Electro Dance
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Electro dance
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Not to be confused with electronic dance music.
Electro dance (Otherwise known as Tecktonik and Milky Way) is afrenetic and quirky form of street dance which is typically performed to electro house music. It is based on, although is not limited to, a blend of different dance styles, such as Industrial, Disco,Vogue, Waacking, Hip-Hop and Freehand Glowsticking. It started in the 2000s and originated from the southern suburbs of Paris, France, mainly from the Metropolis nightclubs[1][2] and has grown aroundthe world. Fast-paced techno and electro house music imported from Northern Europe is the usual choice for Tecktonik dancing.[3]
Electro dance is predominantly about arm movement, taking basicelements from glowsticking such as the concept of Freehand, the Figure 8 and the idea of the Leading Hand (one hand geometrically following the other), while staying very much in a disco tastes, byamplifying points and poses as a main aspect to this style. Down below Electro dancers tend to use their hips, knees and feet to gently shuffle across the floor in beat to the music, quite often in a randomand jerky fashion. They also tend to include elements of toprock, B-boy-like footwork, lending to the hip hop-like influences in a lot of the electro house music.
The term "Tecktonik" is aregistered trademark that began in Paris, and this has created issues for dance events or other uses of the name.[4] The creators of the Tecktonik brand (most notably, Cyril Blanc, the artistic director ofMetropolis[5]) sell official products, such as clothes, Matts CDs, and energy drinks.
History
In 2002, Cyril Blanc and Alexandre Barouzdin organize "Tecktonik Killer" parties under their projectcalled "Tecktonik Events" whose purpose was to promote in France two styles of music who originated in Belgium and The Netherlands: hardstyle and jumpstyle. This project foresaw, in the Metropolis...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Not to be confused with electronic dance music.
Electro dance (Otherwise known as Tecktonik and Milky Way) is afrenetic and quirky form of street dance which is typically performed to electro house music. It is based on, although is not limited to, a blend of different dance styles, such as Industrial, Disco,Vogue, Waacking, Hip-Hop and Freehand Glowsticking. It started in the 2000s and originated from the southern suburbs of Paris, France, mainly from the Metropolis nightclubs[1][2] and has grown aroundthe world. Fast-paced techno and electro house music imported from Northern Europe is the usual choice for Tecktonik dancing.[3]
Electro dance is predominantly about arm movement, taking basicelements from glowsticking such as the concept of Freehand, the Figure 8 and the idea of the Leading Hand (one hand geometrically following the other), while staying very much in a disco tastes, byamplifying points and poses as a main aspect to this style. Down below Electro dancers tend to use their hips, knees and feet to gently shuffle across the floor in beat to the music, quite often in a randomand jerky fashion. They also tend to include elements of toprock, B-boy-like footwork, lending to the hip hop-like influences in a lot of the electro house music.
The term "Tecktonik" is aregistered trademark that began in Paris, and this has created issues for dance events or other uses of the name.[4] The creators of the Tecktonik brand (most notably, Cyril Blanc, the artistic director ofMetropolis[5]) sell official products, such as clothes, Matts CDs, and energy drinks.
History
In 2002, Cyril Blanc and Alexandre Barouzdin organize "Tecktonik Killer" parties under their projectcalled "Tecktonik Events" whose purpose was to promote in France two styles of music who originated in Belgium and The Netherlands: hardstyle and jumpstyle. This project foresaw, in the Metropolis...
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