WAACKING DANCE: Step Ya Game Up (NYC 2009)

[missng82]

DAMN! GREEN dress, Zebra print and Air Hostess Stripes KILLED it!!!! :) so amazing! 

[baeksoltang]

I have first watched this vid in 2009 at the time when it was posted. I don't know what is going on in US, but waacking scene in East Asia (including Korea, Japan, China) has grown so big that it is almost as big as that of popping and locking now. It is getting recognized as a disdinct style under the umbrella of funk styles, as popping and locking do. You can see Pop&Lock events are transitioning to Pop&Lock&Waack events nowadays. As a locker my self, it's nice that Funk Style is flourishing

[albertedder1]

wow dope

[diva1234k]

Dead.

[shweddedglowy]

I think the dance style of popping is formally known as pooping, but I understand why people easily confuse the spelling of names with all these new styles. This is whack! (Literally!)

[jerry0910m]

Number 20 is Jed Forman a.k.a. Jedi Nice of VersaStyle Dance Company based out of LA. Brotha is a beast!!!

[evildrporkchop100]

who won?? whoooo won???

[monsterhand]

what's this song called?

[DamienCTB]

i find this video difficult to whack off to

[azngamefreak46]

3:17 looks like anna williams from tekken lol!

[Daynarrrrr]

@azngamefreak46 haha i agree.... that anna is a little muscular though xD haha

[CloudxChaos69]

Legit. I'm a Bboy,

Music is Music

and

Dancing is Dancing

However way you do it, just kill that beat!. Dope.

[Daynarrrrr]

person before betty lou is deyva i think, and the girl who was in the finals here was miss ebony :3

[Evirooloo]

waacking is so fun!

[Daynarrrrr]

wooo! go 21! <3

[Daynarrrrr]

does waacking include hair? haha im just wondering >:3

[pullom85]

I love this dance, I just dont get men doin it..

[Daynarrrrr]

@pullom85 ): thats kind of mean

[LeagueCityBallroom]

@pullom85 Well, it depends on what kind of swag you have when you do it. The first guy danced exactly like a chick would. The second guy was much better.

[MrKiwi1800]

Sofiabulous is fierce!

[MrKiwi1800]

waack maan! i think im good at waacking then when i watch these i'm like, woww! imm shit

[burger414]

Waaking? Looks more like vogue-ing.

[thebrianianday]

It must be really hard to waack with open hands.. I mean THE WRIST!! THE WRIST!! I'm gonna need wrist re-attachment once I learn the basics! LOL

[thebrianianday]

Dammmmmmn! The way they hit the notes and beats are ahhhh-mazing... STFU haters.. Bet you can't waack that's why you hate. LOL

[memyselfandi2311]

@thebrianianday They can't waack but they can whack. There shouldn't be haters. This is pure elegance!

[ashajackson]

this is not hip hop

[ashajackson]

llkj

[Balladpunk]

This is awesome!!

[fraebinder]

Does anyone else think it shouldn't say 2009 but more like 1977? ha

[OKzs]

@fraebinder

Haha! True I was thinking - did I step WAY back in time

I don't know much about this style but the woman at 2:44 did the best for me

[Doc202]

Respect! i love this type of dance, i mainly do Funk styles (Poppin' and Locking) But i would love to learn how to Waack! its one of the hardest styles ever. Haters just hate on it because they can't dance i would like to see one of you "Haters" move your body as good as these people.

[Sw88tie]

Is this what they did down the soul train lines? It looks very similar.

[purpulhaze]

@Sw88tie Actually gays where the first to do this dance style in cali back in the 70s. Soul Train started in chi town then moved to cali. So that explains why you seen alot of simular moves. Also some locking moves where taken from wacking and made to look more masculine.

[springdom]

this looks like a dance for homos

[ADRachmadi]

@springdom you are right.. you can see the history of waacking at wikipedia.. it used to be a gayclub dance..

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

@springdom What's the point of your comment? It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. Let's leave the trash untyped...

[CupWave]

@springdom shutup, learn some respect for dance, art, and music. Danceing cannot define ones sexual orintation.

[springdom]

@CupWave Dancing* orientation*

[TinhoShermanFunkse]

Amaaziiiiiiiingggg!!



[Parasystemleaf182]

Love that thing she does at 0:57, always trying to do it but I just look like an idiot. x] More practice probably...

[MyWhatever420]

Pretty sick style of dance. Its pretty sick how the girl in green actually hit the beats like a bboy. FUCKEN SICK.

[karimdimeo]

pouts -adorei muito bom!!!!

[KCJacksonMuz]

I really love this dance style. I'm not a dancer myself but I just love watching it.

