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The middle dancer raises his/her right hand; the dancer on the left walks under the raised hand, followed by the middle dancer, while the dancer on the right walks behind. The effect is to turn the line around as a unit (preserving the order of the dancers), as a sort of three-person California Twirl.
The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21] In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song "Macarena" inspired a popular line dance. [22]
They call out dance steps and also perform line dances with hand-held fans. “The fans add fun and energy,” says Peterson. Alexus Sumpter, 27, has been dancing with the group TruKuntry Steppas ...
DJ Casper, the creator of the “Cha-Cha Slide," one of the most popular line dancing songs in modern music history, died Monday at the age of 58. The song, and its easy-to-learn dance ...
Due to the small space that the dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was popular on-board ship. [ 5 ] Samuel Pepys referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and Captain Cook , who took a piper on at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe in order to keep them in good health. [ 5 ]
The Shim Sham goes best with swing songs whose melody lines start on beat eight, as does the choreography. An obvious choice is The Shim Sham Song (Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra), which was written specifically for this dance and has musical effects (e.g., breaks) in all the right places.
1. “SEA OF LOVE” BY CAT POWER. Best lyrics: “Come with me my love/To the sea/The sea of love.” Cue the Juno references but also the breathtaking chords