Tutting Dance Course

Tutting is a contemporary abstract interpretive street dance this is althogh usually done in the hip hop Genre style modeled after Egyptian hieroglyphics. The term Tutting is derived from the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. Tutting is performed with attention to the musics' rhythm by altering the position of the body and limbs in a synchronized, robotic manner. The size of poses, or tuts, varies from large body tuts to intricate finger tuts. The transitions between poses can be elaborate and expressive. Moreover, certain sub-styles of tutting have emerged such as boxing which consists of creating and manipulating box-like or rectangular shapes predominantly with ones arms and a liquid-influenced style that some tutters use to make the joints appear as hinges that can then be manipulated by another body part. Also, tutting skills use fingers and arms freely to create geometrical shapes; such as boxes, hearts, etc