Twerking ( ) is a type of dance that came from the New Orleans bounce section of the late 1980s. Staged individually, especially but not exclusively by women, dancers move by sexually provocative ways of throwing or pushing their hips back or wagging their buttocks, often in low squatting positions. Twerking is part of a larger characteristic set that is unique to the New Orleans hip-hop style known as "Bounce". Moves include "mixing", "exercising", "bending", "shoulder rustling", "clapping", "buttcheeks clap", and "wild wood" - all recognized as "shoe shocks" or "bounces". Twerking is just one choreographic movement in the reflection.
As a tradition shaped by local favorites and fun clubs, party blocks and second rows, the dance became the centerpiece of the "historical situation of bouncy sissy - bounce music as did by artists from the LGBTQ community of New Orleans that [caused] a meteor. - [Hurricane Katrina after 2005]. "In the 90s, twerking had widespread appeal in black party culture throughout the hip-hop/rap area known as The Kotor South, including New Orleans, Memphis, Virginia Beach, Miami, Atlanta, and Houston. In 2013 it becomes the top "What is it" search in Google search engine.
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Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the use of the word in the 18th century as a mixture of "twist" and "asshole", reported by the BBC in relation to the context of black culture, but this seems to be a false or false cognitive connection. There were no reasonable connections to its use in the New Orleans bounce or the sissy bounce culture in the late 1980s. Outsiders speculate that the term is a contraction of "footwork" and repeats the idea that it is a portmanteau of the words "twist" and "jerk". The Oxford Dictionaries blog states, "the most likely theory is that this is a job change, because the word has a history used in the same way, with dancers being pushed to" work. "The local bounce practitioner attributes the term to contraction" work "or" t'werk ".
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The earliest use of the word "twerk" on the record was produced in a local tape by New Orleans DJ Jubilee. The word is specifically derived from downtown New Orleans and is often used in New Orleans Bounce music by rappers and DJs who block parties in residential projects. The word became popular In the 2000s when it was used by Atlanta rapper lil Jon and The Eastside boys. Google Trends search revealed that interest in the word "twerk" appeared in November 2011. The diffusion of the dance phenomenon begins early through local festivities and eventually the strip club is often associated with mainstream rap music and video production that is broadcast by cable television video shows featuring rap music and R & amp; B. Popular video sharing channels have increased interest since the advent of the digital social media platform.
In 2013, the dance became a viral sensation outside the black culture. Miley Cyrus used the dance in a video that was first uploaded to Facebook and then YouTube in March. Although twerking began trending as a web search in November 2011, and despite its origins in the New Orleans bounce culture of the late 1980s, the word twerk will be added to the Oxford Dictionary Online > and was associated with Cyrus after his appearance at the MTV VMA Awards in August 2013. This became number one "What is it" Google's search that year because people outside of culture questioned the pop-up dance popularity that appeared across social media feeds across world. The word became runner-up for "selfie" at Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013.
Linked to Africa and African diaspora
Historically and today, similar styles of shocks are found throughout the African continent as well as the African and Afro-Latin diaspora. Similar dance styles are known as mapouka in Ivory Coast, leumbeul in Senegal, and other styles can be found in Tanzania, Southeast Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya to name a few. This hip and hip pelvic style is known as a perreo or sandungueo associated with Reggaeton from Puerto Rico. Twerking can be said to be indirectly associated with African cultural dance without a direct connection between people from Africa. Without knowledge of historical or cultural roots in New Orleans and its relation to the diaspora dance style, this trend is discussed ahistorically. Tickling like many cultural traditions or expressive dances associated with marginalized groups has become stigmatized in the racial and gender ways that often connect those who perform dance - especially women and women of color - with deviant behavior.
In the recording industry
First time in recording
The first word "twerking" appeared in a note in "Do the Jubilee All" by DJ Jubilee in 1993, where she shouted, "Twerk baby, twerk baby, twerk, twerk, twerk." In 1995, rapper Cheeky Blakk, based in New Orleans recorded the song "Twerk Something!", A dance call-and-response song dedicated to twerking. In 1997, DJ Jubilee recorded "Get ready, Ready" in which he encouraged listeners to "Twerk it!".
