The artists are prervg the history of a dance style gay men created '70s-era L.A.

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• THE ARTISTS ARE PRERVG THE HISTORY OF A DANCE STYLE GAY MEN CREATED ’70S-ERA L.A.
• WHAT IS WHACKG (WAACKG)? JSIE MADECEMBER 16, 2022READY TO START DANCG?REACH YOUR DANCE GOALS ON STEEZY WH 1500+ ONLE CLASS, PROGRAMS, AND MORE.GET STARTEDCOPIED TO CLIPBOARDBOOM. POW. WHACK.THE ENERGETIC SOUNDS AREN'T JT ONOMATOPOEIAS YOU’D FD A IC BOOK...THEY’RE THE SPIRATN FOR WHACKG (WAACKG) – A DANCE STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY STRIKG ARM MOVEMENTS, POS, AND FOOTWORK!WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ORIGS OF WHACKG? KEEP READG.THE HISTORY OF WHACKG (WAACKG)WHACKG FOUND S START THE 1970S GAY CLUBS OF LOS ANGEL WHERE HIGH-ENERGY FUNK AND DIS MIC DOMATED THE AIRWAV.IT WAS THE CLUBS THAT POOR BLACK, LATO, AND ASIAN MEN FOUND THE EEDOM TO EXPRS THEMSELV THROUGH MOVEMENT, SPE THE OPPRSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THEY FACED DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.ORIGALLY LLED “PUNKG, WHACKG EMERGED AS A STYLE THAT FOCED ON EMPOWERMENT AND STRENGTH.AND WHILE “PUNK” WAS ORIGALLY A ROGATORY TERM, THE GAY MUNY RECLAIMED AS A POSIVE ACTN VERB. "PUNKG MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHG YOUR B*TCH. INSTEAD OF BEG FEATED BY A PERSON OR THG OR SUATN, PUNKG IS HOW WE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT TO MAKE OUR OWN."– VIKTOR MANOELPUNKG IS THE ROOT OF WHACKG.THE MOV WERE FLUENCED BY THE GLAMOUR AND DRAMA OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTRS, THE OVER-THE-TOP ACTN OF 1960S IC BOOK HERO, AND THE SHARP, QUICK MOVEMENTS OF 1970S MARTIAL ARTS FILMS.IN MANY ROUT AND ETYL, YOU’LL SEE ARM ROLLS THAT ORIGATE THE SHOULR, ELBOW, OR WRIST THAT TRAVEL OVER THE HEAD AND BACK – DIRECTLY SPIRED BY THE E OF NUNCHUCKS. (VIKTOR MANOEL)WHACKG FOUND S WAY OUT OF THE LA GAY CLUB SCENE AND ONTO THE SOUL TRA DANCE FLOOR BY WAY OF A FEW ORIGAL PUNKS, ARTHUR, TKER, AND ANDREW. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980'S, MOST OF THE ORIGAL PUNKS PASSED AWAY OR WERE MURRED, LEAVG ONLY VIKTOR MANOEL AS THE LAST ORIGAL PUNK. THEN, THE STYLE FAD OUT OF THE MASTREAM THE 1980'S AND 1990'S.IT WASN’T UNTIL 2003, WHEN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BRIAN “FOOTWORK” GREEN BEGAN TEACHG WHACKG AS A FORMAL DANCE STYLE THAT A NEW GENERATN OF WHACKERS WAS BORN. AFTER BRIAN, MANY OTHER WHACKG ELRS STARTED SHARG THEIR KNOWLEDGE WH YOUNGER DANCERS, LEADG TO AN EXPLOSN THE WHACKG CHOREOGRAPHY MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH WHACKG IS NOW OFTEN SEEN CHOREOGRAPHY, S ORIGAL NTEXTS WERE ETYLE JAMS AND BATTL. BUT WHETHER WHACKG IS PART OF A ROUTE OR -THE-MOMENT EXPRSN, THE RE VALU OF CELEBRATG DIVIDUALY, SELF-EXPRSN, STORYTELLG, AND PERFORMANCE STILL REMA. WHAT IS THE WHACK/WAACK?THE BASIC “WHACK” (ORIGAL SPELLG) IS AN ARM MOVEMENT THAT CREAT A STRIKG MOTN.IT’S LERALLY LIKE YOU'RE HTG OR WHACKG SOMETHG!WATCH THIS VIO TO SEE HOW A BASIC WHACK IS EXECUTED:THIS NAME OM THE ONOMATOPOEIAS SPLASHED ACROSS CLASSIC IC BOOKS LIKE BATMAN AND ROB. WHILE “PUNKG” WAS THE OG TERM FOR THE STYLE, “WHACKG/WAACKG” BEME THE MOST POPULAR NAME WHEN THE STRAIGHT MUNY FELL LOVE WH THE DANCE STYLE, BUT DIDN’T WANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH THE TERM “PUNKG.” (THE DOUBLE “A” SPELLG OF WHACKG WAS ED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TERM OM THE NEGATIVE SLANG, “WACK”)ASI OM THE WHACK SELF, WHACKG TECHNIQUE ALSO CLUS HAIR BSH, EXTENSNS, POSG, AND FAST FOOTWORK – ALL WH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON MILY.WANNA LEARN THE WHACKG STYLE YOURSELF?TAKE LORENA VALENZUELA'S BEGNER WHACKG PROGRAM ON STEEZY STUD!SHE TEACH ALL THE SENTIALS OF WHACKG/WAACKG FOR BEGNERS. JT CLICK HERE TO START FOR EE.CULTURAL NTEXTS OF WHACKG THOUGH S HAVE PASSED SCE S CEPTN, THE TECHNIQUE AND CULTURAL NTEXT OF WHACKG HAS BEEN PRERVED BY S MUNI.TODAY, DANCERS NTUE TO VELOP NEW MEANS OF EXPRSN THROUGH WHACKG BY EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT TYP OF MIC AND ELEMENTS OF FLAIR.   AND WHILE THIS STYLE WAS ORIGALLY CREATED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE OF LOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, ’S GONE ON TO SPIRE YOUNGER GENERATNS OF DANCERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. ‍EDOR'S NOTE: FACTS THE ARTICLE WERE REARCHED BY THE THOR. ADDNAL RMATN ME OM TERVIEWS WH ORIGAL PUNK VIKTOR MANOEL.TAGS:WAACKG DANCE MOVWHACKG DANCE MOVWHAT IS WAACKG?LIKE OUR STORI?
• THE ARTISTS ARE PRERVG THE HISTORY OF A DANCE STYLE GAY MEN CREATED '70S-ERA L.A.
• SWG TIME: GAY BALLROOM DANCG