[TonyPstunts]

SIIIIIICKNEEEEESSSSSS! d^____^b

[Skeletine]

What the fuck is this, and who won.

[Rogerio07able]

Alguem sabe o nome dessa musica??

[hyuugahazuka]

In my opinion, ironically or not, the best dancers were men. DAMN these 2 guys dance!

[kedgeinska]

woooooow I love it, I want to have Waacking lessons xxx

[GiaGodsmack]

Could someone please explains what's the difference between waackinf and vogueing? I really want to know:)

[Sambucca]

@GiaGodsmack

I think voguing is ultimately more about attitude and the movements are more direct and refined. Voguing focuses alot on framing the face and parts of the body with the hands. Waacking is a lot more high energy and involves more flicking and flailing at the wrists and elbows, as opposed to the more mesured hand gestures in voguing.

[viruziinhu]

vou aprender dançar isso :D

[viruziinhu]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkkkkkkkkk esse dança é engraçada (y)

[naysbonnieville]

I can't wait to I get to New York City so i can join that soul train line.. Imma a good hip hop, jazz modern, dancer it's all in me.. NYC BABY HERE I COME HAHAH!!! Have fun guys!!!!

[phlaggma]

yeah, this is not easy... i guess you have to train really hard to learn all the worst moves from all the other dances and combine them in one ;)

[KeddyG90]

I respect anybody who does waacking because if you dont do it correctly it just looks like your throwing your arms around. I requires such control and these people in the video have my full respect. I started learning waacking close to a year and im not close mastering it yet so props to these dancers

[KeddyG90]

I respect anybody who does waacking because if you dont do it correctly it just looks like your throwing your arms around. I requires such control and these people in the video have my full respect. I started learning waacking several months a go and im not close mastering it yet so props to these dancers

[ilovemybabydariel]

omg i love it wacking is the bomb

[daiquirialwayscool]

God, this was beautiful. Very passionate. I could feel the energy just from this video. I can't imagine what it must've been to actually be there.

[TripleAThaKing]

the girl in the british? british shirt was super cute, like the way she did her dance style was very smooth, but she added that flirtatious, devious, super sexy style to it, as well as adding like a personality, such as her opening her mouth and stuff....that's super hot ha ha

[tenchichrono]

This dance started out in the gay dance clubs in LA/Hollywood. It's really similar to locking in a way.

[sexyblackpolo]

WHACKEISHA WAS GETTING IT 

[jberry777]

absolutely beautiful!

[Seranevi]

Like...damn, these guys are even BETTER than the girls Oo Holy shit, they're awesome! XD And hell, I love punking/wacking ^^

[Deetroiter]

Alot of people hate on wacking because of it's 'background" but you know what? It's hell of alot harder than it looks. Until you can do it, you don't have room to talk. Street dances are street dances, I love them all and have respect for them all.

[SOHOMO1987]

i love waacking....its so flavorful

[UCIBrianBui]

Waacking is form of house dance. It started in the 1970's in the west coast, yes in gay clubs. But today is is done by all sexual orientations.

[GoddessOfLight08]

I remember the first time I saw a waacking video...I just thought the dance was weird. And now I think it's amazing. I want to learn lol

[seresballet1]

LOVE THAT SONG ONE OF MY FAV FROM 70S

[Rogerio07able]

@seresballet1

and you know the name of this song?

[seresballet1]

@Rogerio07able Cheryl Lynn - Star Love

[seresballet1]

@Rogerio07able Cheryl Lynn - Star Love

[breakdancerXandy]

this looks just like techtonic..... ohnestly...

[Jose01tutter]

@breakdancerXandy tecktonik is a completely different style than waacking.

[2Fly2004]

Some people need to watch older episodes of Soul Train and maybe you will understand where this type of dance comes from......

[12palatine]

is wacking the same as vogueing?

[lockwaack]

@12palatine No. Waacking and Voguing are different.

[dippididoer622]

ok.

i dont disrespect this dance or anything but please dont call it as legit as bboying.

just..no

[animalsos]

@dippididoer622 Im a bboy and I think its legit as hell...

[jview2007]

@dippididoer622 Wait wait hold up.....Now why would you say that it isn't as "legit" as Bboying?????

[Seranevi]

@dippididoer622 I'd go even further. It's a lot MORE legit than bboying ;]

[lankey102]

gay for guys...

[iluvrnb1]

they need a good waacking from thier parents lol

[lidiluvu]

The first and last girl I liked the best. They were all good and I'm inpressed that most of the girls could do that in heels. But the heels did seem to impair some of them though, like their feet had to be planted. Still that last girl was a beast.

[Jose01tutter]

can you ask these people to put a tutorial up? I'm so tiredof there being no decent waacking tutorial online I would be further ahead if at least I had some instruction.