Rise to national attention
Twerking first received national recognition in the United States in the early 2000s, when the song "Whistle While You Twurk" (2000), by South hip hop duo Ying Yang Twins, reached number 17 on Billboard. R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Hot song. It was later referenced in their song then "Say I Yi Yi" (2002), where the lyrics "he raises his hands on his knees and elbows on his thighs/he likes twerk and that's for sure I can tell that he's flying" sounded. In Silkk The Shocker 2001 Song "That's Cool", which reached number 8 on Billboard Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Songs, the chorus has a line "Someone who is off the chain/who can tinker with thang". The first major artist to use the word in a song took place in 2005, when American recording artist BeyoncÃÆ'Â © sings "Dip, pop, twerk it, stop it, check me out tonight" in the Check on It song. The single reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, after its release. "Twerk" is also sung in Destiny's Child single "Jumpin 'Jumpin'".
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In 2006, the song "Pop, Lock & Drop It", by American rapper Huey, reached number six on US Billboard Hot 100. Also in 2006, the hit single "SexyBack", by America pop singer Justin Timberlake, featuring Timbaland, from the second album of the second album Futuresex/Lovesounds, featuring Timbaland tapping the lyrics "Let me see what you are twerking with/Please, go with it, Look at their hips ". During his tenure at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Eve Torres will fight before making a spell standing on his opponent.
Social media
In 2011, a group of female dancers who called themselves Tim Twerk and posted some videos of themselves linked to YouTube were mentioned during the song "Round of Applause" by Waka Flocka Flame featuring Drake, in line "Bounce that ass, shake" the butt is like Tim Twerk. "The Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has incorporated twerking into his live performances since 2011.
In July 2012, during The Lord's Force "Workaholics" episode, Anders Holm says "Let's go, uh, wear twerk videos or something like that, right?". The single 2012 "Bandz a Make Her Dance" by Juicy J, contains the lyrics "Begin twerking when she heard the song", while French Montana questioned a girl's ability to twerk by asking "What are you twerkin 'with," in her respective book 2012 single "Pop Itu", featuring fellow rapper Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. The songs, along with "Express Yourself" by Nicky Da B and Diplo, "made the most popular dance moves since Dougie".
In March 2013, American pop singer Miley Cyrus posted a video on Facebook featuring her performing a twerking routine while wearing a unicorn suit, to the 2011 single "Wop" by J. Dash. The popularity of the video, along with parodies and responses made by fans, affects the reappearance of the song on Hot Billboard <100>. Miley Cyrus's "Wop" video will become viral; on April 9, 2013, a copy of the video has garnered over 4 million views on YouTube. Also in March 2013, Mollie King, British singer and songwriter and vocalist of the Irish-Irish band, The Saturday, was seen clanging when his bandmate Rochelle Humes uploaded a recording on YouTube. American actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens is also seen dancing in March at a late-night talk show on America's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In September 2013, Hudgens was later seen twerking, this time for the song "Bubble Butt", during his performance at Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood, with his girl group YLA. Hudgens was once again seen twerking in a video for the Shade 45 Sway in the Morning radio show. American actress and singer Ashley Tisdale can also be seen in twerking in a video for Shade 45's Sway in the Morning radio show.
On July 9, 2013, a video was posted on Twitter's Twitter-owned video service entitled "Twerk Team", featuring a group of five women who were provocatively marked "Do not Drop That Thun Thun". The clip was shared by users over 100,000 times, and users made their own responses and parodies featuring songs, collected under the "#dontdropthat" and "#thunthun" tags. The viral popularity of Vine clips led to an unexpected increase in sales for the song; before posting the clip "Twerk Team", only 4,000 copies of the songs have been sold; in the following weeks, sales rose to 34,000, then to over 72,000. At the end of July, "Do not Drop That Thun Thun" has reached # 5 on the Billboard R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs, and finally reached the # 35 position on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Both "Wop" and "Do not Drop That Thun Thun" have been cited as an example of how viral and user-generated videos can bring new interest to the song; Spin writer Jordan Sargent considers "Wop" as "Harlem Shake moment" rap music, but not a meme of the same level as that. In April 2013, American rapper Danny Brown released the song "Express Yourself", inspired by the music producer of the song Diplo with the same name. The song, produced by Trampy, features a fast electronic rhythm and is a composition of popular dance that tickles twerking. Brown dedicates the song "to all the women who love to show up and have fun," where he knocks "Toes on the wall and his ass in the air/And he twerk it like he does not care".
