There is a style of hardstyle techno is Europe that is starting to spread to America. Originating in Belgium and known as “JumpStyle” to many it has spread to many corners of the world, as has a new form of dancing closely associated with it:

Originally the Gabber dance style called “hakken” was used to dance to the slower jumpstyle music which is inspired on breakdance moves performed by MC Hammer but later a new dance evolved called “Skien” (to ski). Skien means kicking your feet forward and backward on the bass-line, while your torso goes the opposite way (right foot forward, torso back), once in a while lifting (one of) your feet significantly higher than usual to indicate a break in the beat. The jitterbug also contains the typical kicking moves of “skien”. The dance is also called skank but is different from the Skank associated with Ska/goth/rock/metal genres. Often another variation of this dance called “Duo-Jump” is performed by two people who choreograph their movements and perform them in unison along side one another.

from Wikipedia

Pretty neat stuff, but I think I’d blow out my knee if I tried it.

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