HANDS UP: WHAT’S UP WITH HASTAS REVIEWING THE DISCOURSE OF INTRODUCING HAND GESTURES TO CODIFY WAACKING
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Waacking, Demographic Shaped, Hand GesturesAbstract [English]
Waacking/Whacking as a 70s Los Angeles disco gay dance form is consistently being discovered and localized in different dance ecosystems of the world. The Indian chapter of its trajectory is uniquely drawing a certain kind of display which is in direct cognizance of its own codified forms of hand movements. The present study focuses on the seepages and abstinence of hand gestures through understanding the impetus to do so. Based on the analysis of the occurrences associated with its usage, through detailed conversations, literature review and reading of performance texts, several inferences can be drawn, and a better understanding of the genre can be further achieved.
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