[Flamarado]

That's really cool, but I just don't understand it.. Is there like a form involved or are they just improvising?

[7Lucky7Charms71]

w0w they look like they are on like hyper pills hahaha

Thumbs up if you liked this video!

[CocoFreckle]

empresses at 2:40 and 3:46 killed it !

[animalsos]

I love how pure waacking is, its hard alot of street dance styles have the same roots and started with the same energy at competitions.... but now ..... sigh.... Im sure itll come back but in the mean time props to all dancers they were beautiful.

[queueupladeez]

I keep watching this video again and again. Love the energy and talent - it lifts me up!

[TripleAThaKing]

this is like a "cheerleader" looking type of dance tbh, super cute for girls, and since it is a dance style, respect to both guys and girls :)

[TripleAThaKing]

wow, this should no lie be the #1 style that all girls should learn to dance to, it's amazing and they look so dam sexy ha ha >_>

[michealthefallenone]

what type of style is Waacking. it kinda looks like vougeing. im not dissing it. it looks like a sick style i would wanna learn. i jus know nothing about it lol. can somebody help me out

[tepo93]

baila bien, xro me hace muxa gracia ver a MA (del equipo A) bailando asi

[Carto0n7]

that girl from 2:40 ROCKED!

[VWLPT]

waacking is sick!

[nonhater1]

The girl in the British flag shirt was really rockin the beat. This seems like a style that only looks good when women do it.

[jimmyshk]

this looks like vogue

[VWLPT]

@jimmyshk

They're very similar, like two sides of the same coin...

[blueswayze]

im surprised. When i was young, many dance movies or dance sequences in all those 80s movies was whaacking. i never new it had a name. Learning stuff from youtub, one user @ a time!

[LynxenX]

That guys has MOVES!

[gundownkid]

it kind of looks like locking mixed with voguing

[4iiii]

Haters shut the fuck up. ya'll need to learn some respect for art and dance. wacking has been around longer than most you youtubers have been alive, and it's just as legitimate a dance as bboying. Just cuz you don't understand something doesn't mean it's not dope.

[TheRussianTiger]

@4iiii word. Its hard to post up these clips because most people don't get it :(

[waider]

@TheRussianTiger

they just don't love dance :(

[whoryhobopowers]

@4iiii It's a shame. Waacking is such fierce and fun dance style!

[Brandiole]

@4iiii hes right, im a bboy, and waacking and vouging to me is fucking well difficult. its not good, unless its hard

[sexyblackpolo]

@4iiii wacking is like the sister dance to pop locking me personally i prefer it over pop locking though cause its puts more speed power and movement into it

[lilprincessr0xy]

@4iiii im a bgirl learning waacking... haters recognise!

[patrick8lion]

this looks like bad choreography

[immawad]

@patrick8lion its called free styling. obviously something you're not too familiar with.

[patrick8lion]

@immawad i am familiar with free styling i just said the way they are free styling looks like bad choreography cause personally i don't like waacking at all

[mttp13]

waacking looks weird...but the only thing i find cool s d fact it matches the beat. cwalking and break dancing is hella better

[smachinecato]

Really THIS is Waacking? I'm so dissapointed :(

[1992ball]

дермеццо какоето..)

bullshit)

[Cishkebab]

number 5 is FoxyLou!

[FunkAddict]

So that's what Ashtray and Loc Dog were dancing at the parking lot. lol

[crooked87]

haha i like how almost everyone in the background has a serious pose with the hands on their hips.

[vogue1993]

they would all kill hands performance vogue

[sharonish517]

video of the day!

[purpulhaze]

Man that 6th dancer! I felt her dancing through the screen. She dances so passionately!

[purpulhaze]

Who is the first guy? I've seen him before and like his style. He reminds me of Shabba Doo.

[beckmaaaaaan]

the dancer who dance from 3:41 to 4:09 is so fierce, so strong and determined! LOVE IT!

[NAREK9]

OMG I'm bboy and I LIKE THIS DANCE!!!! SO DOPE And Fresh!!!!!!!! I love it +

[purpulhaze]

Anyone know the name of the song?

[houzfunatik]

"Star Love" by Cheryl Lynn.

[Uniquestylez01]

2nd girl need to quit and move on to some other form of dance like jazz...

[JennyfromAmsterdam]

powerr girls and men !!

[SaradaSarita]

Who is no.8??? She is crazy fierce!!

[Menye2Specialist]

hey, doinionn do u know any site where i can learn about the origins of waacking and voguing? im interested to learn.. thanks! :)

[juiciedancer]

4.Miss Deyva

6.Ebony

7.Cherry

[SoleFlo]

wanna kno more about the origins.. watch Paris is Burning. its on youtube.

