ENTER THE
WIND-TUTTING
STYLE

0. FOUNDATIONS

Did you learn your foundations yet? Click the image to get access to the free tutorials of Foundations and Fundamentals if you would like to get grounded in these concepts before continuing. ​

1. INTRODUCTION

Enter the Wind-Tutting Style– A geometric dance that utilizes the body to create patterns of straight lines, 90 degree angles, and any mother shapes.  Tutting moves along the Grid, a geometric plane consisting of the x, y, and z axis which naturally sounds everything in creation. The tutter is the artist of the Grid. Tutting consists of many combinations of various tutting sequences that are formulated together in a continous story of geometric equations. Tutting Is often quick, swift, creative yet logical, and has to “make sense”. 

The first appearance of tutting originated in the times of Ancient Egypt, which is how it gots its name. Tutting is in reference to King Tutankhamen and its infamous representations of hieroglyphic figures posed in large 90-degree arm angles with flat hands. It is not known if these images were practiced as a dance or something else but dancers of today have used these as inspiration for moving in geometric ways. Notable tutters of today are: King Boogaloo Tut, Bugs Bunny, Tetris, Radukin, Mr. Re, Pandora, Future, Tutat, and Icon. 

The wind element is often associated with the swift, the intellectual, the creative, the sharp, and the unpredictable – which are all traits of the tutting style. To first study tutting is a very mental process. One has to study and memorize many patters of movement and understand the language of geometry.  Cleanliness of Angle is a very strict rule in tutting, so having flexibility in wrists, arms, and other joints is essential to mastering the style. To witness complex tutting patters truly stimulates the intellectual side of the brain . To have high skill is to be sharp and quick with the execution of patters, with proper form, clean angles, and creativity of patterns.  As one deepens their language of tutting, unpredictable new patters may emerge which surprise both the watcher and the mover. ​

2. THE KING TUT

The first tutting style that one should learn in order to honor the traditions of tutting is The King Tut style. The King Tut is considered the first style of tutting that came out during the 1970's era. It is also considered the "biggest" of the tutting styles in that it utilizes the largest of body angles. This concept is very great for beginners to learn because it trains your arms to increase musculature and flexibility in order to have angular integrity. Be sure to not get discouraged if your angles are not perfect at first. It takes weeks, even months to gain the flexibility it takes to obtain clean angles and proper body-geometry. ​

3. THE BOX TUTS

The Box Tut concepts is the ability to create various square and rectangular box shapes with your body. Box Tuts are one of the most commonly executed concepts within this style, and yet can be done in an plethora of ways that can still be unique to you. This style is also one of the best ways to start training you to think geometrically and moving with angular integrity.  In this tutorial I give you 3 Box Tut combinations to work with. You then can go and create your own from there. ​

4. THE GRID TUTS

The Grid Tuts are one of the most important tutting concepts to start teaching you about "The Holy Grid". The grid is our geometric map that helps us stay in geometric and angular integrity while also helping us uncover a multitude of tutting combinations.  In this tutorial I share with you one of the first combinations of the Grid Tut category. From here I teach you ways you can create your own combinations and start being creative within this style. ​

5. WIND-TUTTING CONCLUSION

Now that you have learned the 3 main concepts of the Tutting style, we now practice ways to combine them all together. Just like in Waving Style, Tutting is also a style that values the transitions between concepts and not just the concepts themselves. In this tutorial we combine all the tutting combinations we have just learned into one large tutting combination that can be used for your own dance expression and/or to help you uncover your own unique combinations within the Tutting Style. ​

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