The Dutty Wine is a Jamaican dance, typically performed by young women.
[Marcia A. Forbes ''Music, Media and Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica'' Kingston: Arawak, 2010] The dance originated in Jamaica as with many other dances like "Log on" and "Screechie". There are several dancers in
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
who claim they were its creator, among them a
dancehall queen named
Mad Michelle who refers to a video recording from 2003.
The Dutty Wine was popularized in 2006 via a #1 song of the same name by
dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2 ...
artist
Tony Matterhorn recorded on the album Smash riddim. The name was created in Jamaica.
Dutty Wine culture
Although Mad Michelle is a possible creator of the Dutty Wine, the packaged concept of the Dutty Wine came from a trio in
Montego Bay
Montego Bay () is the capital of the Parishes of Jamaica, parish of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore ...
named The Attitude Girls. Dancehall Queen Shalara Gayle of The Attitude Girls is most famous for doing the fastest and longest Dutty Wine Dance.
The dance
The dance involves a rotating movement of the neck
("wine" refers to winding, or gyration.)
The dancer can also move their legs like a bird, while simultaneously rotating their wrists, neck, and posterior. Sometimes more advanced dancers will include
splits in their Dutty Wine.
The dance experienced a surge of popularity around the world, especially in communities in parts of the
United Kingdom
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and
North America
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. Some even have gone so far as to label it as "the dance craze" of 2006.
Health risks
Some doctors have warned against performing the Dutty Wine, claiming it may cause serious muscle trauma, and ligament damage;
it has the reputation of causing neck injury.
Charts
Weekly charts
See also
*
Headbanging
Headbanging is the act of violently shaking one's head in rhythm with music. It is common in rock music, rock, Punk rock, punk, heavy metal music, heavy metal and dubstep, where headbanging is often used by musicians on stage. Headbanging is als ...
References
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External links
BBC 1Xtra Dutty Wine Dancing Move Videos
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120427042304/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20061104/ent/ent1.html Promoters say no ban for Dutty wine
Dutty Wine autopsy results inconclusive
20th-century dance
2006 singles
Dances of the Caribbean
Novelty and fad dances
Dancehall dances