DanceStyles:
In times past many different dance styles have come and gone worldwide
(The Charleston, Swing, Rock and Roll, The Tango, Cha Cha Cha, Krumping and Electrodance,The Floss just to name but a few and now the latest Glitching.
So what the heck is glitching ?
A new and possibly more embarrassing style of dance is about to sweep our nation. Glitching started in June 2021 on TikTok after a user called Vanessa Clarke (known as TikTok's Glitch Queen) posted a video of her dancing in the style of, well, a computer glitch. Imaging you're buffering over a poor internet connection and you're halfway there.
In one week her account went from 20,000 followers to 1.7 million; her most popular glitch video now has more than 37 million views. The Glitching dance style is to make subtle jerking movements in sync with computer-game-style music. (Hip-Hop style music) If you've got younger family members then you'll no doubt already be well acquainted with the latest dance craze to have swept this planet.