In the music video for singer Barbara Rihanna's single "Pour It Up", released in May 2013, the singer can be seen twerking. In June 2013, American rapper Busta Rhymes released a single inspired by Jamaican dancehall titled "Twerk It", featuring Nicki Minaj, which has been featured on several other "twerking songs," including "Shakin 'It 4 Daddy" by Robin Thicke , "Dance (A $$)" by Big Sean and "Clappers" by Wale. Minaj can be seen in twerking in the four music videos respectively. Minaj can also be seen twerking in the music video for American rapper Nelly "Get Like Me" and American singer Ciara's "I'm Out". In August 2013, the song "Twerk", by Lil Twist, featuring pop singers Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, leaked online.
On July 14, 2013, Showtime broadcast Season 1 Episode 3, of the series, "Ray Donovan", titled "Twerk," in which character actor John Voight enters the college library and pays a student to hand over his computer terminal so he can watch online videos woman twerking. YouTube videos from the scene have more than 38,000 impressions.
In August 2013, Juicy J announced via Twitter, that he will give a $ 50,000 scholarship to girls who can twerk the best. The competition is inspired by the song "Scholarship" on her third album Stay Trippy, which contains the lyrics "Keep twerking baby, maybe giving you a scholarship." In early September 2013, a video entitled "Worst Twerk Fail EVER - Girl Catches Fire!", Began to circulate on the internet; the video then became viral with over 9 million views, and received media coverage. The following week, American comedian and television host Jimmy Kimmel revealed the video was a hoax that he and his team had created, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . In April 2014, the video won Webby Award for the best viral clip of the year.
Also in September, "Twerk" from the MTV VMA event was named Top Television Word of the Year (Teleword) from the 2012-2013 TV season by Global Language Monitor. In October 2013, American actress Beth Behrs, from the American television sitcom 2 Broke Girls , was seen dancing at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Behrs was then seen twerking to the 1992 hit "Baby Got Back", in January 2014, during the 40th annual Awards ceremony of the People's Choice Awards , which he co-hosted with fellow star Kat Dennings. The fifth episode of the fifth season of the American music series Glee , which aired November 13, 2013 and entitled "The End of Twerk", revolves around the twerking phenomenon. The seventh episode of the second season of the American reality television series Bad Girls All-Star Battle, which aired February 25, 2014 and entitled "Twerk It Out", featured twerking contestants as quickly as possible with a pedometer on their backs.
In August 2013, American recording artist Miley Cyrus generated controversy following a sexually provocative performance during the MTV Video Music Awards 2013, where Cyrus raved during his song medley "We Can not Stop", "Blurred Lines" and "Give It 2 U "by Robin Thicke.
In August 2014, American recording artist Taylor Swift, featuring twerking in the music video for the single "Shake It Off". This led to some controversy with American rapper Earl Sweatshirt saying that the video "captures stereotypes".
YouTube twerking
In 2009, three African-American girls from Atlanta, Georgia founded "The Twerk Team." After 18, they joined YouTube to create TheOfficialTwerkTeam channel with uploads on June 5, 2009 announcing themselves to the world as @BeTTyBuTT, @MizzTwerkSum and @TTLadyLuscious. Their video shows "they spin and shake their butts, to the point of being artistic." In 2011, Twerk Team got the cheers in the song and video music of "Round of Applause" by Waka Flocka Flame featuring Drake, in line "Bounce that ass, rocking the buttocks like Twerk Team".
This group is called "the main YouTube enthusiast group" by the Gawker gossip site . As of December 2012 their channel had a total of over 74 million views and over 250,000 subscribers and their Twitter account had around 115,000 followers. Founding member Jaime Adedra Moore (BeTyy BuTT) left the group in 2012 to pursue his education. Two years later he was shot dead, killed during the wrong Atlanta drug deal. The Official Twater Team continues with the remaining two members. As of June 2017, their YouTube channel has over 500,000 subscribers with over 160 video twerking since 2009, four years before the cultural allocation that sparked outrage among black cultural critics from 2011 to 2013.
Expression of Self
An interview by BBC News shows how Kelechi Okafor, a twerk actress and instructor in South London experienced the trauma of sexual abuse using twerking dance as a form of self-expression. According to Kelechi, twerking is more than just shaking your ass, it is a feminist movement that he uses to empower the women who come to his studio. "Dance, this is a channel you can use to express so much: joy, sadness, sadness, you can express so much that I started using it as a way to really communicate things that I feel is really no word- words for, "Kelechi said.
See also
References
External links
- Complete History of Twerking (1993-2013)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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