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Turfing (or turf dancing) is a form of

Boogaloo movement of the mid-1960s, but it developed into a distinctive dance style.[4]

History

The dance form can be traced back to the traditions of the Boogaloo movement in Oakland, California in the 1960s,[4][2] developing into a separate genre of dance in the 1990s. Along with hyphy music, it came to be seen as distinctively representative of Oakland.[5] The movement rose to prominence in 2002 following Jeriel Bey's establishment of his group, "The Architeckz™."

Turfing is a social critique and recognition of lost African American lives, police brutality, and race relations in Oakland.

East Bay.[10][11]

Turf dancing was first displayed on videos from artists such as

(in season 7).[14]

Foundation

The foundation of turf dance is based on a series of dances with different "turfs" in Oakland displayed. Some of these foundation dances are "two step," "brookfield," "auntie," "shaking," "the busta," "cliffhangers," "tsunamis" and "traces". Turf dance also includes "story telling" which is a style based on pantomime "life stories" or "everyday activities". Turfing incorporates other dance style concepts such as tutting, flexing, waving and animation. Turf dance is an improvisational, free-flowing form of dance that is based on the idea of pure cause and effect but focuses on storytelling, the creation of

miming.[15] Gliding is heavily used in turf dance because it enables the creation of optical illusions. "Going dumb," or completely letting one's emotions loose on the dance floor, is also a distinctive part of the tradition.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Burkey, Shannon (2005-07-26). "Freestylin' Freestylin' Freestylin' The Architeckz aim to". Oakland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  2. ^ a b c Zamora, Jim Herron (2007-03-10). "Architeckz look to build outlet for Oakland youth / Dance troupe channels emotions through 'turf dancing,' a younger sibling of 1980s break dancing". San Francisco Chronicle. p. B 1. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  3. ^ Savion-Royant, Yoram (1 May 2008). "Letter Home" (PDF). Berkeley.edu. Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize Project, University of California Berkeley. Retrieved April 24, 2017. TURF stands for Taking Up Room on the Floor
  4. ^ a b Phaneuf, W. (2013 Aug 21) "Turfing Grows Up." Eastbay Express.
  5. ^ a b c Hix, Lisa (2005-10-16). "Cubland". San Francisco Chronicle. p. D5. Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  6. ^ "Shot and Captured." Tdr-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies, vol. 58, no. 2, n.d., pp. 99–114.
  7. ^ 1. "Conscious Quiet as a Mode of Black Visual Culture." Black Camera: The New Series, vol. 8, no. 1, Fall 2016, pp. 146–154.
  8. ^ Bragin, Naomi Elizabeth, (Author). "Black Street Movement: Turf Dance, YAK Films and Politics of Sitation in Oakland, California." ["Collected Work: Dance and the social city. Published by: Birmingham, AL: Society of Dance History Scholars, 2012. Pages: 51–57.
  9. ^ Simms, Renee. "Immortal Dance in the Age of Michael Brown." Southwest Review, no. 1, 2017, p. 74.
  10. ^ "From Streets To Stage, Two Dance Worlds See Harmonization And Chaos." Weekend Edition Saturday, 23 Jan. 2016. Literature Resource Center.
  11. ^ Sommer, Sally. "Balletic Breakin'." Dance Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, Jan. 2012, p. 90.
  12. ^ Stelfox, Dave (2007-11-15). "Why doesn't the UK have hip-hop dance crazes?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  13. ^ Color, Mad (2012-06-01). "Alonzo 'Turf' Jones Brings the Art of Extreme Hip Hop Contortionism to the Masses on 'America's Got Talent'". popscampaign.org. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  14. ^ "America's Got Talent Auditions". NBC.com. 2012-07-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  15. ^ "East Bay Express – Best Of". www.eastbayexpress.com. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  16. ^ Hesse, Monica (2008-01-20). "There is an escape in dance". The Washington Post. p. M02. Retrieved 2009-02-17.

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