Posing (other)
Posing is the act of taking a pose, a stance, a body posture Posing or ''variant'' may also refer to: * Role-playing, posing in a role * Pösing, Cham, Bavaria, Germany *Posing, an early form of the waacking style of street dance See also * * Strike a pose (other) * Poser (other) * Pose (other) A pose refers to a position of a human body. Pose or poses or ''variant'', may also refer to: * to role-play, to pose as a role People * Pose (artist) (born 1980, as Jordan Nickel), American artist * Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Spanish-British ...

Posing
Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take. There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning. *''Position'' is a general term for a configuration of the human body. *'' Posture'' means an intentionally or habitually assumed position. *''Pose'' implies an artistic, aesthetic, athletic, or spiritual intention of the position. *''Attitude'' refers to postures assumed for purpose of imitation, intentional or not, as well as in some standard collocations in reference to some distinguished types of posture: "Freud never assumed a fencer's attitude, yet almost all took him for a swordsman." *''Bearing'' refers to the manner of the posture, as well as of gestures and other aspects of the conduct taking place. Basic positions While not moving, a human is usually in one of the following basic positions: All-fours This is the static form of crawling which is in ...
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Role-playing
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses: * To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theatre, or educational setting; * To refer to taking a role of a character or person and acting it out with a partner taking someone else's role, often involving different genres of practice; * To refer to a wide range of games including role-playing video game (RPG), play-by-mail games and more; * To refer specifically to role-playing games. Amusement Many children participate in a form of role-playing known as make believe, wherein they adopt certain roles such as doctor and act out those roles in character. Sometimes make believe adopts an oppos ...
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Waacking
Waacking (also ''whacking'', ''posing'' or ''punking'') is a form of street dance created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles during the 1970s disco era. The style is typically done to 70s disco music and is mainly distinguishable by its rotational arm movements, posing and emphasis on expressiveness. History In the early 1970s a dance style known as punking emerged, with "punk" being a derogatory term for gay men at the time. The term "whack" was a specific movement within the punking style which involved moving the arms over the head in a rhythmic fashion. Although the wider club-going community took part in punking, they did not want the dance to have negative connotations attached to it and therefore renamed the genre "Waackin". Later, Jeffery Daniel added the "g" to waackin to make it "waacking", the name by which the style is commonly known today. The terms 'Whacking' and 'Wacking' are also occasionally used to refer to the dance style. The originators of waacking were sa ...
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Strike A Pose (other)
''Strike a Pose'' is a Belgian-Dutch documentary film, which premiered in the Panorama section of the 2016 Berlinale. Directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan, the film profiles the dancers who performed with Madonna on her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990."Madonna's 'Blonde Ambition' Dancers Tell Their Own Stories in New Documentary 'Strike a Pose'"
. '' Indiewire'', 21 January 2016.

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The film follows the dancers during the 25 years since the tour. Some went on to act in film, TV and stage, and all of them kept dance in their lives. Some had to deal ...
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Poser (other)
Poser or ''variant'', may refer to: *a hard problem, a poser *a hard question, a poser People * Poseur, a person who inauthentically adopts a certain subculture *a person playing a role, a role-play, a fake, an imposter *Bob Poser (1910–2002), U.S. baseball player *Charles Poser (1923–2010), Belgian-American neurologist *Christian Poser (born 1986), German bobsledder * Dániel Póser (born 1990), Hungarian soccer player *Heinrich von Poser (1599–1661), German traveloguer *Lydia Poser (1909–1984), German politician * Rainer Poser (born 1941), German boxer *Sophie Poser (born 1985), German track and field athlete * Susan Poser (born 1963), U.S. academic *Udo Poser (born 1947), German swimmer * William Poser, Canadian-American linguist Other uses * Poser (software), a 3D computer graphics program distributed by Bondware * ''Poser'' (film), 2021 American drama film * ''Posers'' (film), 2003 drama film written and directed by Katie Tallo See also * Poser criteria, a now d ...
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