ENTER THE
WATER-WAVING
STYLE
The Great Ocean Flows
Eternal Waves are Crashing
Swimming through the All
0. FOUNDATIONS
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1. INTRODUCTION
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The Waving style – an illusional dance that creates continuous waves traversing through the body. It utilizes liquid like isolations and undulations to create a very flow and water effect through the body. Waving consists of many individual wave moves, which can be executed alone or strung together to create a continuous waving dance that can become infinite and eternal.
The Origins of the waving style are very mysterious and date back to ancient times. It is said ancient storytellers would imitate legends and mythological creatures by doing arm wave isolations in the arms (Example Medusa). Also belly-dancers and African tribal dances have been known to do these styles by imitating the snake. In the Modern era, many pioneers rose and applied popping techniques to further advance the style, especially inspired by electronic dance music. Notable pioneers of this day and age are: OG Waveomatic, Skywalker, Elsewhere, Boogie Frantick, G-Style crew, Popntaco, Stokes, No Bone Tyrone, Bishop, Funktion, and Jsmooth. Waving is associated with the water element because of its liquid and flowy-like nature. The Skill to seamlessly link one wave to the next with smooth transitions and flawless technique is the mark of a true waver. To become a true waver, one must not just memorize all the techniques and moves of waves, but more importantly be able to enter and become the “feeling” of the wave. It is a truly felt intuitive experience that cannot be described in steps, but rather a state of being which one becomes water itself. As one gazes upon the infinite waves crashing on a beach shore, so to can the waving style become a never ending dance of one understands the language of The Wave. To wave is to imitate the flow of creation, for everything is fundamentally waves of vibration. "Everything is a Wave" - OG Waveomatic (My mentor) |
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2. THE ARM WAVE
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The first lesson of your journey into the Waving style will be The Arm Wave. The Arm Wave is the most key fundamental move that will lead you to all the other more advanced concepts within this style. Many beginners fail to take the time to truly practice the drills that are required to make this movement truly watery and liquid like. Be sure to devote time for practice and have patience to develop the musculature and mind-body connection it takes to master this move. It will serve you well in your dance expression and never fails to awe viewers.
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3. THE BODY WAVE
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The Body Wave is the ability to send a wave of energy through your body in various directions, mostly down and then up. This technique is also one of the most fundamental moves within the Waving Style. It will help you break away from the Arm-Wave and be able to continue the wave energy through your body. This move is a key component to learn before you go on to master more advanced concepts of the style.
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4. THE TRACE WAVE
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The Trace Wave is the illusion that one of your hands is control the direction of a wave passing through your body. It is one of the most commonly used moves within the Waving style but also has one of the most amounts of variations. The Trace wave is a very versatile concept which can be utilized in a multitude of ways during your dance. But first, you must learn the basics of the Move! So lets begin.
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5. WAVING CONCLUSION
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Now that you have learned 3 of the most important and fundamental moves in the waving style it is time to learn how to combine them together! The ability to connect different waving moves and concepts together is a very important skill. Much of the beauty of this dance style occurs in not just the moves, but within the transitions of the moves which are equally important.
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