The Latest Dance Craze To Sweep Across Europe!
Filed under: Silly!THIS is hilarious!
Posted: February 28, 2008 at 11:10 am
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The Latest Dance Craze To Sweep Across Europe!Filed under: Silly!THIS is hilarious! Posted: February 28, 2008 at 11:10 am
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@GLJ: HAHA
Looks like a little Michael Jackson mixed with Saturday Night Fever.
I guess I should add it is not the dance so much that is annoying, as the clothes, hair and SETTING of the video. I'm sure this can look great when done by someone else . . . not this "group" in particular. And, is it just me, or does that mullethead look like that one guy from New Kids on the Block — the one with the long face?
Well, actually, I only think that people actually PRACTICE the dance in France.
I knew if I continued to dance like a spaz long enough it would become stylish.
actually this dancing has been around for years in the rave scene. More worriesome is the fauxhawk-mullet hair style that is sweeping Europe and the bad 80's fashion
that's tektonik.. so fugly. and it's been "IN" for about 6 months now, you're late lol
I was in Paris 5 months ago and it was popular back then, and had been for a while. OLD NEWS! I just hope it doesn't make it stateside (shudder)
Well, I have to say that it's not THAT hilarious! Back in my clubbing days (and those are over, thank god) a whole group of us danced like that (late 80s/early 90s). We did get stares but mostly we were told that we were great dancers! Thinking back, it WAS a very effective way to lose some calories! Maybe I'll try some tectonik in my living room today - if my back doesn't give out!
It's true!
This "dance" started in France and is now starting to get very popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. And this will not be the last of European trash you will get. A famous "rockband" called TOKIO HOTEL is getting very big with you guys, the're great and the singer is very hot!
Get the net, this has been out forevs! i am a teacher in France and i've actually had to make a "no tecktonik" rule in my classroom. i dunno though, you gotta love a dance where the only footwork involves pivoting on your heels.
what's worse than the dance is the style…
From Wikipedia — Tecktonik (also known as "tck","vertigo", "Milky Way") is a form of dance based on a blend of hip hop and techno styles. Tecktonik style also borrows heavily from cyberpunk. It originated in Paris, France and has grown in popularity through word-of-mouth and video sharing sites such as Dailymotion and YouTube. Hardstyle is the main music style associated with Tecktonik. However, it has also become a prominent style of dancing to Electro house.
The term Tecktonik is also a registered trademark. This is the first time that the name of a dance has been protected in this way, and this has created copyright issues for dance events or other uses of the name. The name refers to the clash between music styles from Belgium and the Netherlands (hardstyle and jumpstyle) and more southern influences, similar to the collision of tectonic plates. Typical dress for Tecktonik dancers include tight-fitting jackets and slim-fit jeans. Dancers also tend to have "futuristic", sometimes even gothic hair cuts and sometimes wear make-up designs such as a star around one eye. The neon colours on shirts are linked to the London Nu Rave fashion scene.
Tecktonik appeared in France in 2000 in Paris in a nightclub called Metropolis. It borrows heavily from elements of glowsticking, and hip-hop dance moves including popping and locking, vogueing and wacking. Tecktonik was featured prominently at the 2007 Paris Techno Parade on September 15. It is popular at Gay Pride events in France and was notably so at the event in Nantes and Lyon in June 2007, although it is not specifically associated with the gay subculture.
Notable Tecktonik musicians include DJ Dess, RV. B, Deepack, Max B. Grant, Miss Hiroko and lately David Guetta, Dirty South and Yelle.
One of the first Tecktonik videos posted on YouTube featured Jey-Jey. Other notable Tecktonik dancers include Lecktra, Fredoo, Vavan, Spoke, Boobiz, Micktazz, the members of SMDB, Maestro, Junky, Sofy, Treaxy, and many others.
wow I was SOOO prepared to see an 80's Michael Jackson in a red leather jacket just pop up on the screen
OH MY GOD!! It's a MULLETT!! Looks like a really bad 80's video.
I don't know what you are all talking about, it looksl ike a lot of fun!! lol I'm serious!!!
okay perez. not everywhere in europe is this thing going on. I for one have not seen this shit before your ass told me about it xoxo
thanks for making me lose intelligence by watching that stupid fucking shit.
Rotfl. It looks like they're getting attacked by a swarm of bees…
It's Electric Circus Dancing!! Anyone who used to watch MuchMusic back in the day will know what I am talking about!!!
uhm… I´ve seen this at raves in europe years back… this is not new… it just got a name, that´s all.
i liked it.
Its called tecktronik and it started at a low grade night club in the banlieu of Paris. Its not new and you can poke your eye out.
Oh lala c'est sympa d'etre francais..
Bisous Chantal
www.glisseonice.com
This is exactly why I don't go out here in Paris.
