Liquid and digits is a type of
gestural,
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,
rave and
urban
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
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street dance that sometimes involve aspects of
pantomime
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. The term invokes the word ''liquid'' to describe the fluid-like motion of the dancer's body and appendages and ''digits'' to refer to illusions constructed with the dancer's fingers. Liquid dancing has many moves in common with
popping
Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier Boogaloo (funk dance) cultural movement in Oakland, California. As Boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as Robottin in Richmond, California, Strutting movements in San Francisco and San J ...
and
waving. ("Waving" is a style of dance where the dancer tries to make it appear that waves are rolling through their body.) The exact origins of the dances are uncertain, although they came out of either popping,
raves, or both sometime from the 1970s to 1990s.
The dance is typically done to a variety of
electronic dance music genres from
trance
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to
drum and bass to
glitch hop, depending on the dancer's musical taste.
References
External links
Liquid & Digitz Dance Repository A collection of liquid and digits tutorials.
popular video of LPEric liquid dancing
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