277:'''Twerking''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|w|ɜr|k|ɪ|ŋ|}}; possibly from 'to work') is a type of ] that emerged from the ] scene of ] in 1990,<ref name=Vendetti /> which has a broader origin among other types of dancing found among the ] that derives from ] ]ns of ].<ref name="Pérez" /> Individually performed chiefly but not exclusively by women,<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Matt|title=Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans|date=2012|publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press|location=Boston}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25bounce-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811171214/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25bounce-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2012|title=Sissy Bounce, New Orleans's Gender-Bending Rap - NYTimes.com|date=August 11, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|last1=Dee|first1=Jonathan}}</ref> performers dance to ] in a ] manner involving ] back or shaking their ], often in a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/twerk|title=Twerk: Definition of Twerk in Oxford Dictionary - American English (US)|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=December 11, 2013|archive-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808194043/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/twerk|url-status=dead}}</ref> Twerking is part of a larger set of characteristic moves unique to the New Orleans style of hip-hop known as "bounce".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wheretheyatnola.com/|title=Where They At: New Orleans Hip-Hop and Bounce in Words and Pictures. Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock. New Orleans 2010.|website=www.wheretheyatnola.com|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612102656/http://wheretheyatnola.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Moves include "mixing", "exercising", the "bend over", the "shoulder hustle", "clapping", "booty clapping", "booty poppin", "the sleeper" and "the wild wood"—all recognized as '''booty shaking''' or '''bounce'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/11/big-freedia-best-non-twerk-dances|title=Peter Pan and Bending Over: Big Freedia's 5 Best Non-Twerk Dances|work=Fuse|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419085537/https://www.fuse.tv/2013/11/big-freedia-best-non-twerk-dances|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Fuse|title=Big Freedia on New Orleans Bounce Music & Inventing New Dance Moves|date=October 9, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Lf90zwk4o|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514172855/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Lf90zwk4o|url-status=live}}</ref> Twerking is one among other types of choreographic gestures within bounce.
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Orleans ] community that a meteoric rise in popularity post-{{bracket|] after 2005}}."<ref name="Miller 2008">{{Cite journal|last=Matt|first=Miller|date=2008|title=Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007|journal=Southern Spaces|url=https://southernspaces.org/2008/dirty-decade-rap-music-and-us-south-1997%E2%80%932007|volume=2008|doi=10.18737/M78P5T|doi-access=free|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705164334/https://southernspaces.org/2008/dirty-decade-rap-music-and-us-south-1997%e2%80%932007|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, twerking had widespread appeal in black party culture throughout the hip-hop/rap region known as ], including ], Memphis, ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Holly 2012"/><ref name="Miller 2008"/> In 2013, it became the top "what is" search on the ] search engine<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/twerking-2013-google-search-rankings|title=Twerking dances its way into 2013 Google search rankings|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=December 17, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 30, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062226/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/twerking-2013-google-search-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref> following pop artist ] performing the dance at the ].<ref name="Cyrus" />
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Orleans ] community that a meteoric rise in popularity post-{{bracket|] after 2005}}."<ref name="Miller 2008">{{Cite journal|last=Matt|first=Miller|date=2008|title=Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007|journal=Southern Spaces|url=https://southernspaces.org/2008/dirty-decade-rap-music-and-us-south-1997%E2%80%932007|volume=2008|doi=10.18737/M78P5T|doi-access=free|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705164334/https://southernspaces.org/2008/dirty-decade-rap-music-and-us-south-1997%e2%80%932007|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, twerking had widespread appeal in black party culture throughout the hip-hop/rap region known as ], including ], Memphis, ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Holly 2012"/><ref name="Miller 2008"/> In 2013, it became the top "what is" search on the ] search engine<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/twerking-2013-google-search-rankings|title=Twerking dances its way into 2013 Google search rankings|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=December 17, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 30, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815062226/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/17/twerking-2013-google-search-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref> following pop artist ] performing the dance at the ].<ref name="Cyrus" />
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12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612102656/http://wheretheyatnola.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Moves include "mixing", "exercising", the "bend over", the "shoulder hustle", "clapping", "booty clapping", "booty poppin", "the sleeper" and "the wild wood"—all recognized as '''booty shaking''' or '''bounce'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/11/big-freedia-best-non-twerk-dances|title=Peter Pan and
Bending Over: Big Freedia's 5 Best Non-Twerk Dances|work=Fuse|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419085537/https://www.fuse.tv/2013/11/big-freedia-best-non-twerk-dances|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Fuse|title=Big Freedia on New Orleans Bounce Music & Inventing New Dance Moves|date=October 9, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Lf90zwk4o|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514172855/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Lf90zwk4o|url-status=live}}</ref> Twerking is one among other types of choreographic gestures within bounce.
