Tutting
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Tutting is a contemporary abstract interpretive
street dance
style modeled after Egyptian hieroglyphics. The term Tutting is derived from the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
. Tutting is performed with attention to the musics' rhythm by altering the position of the body and limbs in a synchronized, robotic manner.
-influenced style that some tutters use to make the joints appear as hinges that can then be manipulated by another body part. Also, tutting skills use fingers and arms freely to create geometrical shapes; such as boxes, hearts, etc.
Both boxing and the hinge illusion are special applications of the mime concept fixed point. Much as a mime conveys a wall by always keeping one hand on the wall, or shows a rope by always keeping one hand on the rope, a tutter shows a shape by always maintaining at least one side of the shape. To do this, a tutter will use his body parts to assemble a shape segment by segment and disassemble it in the same piecemeal fashion.
The electronic dance community has played a large role in the increasing robustness of tutting due to the more abstract nature of its own predominant style, liquiding. Tutting is highly regarded in both the electronic and popping communities for its technical depth and distinctiveness to the extent that a sufficiently dedicated member from either may use it as their dominant style and is occasionally referred to as a tutter. As such, tutters will incorporate popping or liquiding in their performance.
Interpretive dance
Interpretive dance is a family of dance styles that seeks to translates particular feelings and emotions, human conditions, situations, or fantasies into movement and dramatic expression combined...
street dance
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...
style modeled after Egyptian hieroglyphics. The term Tutting is derived from the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...
. Tutting is performed with attention to the musics' rhythm by altering the position of the body and limbs in a synchronized, robotic manner.
Moves
The size of poses, or tuts, varies from large body tuts to intricate finger tuts. The transitions between poses can be elaborate and expressive. Moreover, certain sub-styles of tutting have emerged such as boxing which consists of creating and manipulating box-like or rectangular shapes predominantly with ones arms and a liquidLiquid dancing
Liquid and digits is a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance that sometimes involve aspects of pantomime. The term invokes the word liquid to describe the fluid-like motion of the dancer's body and appendages and digits to refer to illusions constructed with the dancer's...
-influenced style that some tutters use to make the joints appear as hinges that can then be manipulated by another body part. Also, tutting skills use fingers and arms freely to create geometrical shapes; such as boxes, hearts, etc.
Both boxing and the hinge illusion are special applications of the mime concept fixed point. Much as a mime conveys a wall by always keeping one hand on the wall, or shows a rope by always keeping one hand on the rope, a tutter shows a shape by always maintaining at least one side of the shape. To do this, a tutter will use his body parts to assemble a shape segment by segment and disassemble it in the same piecemeal fashion.
The electronic dance community has played a large role in the increasing robustness of tutting due to the more abstract nature of its own predominant style, liquiding. Tutting is highly regarded in both the electronic and popping communities for its technical depth and distinctiveness to the extent that a sufficiently dedicated member from either may use it as their dominant style and is occasionally referred to as a tutter. As such, tutters will incorporate popping or liquiding in their performance.