Watching all the great vids floating around I'm so struck by what a strange and original dancer he was. He made up the funky wierdest moves.

Especially Parade era...where the hell did he come up with that snake arms thing? Has to be from growing up in MN.

emesem said:

I always enjoyed his dances/moves

emesem said:

Watching all the great vids floating around I'm so struck by what a strange and original dancer he was. He made up the funky wierdest moves.

Especially Parade era...where the hell did he come up with that snake arms thing? Has to be from growing up in MN.

that was an old streetmove, street kids did it, break dancing, at least if it's the move i'm thinking of.

TrivialPursuit said:

I loved the way he moved that body of his, he was funky from the top of his fro to the tip of his toe. Gonna miss this so much

Funky Dancer

luv4u said:

I always enjoyed his dances/moves

Same here, loved his moves and the way he danced and how he even did some mime now and then ... I would never even describe it as "weird dancing" ... ugh, it annoys me that people even say that about him (especially when they say Prince was weird! remember that Oprah question?) but maybe I'm just a bit defensive here. Anyway to me he was just highly original, ffs he was Prince!

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gollygirl said:

BombFunk said:

His dancing nearly always suited the music perfectly. You can't say that about either Michael Jackson or James Brown.

fortuneandserendipity said:

His dancing nearly always suited the music perfectly. You can't say that about either Michael Jackson or James Brown.

MJ had the Moonwalk, JB had two signature moves: the electric slide and the James Brown. I know nothing about dancing, but the Org should find Prince's most signature move and label it the Royal Badness or the Purplelectricity or just "the Prince." Thoughts? I nominate dry-humping the stage.

mtlfan said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

His dancing nearly always suited the music perfectly. You can't say that about either Michael Jackson or James Brown.

MJ had the Moonwalk, JB had two signature moves: the electric slide and the James Brown. I know nothing about dancing, but the Org should find Prince's most signature move and label it the Royal Badness or the Purplelectricity or just "the Prince." Thoughts? I nominate dry-humping the stage.

I don't know really, maybe the Sign of the Times concert moves. They're weird and abstract but still fit the music. Stevie Wonder's favourite Prince song was Darling Nikki. I wonder if he was aware of the dry-humping dance moves to it though

SW's favourite was "Darling Nikki"? I love it. The moves in "Housequake" are sick.

As a dancer, Prince's moves don't appear strange or unusual to me at all. In fact a lot of the modern jazz I was taught incorporates some of African dance movements that aren't too dissimilar to Prince's moves. I suppose my teacher also taught African dance, but you can also see that in Cat Glover's choreography and movements in the Sign O' The Times movie.

fortuneandserendipity said:

mtlfan said:

MJ had the Moonwalk, JB had two signature moves: the electric slide and the James Brown. I know nothing about dancing, but the Org should find Prince's most signature move and label it the Royal Badness or the Purplelectricity or just "the Prince." Thoughts? I nominate dry-humping the stage.

I don't know really, maybe the Sign of the Times concert moves. They're weird and abstract but still fit the music. Stevie Wonder's favourite Prince song was Darling Nikki. I wonder if he was aware of the dry-humping dance moves to it though

For real{{?

loved his dancing

Nobody has more moves than Prince, period, his gestures, his movements, always on the beat and topical to the lyric being sung. Nobody moved cooler than Prince imo, his body literally expressed the music. It's funny, I see his band members over the years try to dance the moves that they were choreographed, they just looked awkward doing it, yet when Prince does it, somehow it just looks cool as hell and truly natural.

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Check out the video on Morris' FB of Prince and Sheila E. doing Love Bizarre. It is fast, funky and P is sexy as hell ( as usual ). He puts MJ to shame !!!

ChanGirl said:

luv4u said:

I always enjoyed his dances/moves

me too..

You better just watch Housequake in the Sign O The Times movie, very sexxy dance moves.....

Amazing..