Grinding, freak dancing or freaking and Crunking (UK) are slang terms for a set of dance moves popular in the house and hip-hop dance styles. In grinding, two or more dancers rub their bodies against each other in a sexual or sexually suggestive manner. It is often performed at nightclubs and parties that play house and hip-hop music. It has also gained popularity at high school and middle school dances across the United States, where there have been isolated cases of administrators attempting to ban it. The meaning is basically the same as the self-describing term for party dancing. Elements of "grinding" may be seen in a 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, and "grinding" is sometimes referred to by this term as well.
Grinding has also been referred to as "houseing" or "juking".
The perreo, a Puerto Rican dance associated with reggaeton, is a type of grinding; The word 'perreo' is derived from the Spanish word "Perro" for "Dog" (as in "doggy-style"). There was also a Puerto Rican music genre associated called perreo, which served as the precursor to reggaeton. In Puerto Rico, the youth scene seems to have a completely different attitude towards this matter as common youth "perreo" parties become part of regular nightlife at a very early age.
Techniques
The most common dance techniques are used in tap dancing, but not limited to:
- The partners face the same direction so that one partner's (typically the female's) faces are facing the other partner's (the male's) hands on nose. This is the most common technique in the reggaeton scene, otherwise known as perreo. In some parts of the Northeastern United States it is commonly called culiando, which translates as a love handshake. A variation of this technique has the girl supporting her weight with one or two hands on the floor (legs in the air) while the boy, holding her by the feet, grinds to the rhythm on the buttocks in a manner that stimulates '''anal sex''' or the doggy style sexual position.
- The partners, facing each other, straddle each other's thighs. This may or may not facilitate the rubbing of genitals through their clothing. Pressing up against each other's bodies in order to feel the female's rib-cage against the male's chest is also common. A less suggestive variation of this is used when dancing the Colombian-based rhythm champeta.
- An effiel tower" which has two guys and one girl playing paddy cake in a line that can reach over 15 people long. This technique became popular with junior high age kids during the late 1990s when they played Sinatra.
- Another dance, known as "walking the dog" is simalar to the doggy style dance, in which the girl puts her hands on the ground and puts her buttocks in the air and moves her kness in a circular motion while moving her pelvis in an up and down movement.
In grinding, the female may lead the dance with her hips while the male follows, simply moving with her, or the male may guide the female's hips from behind with his hands.
Girl on Girl grinding-two females dance sexually while kissing or "making out" to simulate lesbian intercourse. There can also be something called "peanut butta sandwiches". Where the boy is in the middle of two girls or a girl in the middle of two guys. There is also "butt to butt" grinding, which is a more innocent type of this dancing.
Music
The accompanying dance music may vary but tends to be related to hip-hop or house, and most often conforms to 808 and 909 drum machine–driven tracks; operating within a comparatively narrow tempo range (between 118 and 135 bpm).
Further reading
- Catherine Gewertz (2001-02-28). ""Freak dancing" craze generates friction, fears". Education Week. 20(24). Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.: 1–16.
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See also
External links
- Andrea Hidalgo (2005-06-02). "Perreo causes Controversy for Reggaeton". Reggaetonline.net.
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