving, for offering, for praying and for other symbolic ceremonies.
Obviously, dance has evolved into something more liberating.
From the rituals to the boogies to the sways to the macarenas and to the dougies of today, dancing has indeed transcended into heights which nobody from the 1920s could ever imagine.
Today, especially in the Philippine dance scene, dance steps could only become popular when it’s accompanied by catchy and rhythmic tunes.
Such is the case of Cali Swag’s Teach Me How To Dougie. Now, I don’t know how to do the dougie and also do not know what in earth is a dougie.
But thanks to its catchy and rhythmic beats, I am disturbed for at least two weeks (my 4 year old niece is doing the dougie).
Haven’t heard of the dougie yet? Here’s a video of Enrique Gil while doing the dougie in one episode of Gandang Gabi Vice:
Here are other dance steps which are deemed too hard to forget:
The Macarena
We have to blame Spain’s Los Del Rio about this dance craze that still haunts us to date. Indeed, 1995-1996 were the years of the:
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeeh, macarena
A-Hai!
But we never heard of Los Del Rio since then.
VH1 deemed this particular diity the greeatest one-hit-wonder of all time.
Boom Tarat Tarat
It seems that every single song of Willie is a sure hit among the masses (dance steps included).
Erasure- Always
The UMD (that’s Universal Motion Dancers to you who lives under a rock) has been lifted onto greater heights and they have the Butterfly Dance Step to dedicate their eternal thank yous.
The Moonwalk
The moonwalk became popular around the world after Michael Jackson did it during a live performance of the phenomenal “Billie Jean” sometime in 1983.
Only a chosen few or uhmm… a chosen many could imitate it. And unfortunately, I am not one of them.
The Ocho Ocho
Bayani Agbayani is a genius, he made my uber- conservative high school crush gyrate her hips via this dance frenzy. Minor thanks to the Tae Bo class. 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XubVpeq4E20
Asereje
“The Ketchup Song” is the English title of the song “Aserejé”, performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as “Spanglish”, and a version in Portuguese. The chorus is identical in the three versions. This song reached #1 in the UK charts, as well as 26 other charts worldwide. It was also the Dutch best-selling single of the 2000-2010 decade.—wikipedia.org
My parents danced to this ditty on a Christmas party some 10 years ago. I came home early that evening, I remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_d5TAW8ERc
Papaya Dance
Mr. Manzano is the man when he does this song. I mean, the half serious face, the gyrating hips— he was definitely the ladies’ (and non-ladies’) man.
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Dance may not be a sacred activity anymore, and it is just okay, I guess. I mean, we could all get along with the changing times just fine.
I just wonder what dance steps would the people think of in the next one hundred years to come. 🙂
image from:
forevertwentysomethings.com
youtube videos courtesy of:
ninjahacker
raduim2010
TFCNDaHood
Vaneni82
Imyourflip
irdwreaderets
pcahilogo