I use to go out all week in the US, but the attachment to the same old 80's techno -move on Europe, is shameful! I have the radio on now and after RIRI, techno of this sort! How HORRIBLE! No evolution on music dance club scene. Get over it people. Seven years here and it gets worse instead of better. Now the clothes in the video has become Fashionable! Selling like hotcakes in the stores + H&M!
thats hot
You just have about 1 year late!!! It's going to be dead very soon!!!!!
Way to be a year late on this one, Perez!
DANCE CRAZY IN EUROPE WHERE? I LIVE IN NORTHERN EUROPE AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS VIDEO OR THIS DANCE IN MY LIFE.
EUROPE IS NOT ONE SINGLE COUNTRY.
WTF LOL that was like a bad verison of Soul Train
If they actually let Perez go to GOOD gay clubs he would see they do this inAmerica too. alot.
you cant even understand how funny it is until you see all the random twelve year olds busting out on the metro or the guys at the bar getting up on the platforms thinking their the shit! funniest thing of my lifeee!!! if your ever in paris ask ANYONE to show you how its done (they all secretly know how to do it i swear!)
man i love the french
Grapevine, Voguing, Boxing, Exercising, Showering–Confusing… I was exhausted halfway through the clip…
6 months too late!!!!!!!!
i swear perez, you need to hire the pop bitch to b the A&R for your new label to stay ahead of the game…..
It is Vogueing but faster. Not original, but OK nonetheless.
OH my OH my - Even though I'm European, I feel ashamed, this is just bad - why does all the crappy dances come from Europe… okay, Soulja boy was just as bad
dude! throw some glow sticks in their hands, turn the lights off and you'd have a pretty damn good light show! go ravers!
I learned these moves in the Seattle rave scene circa 2001
fuck. yes.
Tektonic - it looks like bad freestyle disco dancing to me
BRING BACK THE HUSTLE!!!!!!
im in france and i m SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD to see that im not the only person living in france who HATES this trend (le TECKTONICK) like all other french trends, i swear if this sweeps to america i will come back n bitch slap y'all back to realit
us americans are just jel cuz we didnt think of it first.
tektonik isn't new…jeez perez you're behind on the times!
if u HATE TECKTONIC, u live in FRANCE, u like talking to ppl and u speak GOOD ENGLISH email me at lavache2008@gmail.Com to make a new friend, NOT FOR SEX OR DATING i have a boyfriend
I'm from Europe (Netherlands) and I havent seen this before.. I'm sorry but you're wrong today Perez… the lates dance craze in Europe is still JUMPSTYLE!!!
LaSt BiTcHeS!
THat shit was fucked. Hey perez sup bra!
This called Tektonik…. or something like that! it is french and is all the craze over there… most people hate it., as it is really the first dancing style that has absolutely no political roots…. oh and it is also completely ridiculous and stupid!
It's very Michael Jackson-esque…I'm kind of in to it. I'm not gonna lie.
Re: Bab –
agreed. it comes from france but most french people HATE this dance! only pre teens loves tectonik, the rest of the population thinks it's ridiculous. funny though. PS : this is not new at all. so last year!
www.charityfolks.com
ah perez… for once, you're slow on the ball with this one… saw this ages ago. typically you're so on top of it!
get with the programs perez, this is oooollldd neeewwwwssss
LOL
this is WAAAAY OLD ….but better than the Jersey / NYC mook versions that have been around since, ohh, what, like 1999? Better to see it with some good threads than a shirtless musclef*ck!
Ok i'm french and it's true the people who dance tecktonik look like nothing! that's the shame to see them with the jeans slim! there is now lot of group in facebook against the tecktonic dancers
looks easier than technO.. can't wait to try it out!! hahahaha!!
that tektonik shiz is OLD.
I was watching this yesterday!!! The exact same video! LMAO That asian chick is like in every tecktonic video out there - she's like the techtonic spokeswoman or something. Also very trendy in all of europe right now: mullets, tight-rolling jeans, and (hold your breath) men wearing capri pants!!!
perez you're missing out!
I'm from europe (it started in paris) and it's gonna be the next big thing in the states! you'll see, but by that time we'll be on the next wacky dance!
and this dance is already in a clip you showed on your site… YELLE's one…
can't you see they're the same thing? anyway Perez you are the bessst
WOW!!! It's like you wear 80's clothes, dance Vogue mixed up with New Wave and some other shizz…LOVE IT! Anything to shake off my rusty ol' ass b/c my hubba don't dance. CRAP!
and in Belgium they dance like this everywhere now!
