Harlem shake
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The Harlem shake, originally called the albee, became mainstream in 2001 when G-Dep featured the Harlem shake in his music video Let's Get It. It has its history from an East African or Ethiopian (Abyssinian) dance called "Eskista."
Although the dance came up around 2000, it was started in America in the early 1980s in Harlem, New York. The Harlem shake later evolved into the Chicken Noodle Soup dance, a dance that exploded in popularity during the summer 2006, aided by the eponymous street anthem by DJ Webstar and Young B.
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[edit] History
The Harlem shake's modern background goes back to the year 2001, with dancers called shakers, such as Dirty Kirk and M5. The shake is unrelated to the chicken noodle soup, and although they both come from Harlem, one did not evolve from another.
Albee (the world famous) relative to Tony Ray from fame originally started doing this dance in the 90's. Albee was an alcoholic that would dance if requested.
[edit] How it's done
The "Harlem Shake" is done by moving one shoulder down towards the ground, as to which to other shoulder is not able to be seen. As you are doing that, you are also shimmying. After you do that, you then switch your shoulders by continuing to shimmy your arms in the same movement and then you just SWITCH. There are many different forms of the shake and new styles. After you have done that, you have mastered the "Harlem Shake".
[edit] Trivia
- A band from New York City took the name of the dance and dubbed themselves "The Harlem Shakes." They recently went on tour with Tapes 'n Tapes.
[edit] Samples
Older/ Ethiopian forms of Harlem Shake, also called Eskista
