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1. That takes a great dancer with incredible flexibility AND control.

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 03:40 PM

Mar 18

That form is being given a new life via hip hop freestylers.

My current favorite, Wang Yibo.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UdhbUdNMlxY

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Jack Stanford, eccentric "rag" dancer - "Lappentanz" 1935 [View all] marble falls Mar 18 OP

Heh. Original. This is a fun thread. blm Mar 18 #6

Legendary Dancer Earl "Snakehips" Tucker in 1930 marble falls Mar 19 #8

Amazing blm Mar 19 #10

Snakehips, what an apt name! 10 Turtle Day Mar 19 #11

Rubberband man. Neat. yorkster Mar 18 #2

I bet Danny Kaye and Dick Van Dyke were fans! flor-de-jasmim Mar 18 #3

He could have been the Prime Minister of Silly Walks. Harker Mar 18 #4

The minister will see you now ... marble falls Mar 18 #7

Some things never get old. Harker Mar 19 #13

Not the good stuff. The Norwegian Blue ... marble falls Mar 19 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #9

Love this! 10 Turtle Day Mar 19 #12

I didn't think ankles were supposed do that!😳 Lars39 Mar 19 #14