I could only do a backspin - quite impressive it was too - but unfortunately could never do a Windmill, which was always the most impressive move. I remember doing the Caterpillar a couple of times but starting it off ...
When Disco started to hit the big time in the early 70's, everyone joined in but were really just using their own made-up dance steps. My sister and I used to frequent the discos in Brighton, the hippest being 'The ...
The Harlem Shuffle is a dance that has taken various forms through the years. One is as a line dance, consisting of around 25 steps. Another form is a simple two-step followed by a shoulder-brushing motion with the back of ...
This was a British dance troupe that were resident on the Kenny Everett Show and featured a young Sarah Brightman.Quite racy for the time, but also very funny, as was Mr Everett, of course.In 1978, during their early period on ...
This dance to this song has long been a favourite of parties. Basically, it involves everyone on the dancefloor sitting in one or two lines, each dancer sitting in-between the legs of the dancer behind them. You then all do ...
A bunch of skinny women prancing about the stage on Top of the Pops wearing the most ridiculous outfits known to mankind! A particular favourite used to be the matching neon skin-tight all-in-ones with feet holes! ...
Taking its name from the pogo stick, for obvious reasons, the pogo dance involved jumping up and down on the spot with your arms by your side. It has been compared to various religious dance styles, but its most distinctive ...
Do people actually remember going to raves?! Most people were so far out of it that I think its unlikely! Dark rooms, LOUD music, sweat dripping from the ceilings, chill-out areas, lollypops, people dancing madly and randomly sharing bottles of ...
I saw this bloke, (I assume - his face was all obscured by a robot mask) doing a robotic-type dance when I was about 8. My Dad was quite impressed, but I was petrified. He just looked like a crash-test ...
Back in the time when roller boots with a wheel at each corner were first popular there seemed to be a craze for Roller Disco's. Our local one was in the gymnasium of the local YMCA and consisted of an ...
This was a dance with a partner, each facing a different direction. hip to hip. You would bump hips in time to the music and then bump different heights of each others body/side, sometimes jumping and turning to face the other ...
A dance craze that lasted about a year around 1975. You lifted each foot alternately like a robot to the song called The Hustle. Now Old Navy has a parody of it in one of their silly commercials (I love them). ...
"Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now (C'mon baby do the loco-motion)". In 1987 Kylie Minogue reached number one with her hit single "Loco-Motion". And with the song came a "brand new dance".Technically speaking though the dance wasn't new ...
The Running Man was a popular dance from the early 90's I believe. Made incredibly popular by none other than Mr MC Hammer himself. "Can't Touch This"! ...