dance craze
''Dance Craze'' is a 1981 documentary film about the British Two-tone (music genre), 2 Tone music genre.
The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness (band), Madness, whom he met during th ...
Marvin Gaye
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gold disc
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of
Vanity Fare
Vanity Fare are an English pop/rock group formed in 1966. They released the million-selling song " Hitchin' a Ride", which became a worldwide hit in 1970.
Career
Formation
School friends Trevor Brice (born 12 February 1945, Rochester, Kent ...
, " Hitchin' a Ride" (1969).
The dance is extremely simple and is based on the
hitchhiking
Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free.
Signaling ...
gesture: waving the stuck-out thumb. The classical
Motown
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pattern is three times right thumb to the right over the shoulder, clap hands, three times left thumb to the left over the shoulder, clap hands. All this is accompanied by the
shimmy
A shimmy or shoulder shakes is a dance move in which the body is held still, except for the shoulders, which are quickly alternated back and forth. When the right shoulder goes back, the left one comes forward.
United States
In 1917, a dance ...
body ripples popular at these times.
Since these times the dance move firmly established itself in various line, club and
jazz dance
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s, especially
disco
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, and may be seen in films such as ''
Hairspray
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* Hair spray, a personal grooming product that keeps hair protected from humidity and wind
* Hairspray (1988 film), ''Hairspray'' (1988 film), a film by John Waters
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''.
The style of the move depends on the dance and may be accompanied with steps back or sideways or hip movements.