Saturday, May 25, 2013

Key Twerk or Dance Moments in Music and Film

By Danielle Hall

These are just a few key dance moments I’ve selected to highlight key components in twerk dancing or shakin’ it. It’s not intended to be a comprehensive listing and I’ve refrained from using the most explicit videos.

• Salt-N-Pepa – Shake Your Thing (1988) “so what are we gonna do about this dirty dancing?”
• E.U. – Da Butt from the School Daze soundtrack (1988)
• Oaktown 3.5.7 – Yeah Yeah Yeah (1989)
Sydney and Sharane in the film House Party (1990)
• Patra – Queen of the Pack (1993)
• MC Hammer – Pumps and a Bump (1994) – some of the best “twerk” choreography 2:27
• Juvenile – Back That Thang Up (1999)
• Aaliyah – Rock the Boat (2002)
• Kelis – Milkshake (2003)
• Rihanna – Pon de Replay (2005)
• Sean Paul – Get Busy (2009)
• Ludacris – How Low (2010)
• Beyonce – Dance For You (2011)
• Waka Flocka Flame – Round of Applause (2012)
• Ciara – Body Party (2013)

Related:
A notebook on dance -- past and present

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Danielle Hall is a program coordinator and contributing writer for Black Studies @ SIUE.

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