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Tecktonik | Paris dance craze' going global
What have the French given us lately? Fashion -- check. Food--check. Amelie--check. The latest trend from Paris that's hitting a global stride is a dance movement known as TECKTONIK, where hip hop's locking and popping blends into techno moves that blend into wacking, vogueing, and punking -- oh my! Ibiza is too tame for Tecktonik.
Tecktonik (aka. tck, vertigo, Milky Way) appeared in the Paris club Metropolis in 2000 and was quickly copied through word-of-mouth and videos on Youtube and Dailymotion. And yeah, the name refers to the clash of tectonic plates when they buckle and clash under pressure.
Tecktonik dancers cross over class and ethnicity, and typically wear tight-fitting jackets, slim jeans, "futuristic" mohawk-mullet blended haircuts, make-up, and neon colours. Kinetic style for an equally kinetic dance.
Maybe we'll see Tecktonik at the next America's Best Dance Crew & So You Think You Can Dance...or maybe they won't be able to handle it. Alas, what's new is not always understood.
Sources: Dance Craze Tecktonik Spreads Through Europe by Anita Elash @ NPR | Tecktonik uses Web to market lifestyle born in dance movement by Brian Rohan (Reuters) @ International Herald Tribute | Photo credit: Jean Paul Pelissier (Reuters) from IHT's article (A young man with a Tecktonik hairstyle in a haidresser's in Paris)
TECKTONIK VIDEOS:
Jey Jey:
Lecktra:
TeckToniK - MickTaZz, FreDOo, HyDrOliK, Theazz
Lili Azian:
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je pu jeux le tecktonik
avec les fille et les garçon
Tecktonik the best!!!!
VISIT:
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April 1, 2008 at 1:31 AM
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