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2425:"Twerking–A Brief History | The Vast World of Dance"
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3812:"Is Taylor Swift's video for Shake It Off racist?"
3729:"Glee Recap: Twerking, Moles, and 'Blurred Lines'"
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2113:"Do you know how to twerk? (Or even what it is?)"
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2849:"Top Iggy Azalea Twerking Moments"
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2677:"French Montana – Pop That Lyrics"
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1650:Pérez, Elizabeth (July 28, 2015).
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3015:. heavy.com. September 25, 2013.
2933:. Mirror Online. March 24, 2013.
2702:Weiss, Jeff (December 28, 2012).
2507:. Rap Genius. November 11, 2012.
2398:Pinheiro, Ester (June 13, 2021).
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2111:Levy, Megan (December 14, 2012).
2047:. August 29, 2013. Archived from
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1720:Dee, Jonathan (August 11, 2012).
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3643:"Beth Behrs Twerks the DJ Stand"
3593:. mirror.co.uk. April 30, 2014.
3234:@XDannyXBrownX (April 4, 2013).
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3178:. Animal New York. August 2013.
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2877:. springfieldspringfield.co.uk.
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2588:Hern, Alex (December 17, 2013).
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2076:Journal of Popular Music Studies
2045:"What is the origin of 'twerk'?"
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1383:, of American television sitcom
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1537:Moulding of Cockle-bread
1392:The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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2793:Frugivore Magazine
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4498:Headbanging
4309:House dance
4274:Stanky Legg
4264:Running man
4239:Laffy Taffy
4152:Power moves
4045:Stick dance
4030:Set de flo'
3816:Metro.co.uk
2383:October 22,
2353:October 22,
2278:HypheNation
2224:November 3,
2055:December 1,
1502:Belly dance
1454:Give It 2 U
1438:Miley Cyrus
1366:Webby Award
1343:Stay Trippy
1331:Ray Donovan
1312:Miley Cyrus
1302:'s single "
1296:Get Like Me
1294:'s single "
1264:Nicki Minaj
1246:'s single "
1236:Danny Brown
1158:Bubble Butt
1136:Mollie King
1101:Miley Cyrus
1094:Anders Holm
1089:Workaholics
1084:Iggy Azalea
1028:Nicki Minaj
918:Miley Cyrus
907:Check on It
884:Say I Yi Yi
801:Twerk dance
778:Mess Around
572:New Orleans
504:Miley Cyrus
482:, Memphis,
480:New Orleans
436:New Orleans
397:New Orleans
231:Next edit →
224:Visual edit
145:Rollbackers
46:Next edit →
4563:Categories
4486:Folk dance
4456:Air guitar
4423:Charleston
4410:Jazz dance
4390:Rebolation
4365:Industrial
4360:Hard dance
4342:Rave dance
4184:Crank That
4020:Juba dance
3963:Buck dance
3857:August 21,
3826:August 21,
3309:October 5,
2714:January 8,
1684:5996660442
1584:References
1557:Sandungueo
1381:Beth Behrs
1248:Pour It Up
1078:featuring
1039:City Girls
851:Pour It Up
743:Precursors
724:jazz dance
710:-speaking
676:liberatory
672:plantation
584:Funkadelic
580:DJ Jubilee
188:Relvojtax0
4438:Tap dance
4428:Lindy Hop
4385:Para Para
4370:Jumpstyle
4224:John Wall
4189:Crip Walk
4174:Cat Daddy
4164:Bird Walk
4055:Tap dance
4035:Slow drag
4025:Lindy Hop
4008:Strutting
3847:Salon.com
3219:April 27,
3208:The Fader
3186:April 13,
3160:April 13,
2915:April 14,
2803:April 12,
2744:April 30,
2734:Billboard
2434:April 29,
2409:April 29,
2098:1533-1598
1985:0261-3077
1692:147153935
1676:1752-8631
1626:March 22,
1512:Daggering