There's a special tektonik night tomorrow at a major club
Yeah a lot of French loves dat dance but not me… Its name's TECKTONIK…
CRANCK! (l)
(Mondoteck you suckkkkk)
Love the song…and if you are into the dance community…this is how we dance, maybe not so exact but CLOSE TO IT!
if you guys thiNK THAT LOOKS COOL I FEEL SOOO SORRY FOR YOU!!! ahahahaha sorry but…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm no.
on the other hand, the music coming out of france is always awesome i fucking love ed banger so i can't really hate france at all
Looks a bit like voguing and the re-run dance all in one, would've been cool in the early 90's
Silly Europeans.
I liked it in the Yelle "ACDG" video, it's not as obnoxious.
they do that dance only in france and not all over europe.
this is OLD news.
Actually, it comes from Belgium!
That sucks. It's old too. It'll be soon finished.
I tube'd "jumpstyle" too. Damn that was tiring to watch too!!! No chicks? WTH?
…it's like the 80's went to a rave in a gay nightclub…..but just not as cool as someone might think it should be….not a fan
la tecktonik c'est trop passe deja
once again you're really late on everything. i think you should just fucking retire.
what, that's how i dance…. now i just need to find me one of them sparkly light-up belts!
I just read all the comments, and I think it is absolutely mind-blowing how a lot of Europeans are saying Americans don't get this dance craze because we aren't trendy enough….um yeah, this dance is older than dirt! I didn't realize that taking every popular American dance move from the past 25 years (80s, vogue, raves, etc) and mixing it into one big mess was new or modern….I might be a "fat American" who is too busy "eating at McDonald's", but at least I'm not a pompous European who has the absurdity to heckle Americans for not understanding dance trends that actually orginated in the US. HEY EUROPE! HERE'S A HINT: we realized we looked like imbeciles doing these dance moves so we stopped doing them! Get off your high horse and eat a cheeseburger….and btw, I challenge any haters to a dance off because my fat American ass will tear you up!
some french guys created it…it's not that new actually… i live in france and it's been going around since last fall already (or maybe before that) growing more popular everyday…people really like or just make fun of it..it's a love it or leave it kinda of thing around here…
This is old news Perez. Get with it.
wow! definitely reminds me of a rave!! people are always moving around like that… i mean just let the drugs/music move you ya know… fuck everyone else–ur in your own little world!
Re: Toad –
I know :S
not funny
This is so cool, first time i saw it it was in YELLES A cause des garcons… so amazing-
And i would like PEREZ to try this before he says it's ridiculous… it's hard (he probably couldn't, that's why it's not hot)!!!
whogive a shit about them….???
Now you make a video doing the dance! That will be classic! PLEEEEZ!
we're dance like this at raves and we're fckd up from ecstacy! it's fun.
oh come on guys you didn't know about tektonik??? lol you're lucky !!
who brought back that horrible billy ray cyris mullet ??? URGH
It looks like crackheads trying to rave…..so 90's!
Dude, wtf ? You're like 4 months behind every hot new trends ! Come on Perez get yourself together
It's not "funny" it's old school 80's and it ROCKs! That is when fun was fun with dancing not with guns and violence! I want to spike my hair and throw on some wild colors right now and lead a dance revolution down my street!!!
It's so FUN ! so hard to dance,
those who do it well rock !
(anyway lots of people can't do it… ridiculous!!!)
Erm, Perez, people at Gatecrasher here in the UK have been doing this shit for YEARS and we do it a hell of a lot better….
kinda looks like .. crappy vougin'!
work it out diva!
I live in France and all of the French teenagers do this. They just stand around in groups and tektonic. The worst part is that they do it without music so it looks like they are just having a seizure.
Re: Valerie –
aaargh. Indeed, keep on eating at mac donald's and leave us alone, you really don't know what fashion means. yes we are pompous and personnally I'd rather be pompous than gross : "Get off your high horse and eat a cheeseburger" SOOO coarse! learn good taste!! PS : BTW I really don't like tectonik. it's just that some american ppl are so old fashioned! we are in 2008!!
I'm from Lyon in France and This is my favorite dance.
I LOVE YOU TECKTONIK!
wHY DO YOU DONT LIKE TECKTONIK?
Tecktonik is love.
love is tecktonik.
Tecktonik is my favorite MONKEY DANCE.
Everybody danse tecktonik please.
Let's go all togheter yes .
Oh yes!
that dance is common in goth clubs perez… it's rainbow raving!
hey i have been danceing like that for years…
Hi !!!! It's called ELECTRO DANCE;tecktonik is mark of clothes and a parties organised in metropolis in france paris so it's a trend in nowdays not just in france,,,belgium,holand,spain,morocco,tunusie
I LOVE IT. LOVE IT. It's real old school flavor. I just hope it takes less time to get here than the last European dance craze, the Macarena, which took two years from when it exploded in Spain and Latin America to the US.
Perez, you're late.
Anyway, I must confess it's such a big shit. Tell me, where's Travolta ?!