Grinding (dance) explained
Grinding, also known as juking, freak dancing or freaking (in the Caribbean, wining[1]) is an intimate and romantic close partner dance where two or more dancers rub or bump their bodies against each other, usually with a female dancer rubbing or bumping her buttocks against a male dancer's genital area. The male dancer will typically place his hands on the female dancer's hips or waist.[2] [3]
Grinding gained widespread popularity as a hip hop dance[4] in night clubs, and eventually became popular at high school dances and proms in the US and Canada[5] where it has garnered controversy and has resulted in attempted bans.[6] A more graphic version called daggering involves a man slamming his genital area into a woman's buttocks.
See also
Notes and References
- News: "Freak Dancing" Craze Generates Friction, Fears. Washington Post. 2001-02-27. Gewertz, Catherine.
- Web site: Eileen. Kennedy-Moore. Eileen Kennedy-Moore. They Call That Dancing?! Can grinding at high school dances be stopped?. February 18, 2013. Psychology Today.
- Gender & Society. 24. 3. 355–377. June 2010. 10.1177/0891243210369894. Shelly. Ronen. Grinding on the dance floor: Gendered Scripts and Sexualized Dancing at College Parties. 146222604.
- News: Freaked Out: Teens' Dance Moves Split a Texas Town. Wall Street Journal. 19 November 2007.
- Black, Rosemary. "'Dance Like Grandma's Watching': High schools nationwide crack down on freak dancing, grinding" New York Daily News (February 18, 2010). Accessed: February 17, 2010.
- Ordway, Renee. "A grinding halt for Bangor High School dances?". Bangor Daily News (January 12, 2010). Accessed: July 2, 2011
