#waackin

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This is the Waackin info page from the DanceJam website. (http://dancejam.com/dances/punking)

"Also known as

Wacking

Originator:

Aurther Andrew, Tinker, Lanny, Micheal Angelo

Region of origin:

Los Angeles, CA

Popularized by:

Aurther Andrew, Tinker, Lanny, Micheal Angelo

Dance Description:

PUNKING A style born in the 1970s in the LA underground club scene. Punking was first seen in Gay underground nightclubs (discotheques) of Hollywood. The dance came into the mainstreeam as many professional dancers at the time started performing it on television (Soul Train) and various stages from Hollywood to Las Vegas. Punking dancers include; Billy Goodson, Tinker, (R.I.P.) Lanny and Aka Micheal Angelo, Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quinones, as well as female and male dancers from Dancing Machine which was created in 1975 by Jeff Kutach who later created a show called Splash in Las Vegas. You could also see it performed in the 70s and early 80s by the group Dancing machine, members were Stever 'Sugarfoot' Notario, Gino, Dino, SugarBop, Fast Freddy, Topaz Lanette, Diane, Flame, Dallas and Ana 'Lollipop' Sanchez.

WACKING Styles of dance from the streets and clubs were taken into the music and media world. The world saw a fusion of dances merged into effortless sequences.

Wacking is the name that some of the soul train dancers started using instead of the initial term 'punking'. Toby, Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley (Shalamar) was trained by Tyrone Proctor (Soul Train dancer) who she credits with her 'Diva' training. All were known to have performed Wacking. Some would say that punking was the original true underground term for the style and that wacking or whacking came later as the dance became more mainstream.

The following is a first-hand account of punking by Angel from Mexico Punkin was created here in the West Coast by latinos Mexican Americans Chicanos underground culture and the Founder was Micheal Angelo 6 foot 5 Giant of the underground ciruit. Punkin was not created by black or any other race but Mexican American, that is why Punkin has a legacy and I'm part of it. Micheal Angelo gave me his approval that My interpretation of Punkin was good that it has the true spirit of it. Like Aztec warriors Micheal Angelo as he was called becuase he was ahead of his time. Punkin will longer then Lockin or Poppin because of it unique look that fits the old and the new. Punkin Micheal was a Goddess in the underground world and people like Shabbadoo, Ana Sanchez, Tyrone Proctor, Archie, Brian Green and others whom have exploited this fantastic dance. You can make believe and cash out on what I love with a passion but I will continue to teach the true legacy of punkin I owe that to Micheal Angelo R.I.P to Victor Manuel and to Lanny Carbajal R.I.P."

Waacka's Thoughts:(Disclaimer/WARNING:SLIGHTLY HARSH AND CRUDE,Normally I don't question/dispute info to this extent out of respect for the dance, but I am about to rip this to shreds)

1)Spell check...is a muthafucka.Please use it.How can myself and other people with an interest to learn how to do this dance (and also take this info seriously) if the piece is written by someone who OBVIOUSLY did not get past the 8th grade? PRONOUNS are capitalized, titles of shows are put in QUOTATIONS,"WAACKING" has 2 As!

2)We're going to mention "Splash" from 1975 in VEGAS, but not mention "The Big Show" in 1979 on National television?

3)Greta Garbo/Garbo-ing,anyone? Why is she/it not mentioned on there?Shame on you, stick your hand out and lemme slap it with my ruler!

That's 3 strikes,but I'm going to shut it down a little more.Let's get extra this ONE time,m'kay?

4) Does anyone know what exactly it means to "Punk/Waack/Whack" in the gay community back then?

5)The first-hand account of punking:...Now. Given the sensitive nature of race, I'm going to choose my words EXTREMELY carefully. BUT, who writes a first-hand account with no sources, no links, hell...no NAME? Mexican-American, Black, other Latin ethnicities, Asian, Swedish, the origin was not a RACE thing. It was a GAY thing. Sheesh. Everyone is so quick to claim a race on it, in the end dare I go MJ on this and say that we are all a part of the human race, but it's true. That's like Black people saying "The Moonwalk will have a great legacy and go on and on only because a Black man did it and the roots were there, not Latino/Asian/Native American/European".

 Sounds pretty stupid,doesn't it?

So in short, if this tiny morsel of info were the only source of nourishment to feed the hunger in my body/spirit that's clamoring for MORE on this dance:

I'd fucking starve.

^"And that's the truth-RUTH!"-Samuel L. Jackson, "Do The Right Thing" (one of my favorite movies of all time, by the way)

But then again, I'm sure you ask reading this scratching your head and wondering, "Why so serious, Miss Nista?" Because it is. I don't like being duped/lied to/played for a sucker and as hard as it is to come up on decent info, I rightfully feel I should call bullshit when I see it.

Matter of fact, feel free to email me at [email protected] if anyone feels that this is the real deal truth, or even if they have info for this guy with the first hand account.I'd love to chat with him, too. ALL people interested, people who are truth tellers and seekers, and the Lie Tellers and the posers. If it has to do with Waackin, I'm in.

~W.Nista