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Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker

submitted by SlipperyPete

1 decade 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago

Earl "Snakehips" Tucker (1905 – 1937) became known as the "Human Boa Constrictor" after the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s.

Tucker frequented Harlem music clubs and was a regular at the Savoy Ballroom. He built his reputation by exhibiting his odd style of dance, which involved a great deal of hip motion. The snakehips dates back to southern plantations before emancipation.
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15 Comments

kronosposeidon

Until we get a Dance channel, I like to classify dance as an *art form. Nice find.

Adding video to channels (Art) - requested by kronosposeidon.

So strange to see something this old in COLOR.

i have never, ever, seen a snake move like that. show me one that does and i'll take it from you in exchange for everything i own.

i own some good shit.

videosiftbannedme

Ahead of his time. You could dance like that in a club today and still get jealous stares.

Bruti79 says...

The first form of popping?

oh, and upvote for the flip at the end =)

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
You could dance like that in a club today and still get jealous stares.

Every time I dance like that, I get a lot of stares, but I certainly wouldn't describe them as jealous.

this guy pre-dates all forms of everything.. and has a killer tight ass to boot.

this is just plain cool

this vid is just asking to be set to more contemporary dance music like daft punk or something..

Simple_Man says...

>> ^pipp3355:
this vid is just asking to be set to more contemporary dance music like daft punk or something..

That'd be like rewriting the Bible in Lolcat.

It's David Elsewhere with make-up on!

>> ^Simple_Man:
>> ^pipp3355:
this vid is just asking to be set to more contemporary dance music like daft punk or something..

That'd be like rewriting the Bible in Lolcat.

And the lord spoke: CAN HAS LIGHT!

*dance

Adding video to channels (Dance) - requested by deputydog.

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