The robot (or mannequin) is an illusionary dance style - often confused with popping - that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin. Popping is a funk dance and street dance style based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancers body, referred to as a pop or a hit. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 900 pixel, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Electric boogaloo is a style of funk dance and street dance closely related to popping. ... Floating, gliding or sliding refers to a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques and styles closely related to popping, which attempt to create the illusion that the dancers body is floating smoothly across the floor or that the legs are walking while the body travels in unexpected directions. ... Liquid dancing (or Liquid) is an illusion based form of gestural, interpretive dance that sometimes involves aspects of pantomime. ... Strobing (also cracking) is a popping dance technique giving the impression that the dancer is moving within a strobe light setting or a low-framerate movie. ... Tutting is the name given to a contemporary abstract interpretive dance style that exploits the bodys ability to create geometric positions and movements, predominantly with the use of right angles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Popping is a funk dance and street dance style based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancers body, referred to as a pop or a hit. ... Funk dance or funk styles refer to dance styles that were originally danced to funk music. ... Locking (originally Campbellocking) is a style of funk dance and street dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. ... A girl hip hop dancing, a very broad and common category of street dance. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Popping (a. ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... A wooden mannequin For other uses, see Mannequin (disambiguation). ...

Description

All movements of the Robot are started and finished with a lock, to give the impression of motors starting and stopping. The dancer's posture is initially kept rigid at all times until he or she has mastered the technique and is able to relax while maintaining the robotic illusion. Locking (originally Campbellocking) is a style of funk dance and street dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. ...

Because the Robot, popping, and locking are closely related, Robot dancing is often confused with popping and liquid dancing in general. The Robot, however, refers only to the technique of imitating a humanoid robot. Popping is a funk dance and street dance style based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancers body, referred to as a pop or a hit. ... Liquid dancing (or Liquid) is an illusion based form of gestural, interpretive dance that sometimes involves aspects of pantomime. ...

Music

As with popping in general, the visual impact of the robot can be boosted by doing it in pace with music. The best effect is achieved with music that has very distinct beats such as electrofunk. It is nonetheless common to use music not particularly suited for the dance, but which has a "robot theme", such as Styx's "Mr. Roboto". Popping is a funk dance and street dance style based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancers body, referred to as a pop or a hit. ... Electro (also known as electro[ ]funk) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco). ... Styx (pronounced sticks) is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s, with such hits as Come Sail Away, Babe, Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Mr. ... For other uses, see Mr. ...

Unlike most other dances, the robot may also be accompanied a cappella by making vocal impressions of beeps and other electro-mechanical noises. This article is about the vocal technique. ...

The Robot dance was formalised in the 1860's by T.W. Robota.

In popular culture

• In the qualifying rounds for the 2006 World Cup, English striker Peter Crouch, after scoring a critical goal, began to do the robot dance and became a media sensation.
• Stewie Griffin performs the robot in the Family Guy episode Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High.
• Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory performs it, along with robots in one episode.
• In the movie Eight Crazy Nights, Whitey does the dance to the tune of Mr Roboto.
• In Chappelle's Show, there is one character that appears in the background of many sketches doing the robot.
• In an episode of My Name Is Earl, Randy and Earl appear doing the Robot to the tune of Mr Roboto, while lights flash across the room they are dancing in.
• In an episode of Arrested Development, Buster dances in the stair car to Mr. Roboto, until his hook gets stuck in the dashboard. The reason for this is that the actor for Buster, Tony Hale, was, a couple weeks before, in a VW comercial where he does the robot in the car.
• In the movie Major Payne, Damon Wayans performs the robot in a dance club scene.

Peter James Crouch (born January 30, 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English international football player. ... Stewart Gilligan Stewie Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... “Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 animated musical comedy movie with Adam Sandler about the magic of the holidays. ... For other uses, see Mr. ... Chappelles Show is an American comedy television series starring comedian Dave Chappelle. ... My Name Is Earl is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom created by Greg Garcia. ... For other uses, see Mr. ... Arrested Development is a character-driven Emmy Award-winning American comedy television series that ran from November 2, 2003 to February 10, 2006, about a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family. ... For other uses, see Mr. ... Tony Hale as Byron Buster Bluth Tony Hale (born September 30, 1970 in West Point, New York) is an American actor, best known for starring in the FOX comedy series Arrested Development, in which he played the neurotic Buster Bluth. ... Major Payne was a 1995 film, starring Damon Wayans. ... Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced WAYNES) (born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. ...

External links

• Robot Dance Kids doing the Robot dance
• How to do the Robot Videos explaining how to do different Robot techniques
• Robot dance combined with air guitar at the Air Guitar World Championships 2005 at Google Video.
• James Brown Doing the Robot Dance in a 70s video.