Music | September 25, 2007 | 19 comments

How does one Tecktonik?

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGum1YYkGk

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At this year's Paris Techno Parade, packs of teenagers chanted "Tecktonik" and dance-offs took place in the street. it is getting pretty huge on the net too, Jey-Jey here has already got 2 million views.

Are there actual "basic" tenants of the dance, or do you just make it up and throw your arms around like one of those inflatable used car blow up things? We have a Daily Fix coming out on this soon, let us know.

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19 comments // How does one Tecktonik? // Video

  • shutter318
  • KayleeBeth28
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      KayleeBeth28  

    • I just spent the last 7+ months in France, and Tecktonik is EVERYWHERE. I watched a clip about it today on Current, but I'm still not sure that even did it justice. It's not just dancing; it's a complete style from head to toe. Tecktonik haircuts, clothing, you name it. Yelle, John Dalhback, Mondotek, etc. are all making a killing over there. I was teaching English in a middle school, and even my little ones were crazy about it. Any time I was teaching song lyrics, it was guaranteed that one kid would stand up and try to dance Tecktonik. ('Jingle Bell Rock is NOT Tecktonik. Asseyez-vous!') You see it at the school, in the park, even the six-year-old I baby-sat was wrapping her arms all around her head. C'est fou.

    • 4 years ago
  • FW4003
  • Aaaaaaaah
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      Aaaaaaaah  

    • better late... but people keep asking me, will tecktonik ever go to the states? I say no way, it's too French. And btw, yes, those are wrestling boots. That is part of 'looking futuristic'.

    • 5 years ago
  • jennabean
  • kristofr
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      kristofr  

    • This is mos def not choreographed....the man has skillz, as they say in Tijuana. Love it....and yes, those are definitely wrestling shoes..."it keeps me close the ground where the magic of the music lives." That's probably why.

    • 5 years ago
  • Scott_Bromley
  • ofer
  • bpenland
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      bpenland  

    • I see emphasis on arms and upper-body, legs supporting and moving in a way that makes the dancer float... - perhaps a loose interpretation of string theory in general.

    • 5 years ago
  • jplunkett
  • joebrilliant
  • rmaisel
  • joebrilliant
  • mdehart
  • Fhay_A
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      Fhay_A  

    • It's sort a cross between vogueing and pop & locking and raving. Yeah and crunking. And I think he stole one of my signature dance moves, that arm-wrap-around-the-head move. I call it A.W.A.T.H.

    • 5 years ago
  • lyfenlyn
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      lyfenlyn  
    • Fhay_A:

      I totally reminded me of the beginnings of Voguing in NYC before they started doing the floor work, headstands, back poses etc.

      Weird how things come around again....

    • 4 years ago
  • joebrilliant
  • Conor_Knighton
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      Conor_Knighton  

    • not to say that this guy doesn't spend HOURS practicing this stuff in his basement - because I'm pretty positive he does - but it just doesn't look that choreographed to me. Not in the traditional sense of 'do exactly a, b, c, on measures/beats x, y, z,' anyway.

    • 5 years ago
  • quarrygirl
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