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What is ... Hardcore
Dancing?
By Neelofer Lodhy, Managing Editor
There are all sorts of ways of expressing yourself. Dancing to
expressive music is one of those ways. There are also many different
ways to dance, such as ballroom dancing, ballet, tap, you name it.
There is one in particular that I want to talk about, and that is
hardcore dancing. Yes, hardcore dancing is like the music genre of
hardcore rock. Believe it or not, it is a way to dance, and has a
history of different dance names/moves.
The history of hardcore dancing goes
way back to the late 1990s, the years in which it became most common
at shows. This type of dancing would be done at shows where hardcore
and punk music would be played by local bands. Hardcore dancing came
out especially from the east coast of the United States specifically
from the New York and Boston hardcore scenes.
Hardcore dancing includes different
'dance' moves such as windmill which consists of the spinning of
arms, spin kicks inspired by karate, and those are just two of the
most common dance moves included in hardcore dancing. Another
familiar type of hardcore dancing is the very common two step. Two
stepping can be seen at almost every hardcore show. The two step,
originally known as the Texas Two Step is described as being highly
similar to the two step in break dancing. There are some that I have
never even heard of; some have weird names too. These include the
bucking wheel barrow known as the wild lawnmower, head walking, crab
walking, and guerilla dancing. Junior Phu Pham's perspective of
hardcore dancing is,"I really like it because it gets you pumped up
and it's really exciting."
A good example of hardcore dancing
can be seen in A.F.I' s video, the leaving song part II. I love
watching people hardcore dancing because its so different, and it's
amazing to see people in the pit of a show just let it all out and
go to the music. It is the most interesting way of dancing that
anyone could ever do, and if you do it well, then major props to you
because it looks awesome. This hardcore world is the only one of its
kind, and it's like nothing anyone has ever seen or heard before. I
encourage kids to go out and dance at these hardcore shows because
if you can go out there and do it, it's like a gift, you're highly
skilled and only so many people can master this type of dance. Its
not like it is difficult, but I'm sure it takes practice.
Some people could say hardcore
dancing is dumb, cool, or whatever you choose to stereotype it, but
like tap dancing, ballet, or even break dancing, I consider hardcore
dancing an art as well.
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