THE ARTISTS ARE PRERVG THE HISTORY OF A DANCE STYLE GAY MEN CREATED ’70S-ERA L.A.

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(Dania Maxwell/Los Angel Tim) Gay men veloped punkg nearly five s ago, while flockg to the safe space of the dance floor. “Bee the gay culture nnot be fotten how this style started. Manoel had long known he was gay, but was stck by experiencg that for the first time — to the pot where he turned to his iend and said: “I n’t.

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WHAT IS WHACKG (WAACKG)? JSIE MADECEMBER 16, 2022READY TO START DANCG?REACH YOUR DANCE GOALS ON STEEZY WH 1500+ ONLE CLASS, PROGRAMS, AND MORE.GET STARTEDCOPIED TO CLIPBOARDBOOM. POW. WHACK.THE ENERGETIC SOUNDS AREN'T JT ONOMATOPOEIAS YOU’D FD A IC BOOK...THEY’RE THE SPIRATN FOR WHACKG (WAACKG) – A DANCE STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY STRIKG ARM MOVEMENTS, POS, AND FOOTWORK!WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ORIGS OF WHACKG? KEEP READG.THE HISTORY OF WHACKG (WAACKG)WHACKG FOUND S START THE 1970S GAY CLUBS OF LOS ANGEL WHERE HIGH-ENERGY FUNK AND DIS MIC DOMATED THE AIRWAV.IT WAS THE CLUBS THAT POOR BLACK, LATO, AND ASIAN MEN FOUND THE EEDOM TO EXPRS THEMSELV THROUGH MOVEMENT, SPE THE OPPRSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THEY FACED DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.ORIGALLY LLED “PUNKG, WHACKG EMERGED AS A STYLE THAT FOCED ON EMPOWERMENT AND STRENGTH.AND WHILE “PUNK” WAS ORIGALLY A ROGATORY TERM, THE GAY MUNY RECLAIMED AS A POSIVE ACTN VERB. "PUNKG MEANS TO MAKE SOMETHG YOUR B*TCH. INSTEAD OF BEG FEATED BY A PERSON OR THG OR SUATN, PUNKG IS HOW WE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT TO MAKE OUR OWN."– VIKTOR MANOELPUNKG IS THE ROOT OF WHACKG.THE MOV WERE FLUENCED BY THE GLAMOUR AND DRAMA OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTRS, THE OVER-THE-TOP ACTN OF 1960S IC BOOK HERO, AND THE SHARP, QUICK MOVEMENTS OF 1970S MARTIAL ARTS FILMS.IN MANY ROUT AND ETYL, YOU’LL SEE ARM ROLLS THAT ORIGATE THE SHOULR, ELBOW, OR WRIST THAT TRAVEL OVER THE HEAD AND BACK – DIRECTLY SPIRED BY THE E OF NUNCHUCKS. (VIKTOR MANOEL)WHACKG FOUND S WAY OUT OF THE LA GAY CLUB SCENE AND ONTO THE SOUL TRA DANCE FLOOR BY WAY OF A FEW ORIGAL PUNKS, ARTHUR, TKER, AND ANDREW. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980'S, MOST OF THE ORIGAL PUNKS PASSED AWAY OR WERE MURRED, LEAVG ONLY VIKTOR MANOEL AS THE LAST ORIGAL PUNK. THEN, THE STYLE FAD OUT OF THE MASTREAM THE 1980'S AND 1990'S.IT WASN’T UNTIL 2003, WHEN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BRIAN “FOOTWORK” GREEN BEGAN TEACHG WHACKG AS A FORMAL DANCE STYLE THAT A NEW GENERATN OF WHACKERS WAS BORN. AFTER BRIAN, MANY OTHER WHACKG ELRS STARTED SHARG THEIR KNOWLEDGE WH YOUNGER DANCERS, LEADG TO AN EXPLOSN THE WHACKG CHOREOGRAPHY MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH WHACKG IS NOW OFTEN SEEN CHOREOGRAPHY, S ORIGAL NTEXTS WERE ETYLE JAMS AND BATTL. BUT WHETHER WHACKG IS PART OF A ROUTE OR -THE-MOMENT EXPRSN, THE RE VALU OF CELEBRATG