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From Shoulder Pumps to Hammer Pants: Applying Dance Theory to Pop's...
by Jeffrey A Brick
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From Shoulder Pumps to Hammer Pants" examines Rick
Astley's minimal and MC Hammer's maximal dance using
dance theory. Analyze their iconic, memeable moves
through LMA, semiotics, and cultural impact. Discover how
"accidental anti-dance" and "choreographic maximalism"
shaped pop performance and internet culture.
Date Published: 2025-06-10 02:26:07
Identifier: 2-decoding-astleys-iconic-dance-style
Item Size: 472748744
Language: eng
Media Type: audio
# Topics
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Accidental Anti-Dance
Accidental Minimalism
Anti-Dance
Arm Flicks
Authenticity
Beyoncé
Body (LMA)
Boy-Band Choreography
Breakdance
BTS
Chris Brown
Choreographic Maximalism
Conscious Restraint
Cultural Impact
Cultural Legacy
Dance Style
Dance Theory
Digital Reinterpretation
Disco
Drake
Dynamic Showmanship
Effort (LMA)
Elaborate Costumes
Energetic Moves
Foot Taps
Funk
Hammer Dance
Hammer Pants
Hip Sways
Hip-Hop Masculinity
Internet Culture
James Brown
Janelle Monáe
K-pop
Laban Movement Analysis (LMA)
Large Group Choreography
Low-Impact Pop Performers
Maximalism
MC Hammer
Media Studies
Meme Legacy
Minimalism
Michael Jackson
Mod Dancing
MTV
Never Gonna Give You Up
New Wave
Non-Threatening Masculinity
Oakland Street Dance
Pedestrian Movement
Performance Studies
Pop Culture
Pop Performance Semiotics
Postmodern Dance Theory
Repetition (Postmodern)
Rick James
Rickrolling
Running Man
Semiotics
Shape (LMA)
Shoulder Pumps
Soul
Soul Train
Space (LMA)
Spectacle
Super Freak
Synthpop
TikTok Challenges
Travis Scott
U Can't Touch This
Usher
Vernacular Dance
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