[ChockedBazooka]

"Paris Is Burning" is a documentary about the NY ballroom scene. The dance you can see there is Voguing. This is Waacking. It's not to be mixed up. Peace

[andrew0kidd]

isnt this like vogueing?

[Doinionn]

waacking started before voguing.

It's a totally different style of dance.

Both have different origins, waacking came from a style called posing in the 1970's, voguing originated from reading, shade and runway in the 1980's.

[purpulhaze]

Who is the first guy?

[ShigeruKaz]

@purpulhaze Aus Ninja

[Beetrootsgirl]

Hmmm IDK I'm thinking I'll stick to voguing :p Nice vid though ;)

[kalinkali73]

Merci thanik you so muuuuch Flipsoul86

[spritedblue]

that was tight..

[babebam]

my favorite was the girl in the black shorts and tied button up! =)

[kalinkali73]

please does someone know the name of the song...... :'(

[Flipsoul86]

Cheryl Lynn - Star Love

[kjewelz26]

And to the white boy that come out and freaked it after..WORK honey..HOW YOU DOIN?

[kjewelz26]

Lmao@tsoppannos.."Mr.T"..LOLOL­OL...but he was awesome, everyone was actually..cool vid

[daiquirialwayscool]

Everyone in ths vid was awesome. Much respect. Peace and Love.

[shhimarobot]

does it really matter if those 2 guys r gay or not?

seriously, who cares

just have fun dancing

[tsoppannos]

number 19 made my eye globes grow with bout a inch or so.

Uhm was wondering any guy dancing this is gay right?

I mean when girls dance like this is so fuckin hot but then you see Mr T and the other guy and it becomes a turn off lol

[TheRussianTiger]

Wrong. Both the 1st guy and the last are incredible poppers and well known through the US, you can;t assign a sexual orintation by the way someone dances for 20 seconds.

[tsoppannos]

Im just saying that dance is kinda feminin.

[daiquirialwayscool]

believe it or not, waacking is a dance developed by men for men. Women do it too, but it originally was started by men. Both straight and gay men do this dance. It just means that they are very comfortable and confident in their own skin, since that is what waacking is all about.

[tsoppannos]

Oh I comfortable to, but I just wouldn't spend time practise feminin dance moves.

[immawad]

@TheRussianTiger the guys name is Aus Ninja.

[tsoppannos]

@TheRussianTiger whats the poppers names?

i wanna check em out

[DieBlutgrafin]

@TheRussianTiger

Yet you deny he is by saying he's a well-known popper (which... you know, is pretty much the same as assuming gay because he does waacking). Gay, straight or whatever, it really doesn't matter. Sexual orientation has *nothing* to do with dancing, whatever way it goes and whatever style of dance.

If he's dope, he's dope. If he likes guys, he's still dope. I personally don't give a fuck.

[TimAsianKid]

@tsoppannos ignorant...seriously... im straight and i dance like this...

[tsoppannos]

@TimAsianKid

im sorry dude but if i'd see you dance like that in a club i'd think ur gay

[bystrzankax]

@tsoppannos the way that these two guys were dancing was really hot !!

[paz30122]

Hello people, someone can say to me like is called the son'g , I need to unload it!!

Thank you very much from Argentina.!!

[NovablazerX]

first one is gay!!!

[buffbuddha]

Noooooooooooo. How can you tell? :P

[bp4288]

Takes one to know one....homo.

[snapppp2]

he actually isnt gay lol

[mbulger123456]

i would not like to get between a waacker and a freestyle...would get slapped to death

[sincerelymine]

lol what is this like a new vogue or something

[riaanzoetmulder]

woow, never seen so many waackers in 1 place , seems like there was an awesome vibe!

damn im so gonna move to nyc when im older :P

[bustersixstep]

the first guy is Prince Aus Ninja, and number 8 is Waackeisha, both from the Imperial House of Waacking

[M10J10G10]

HAHAHAHAHA never seen this style of dancing, but the ladies look good doing it.

[flyingreen]

oh no!! i accidentally clicked the 1 star but i really liked it!

[fusiondancekecskemet]

whats this song???

[kalinkali73]

Jed rocks!!!!!! who knows the name of the song please?

[ronylove311]

The second to last person is Jed Forman. I don't know his wacking name but his popping name is Jedi Nice

[JerryTheBeast]

that looks like so much fun!!!

[TheKelseyMiller]

i like the girl at 4:00 the best :)

[elecerick]

Omg!!

*w*

[superlolin]

the first one name is Aus Ninja

[oldtraffordnike]

whacking sucks..