Twerking (/ˈtwɜːrkɪŋ/) is a type of dance Individually-performed, chiefly but not exclusively by women, dancers move throwing, thrusting or clapping their hips back or shaking their buttocks, often in a low squatting stance. Twerking is part of a larger set of characteristic moves unique to the New Orleans style of hip-hop known as "Bounce". Moves include "mixing", "exercising", the "bend over", the "shoulder hustle", "clapping", "buttcheeks clapping", and "the wild wood"—all recognized as "booty shaking" or "bounce".
Originating as part of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s.
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