House Dance
At least three styles of dancing are associated with house music: Footwork, Jacking, and Lofting. These include a variety of techniques and sub-styles, including skating, stomping, and shuffling. House music dancing styles can include movements from many other forms of dance, such as whacking, voguing, African, Latin, Brazilian (including Capoeira), jazz, Lindy era, tap, and even modern.. House dancing is concerned with the sensuality of the body and setting oneself free—without the worry of outside barriers.
One of the primary elements in house dancing is a technique that came from Chicago that involves moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion, as if a wave were passing through it. When this movement is repeated and sped up to match the beat of a song it is called jacking, or "the jack". All footwork in house dancing is said to initiate from the way the jack moves the center of gravity through space.
Read more about this topic: Chicago House
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