DIVIDUALY, SELF-EXPRSN, STORYTELLG, AND PERFORMANCE STILL REMA. WHAT IS THE WHACK/WAACK?THE BASIC “WHACK” (ORIGAL SPELLG) IS AN ARM MOVEMENT THAT CREAT A STRIKG MOTN.IT’S LERALLY LIKE YOU'RE HTG OR WHACKG SOMETHG!WATCH THIS VIO TO SEE HOW A BASIC WHACK IS EXECUTED:THIS NAME OM THE ONOMATOPOEIAS SPLASHED ACROSS CLASSIC IC BOOKS LIKE BATMAN AND ROB. WHILE “PUNKG” WAS THE OG TERM FOR THE STYLE, “WHACKG/WAACKG” BEME THE MOST POPULAR NAME WHEN THE STRAIGHT MUNY FELL LOVE WH THE DANCE STYLE, BUT DIDN’T WANT TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH THE TERM “PUNKG.” (THE DOUBLE “A” SPELLG OF WHACKG WAS ED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TERM OM THE NEGATIVE SLANG, “WACK”)ASI OM THE WHACK SELF, WHACKG TECHNIQUE ALSO CLUS HAIR BSH, EXTENSNS, POSG, AND FAST FOOTWORK – ALL WH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON MILY.WANNA LEARN THE WHACKG STYLE YOURSELF?TAKE LORENA VALENZUELA'S BEGNER WHACKG PROGRAM ON STEEZY STUD!SHE TEACH ALL THE SENTIALS OF WHACKG/WAACKG FOR BEGNERS. JT CLICK HERE TO START FOR EE.CULTURAL NTEXTS OF WHACKG THOUGH S HAVE PASSED SCE S CEPTN, THE TECHNIQUE AND CULTURAL NTEXT OF WHACKG HAS BEEN PRERVED BY S MUNI.TODAY, DANCERS NTUE TO VELOP NEW MEANS OF EXPRSN THROUGH WHACKG BY EXPERIMENTG WH DIFFERENT TYP OF MIC AND ELEMENTS OF FLAIR.   AND WHILE THIS STYLE WAS ORIGALLY CREATED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE OF LOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, ’S GONE ON TO SPIRE YOUNGER GENERATNS OF DANCERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE WORLD. ‍EDOR'S NOTE: FACTS THE ARTICLE WERE REARCHED BY THE THOR. ADDNAL RMATN ME OM TERVIEWS WH ORIGAL PUNK VIKTOR MANOEL.TAGS:WAACKG DANCE MOVWHACKG DANCE MOVWHAT IS WAACKG?LIKE OUR STORI?

Some LGBTQ activists have acced BL stori of fetishizg and appropriatg gay culture. Wily regnized as South Korea’s first openly gay K-pop artist, the sger and actor Go Tae-seob, who the stage name Holland, starred a BL drama last year and believ that the growg visibily of BL books, TV seri and movi is a posive step.

Bdette, who also intifi as gay and is a longstandg BL fan, said the genre will shake up nservative views on genr and sexualy South Korea.

THE ARTISTS ARE PRERVG THE HISTORY OF A DANCE STYLE GAY MEN CREATED '70S-ERA L.A.

“Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said.

Keep history of Whackg (Waackg)Whackg found s start the 1970s gay clubs of Los Angel where high-energy funk and dis mic domated the was the clubs that poor Black, Lato, and Asian men found the eedom to exprs themselv through movement, spe the opprsive environments they faced day-to-day life.

Origally lled “Punkg, Whackg emerged as a style that foced on empowerment and while “Punk” was origally a rogatory term, the gay muny reclaimed as a posive actn verb. (Viktor Manoel)Whackg found s way out of the LA gay club scene and onto the Soul Tra dance floor by way of a few origal Punks, Arthur, Tker, and Andrew.

SWG TIME: GAY BALLROOM DANCG

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.