1308:Lil Twist
1256:dancehall
1224:rap music
1211:Billboard
1206:Billboard
1122:Billboard
1051:Billboard
1032:Billboard
1012:Rick Ross
1008:Lil Wayne
983:Billboard
964:Timbaland
948:Billboard
876:Billboard
770:the Shake
758:P-Popping
618:thrusting
539:Etymology
452:local aid
395:scene of
4599:Buttocks
4548:Waacking
4523:Pantsula
4513:Moonwalk
4503:Grinding
4491:Clogging
4471:Capoeira
4418:Cakewalk
4400:X-Outing
4317:Footwork
4279:Twerking
4234:Krumping
4159:Boogaloo
4142:Downrock
4040:Stepping
4003:Boogaloo
3983:Get down
3968:Cakewalk
3851:Archived
3820:Archived
3789:Archived
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3707:Archived
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2563:Fox News
2544:June 25,
2538:archived
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2347:Archived
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2321:June 25,
2315:Archived
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2179:Archived
2159:June 30,
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2123:Archived
2023:Archived
2019:CBS News
1995:June 30,
1989:Archived
1956:June 30,
1950:Archived
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1826:Archived
1802:June 30,
1796:Archived
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1620:Archived
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1542:Ndombolo
1522:Grinding
1490:See also
1327:Showtime
1284:Clappers
1280:Big Sean
1260:Twerk It
1201:hashtags
1178:Shade 45
1166:Shade 45
1105:Facebook
1024:Anaconda
1004:Pop That
956:SexyBack
922:Facebook
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841:'s 2005
833:’s 2003
825:’s 2001
814:such as
702:and the
700:candombe
692:Atlantic
634:buttocks
526:(video)
428:buttocks
408:Africans
353:Twerking
198:contribs
126:contribs
70:Wikitext
4508:Moshing
4481:Flexing
4395:Wu-tang
4327:Jacking
4299:Wu-tang
4284:Turfing
4254:Popping
4249:Locking
4229:Jerkin'
4147:Freezes
4137:Toprock
4119:Hip-hop
4013:Popping
3998:Locking
3893:at the
3446:YouTube
3252:Twitter
2464:YouTube
2295:May 22,
2254:May 22,
2185:May 14,
2118:The Age
1562:Soukous
1532:Mapouka
1527:Malayah
1452:" and "
1403:of the
1373:MTV VMA
1338:Twitter
1304:I'm Out
1244:Rihanna
1189:Twitter
1132:YouTube
1124:Hot 100
1117:J. Dash
1109:unicorn
1068:YouTube
1064:Atlanta
1047:Cardi B
996:Juicy J
985:Hot 100
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847:Rihanna
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816:YouTube
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595:Atlanta
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492:Atlanta
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4355:Hakken
4322:Hustle
4289:Uprock
4204:Dougie
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2773:May 6,
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647:Origin
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549:bounce
500:Google
494:, and
445:bounce
81:Inline
63:Visual
4543:Tango
4538:Gwoka
4533:Salsa
4448:Other
4433:Swing
4332:Vogue
4259:Robot
4060:Vogue
4050:Swing
3240:Tweet
2289:(PDF)
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657:Black
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418:in a
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207:edits
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4528:Pogo
3874:Time
3859:2014
3828:2014
3797:2019
3767:2014
3741:2014
3715:2014
3685:2014
3655:2014
3629:2014
3603:2014
3577:2020
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3520:2020
3489:2013
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3427:2017
3395:2013
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2385:2021
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2256:2016
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2208:ISBN
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