Caribbean Dance: No Linga

The dancehall dance, No Linga, looks to be the next hott dancehall dance, and could eventually taker over the Willy bounce's reign as the most generic dancehall dance style. The dance was created by Jamaican dancer/artiste, Ova-Marz,of the Ravers Clavers dance crew, which is the biggest and most respected dance grew in Jamaica. Members of Ravers Clavers are students of dance king Bogle.
Elephant Man making a song for No Linga gave it a stamp of approval in the dancehall scenne. Elephant Man has done videos for classics like Willie Bounce, Scobby Doo, and "rude boys'" favorite Gully Crepper.




I was introduced to the dance in December 2008 by my cousin-in-law in Toronto, while we were talking about new dancehall dances. I have yet to master it, so I will not be in this instructional video. However I have embedded the a video of Ova Marz doing the dance, linked the music video for the song by Elephant Man, plus an instructional video I found of YouTube(I wanted to embed this one but the option was disabled on the site)

Caribbean Dance: Willie Bounce

The Willie Bounce is the most generic dancehall dance style, it even has its own music video. Mr. Bogle, the dancehall king, created Willie Bounce shortly before his death. This is the main reason why the dance became so popular because it will always remind dancehall lovers of Mr. Bogle and all his legendary moves. Willie Bounce is now three years old but has yet to go out of style, I personally think it never will. Any dancehall party you attend you will see at least one person Willie Bouncing, I guarantee you.

The Willie bounce is hard to describe with words, and must be seen to get a full grasp of the moves and rhythm of the dance. I will be doing an instructional video with one of my Jamaican friends that attends Towson University. I will also embed Sean Paul's video "We Be Burning", which features the Willie Bounce through out the entire video. Watch and learn so you can impress you friends with you correct Willie Bounce techniques.

Interesting fact; Michelle, the girl in the beginning of the linked Willie bounce video is a friend of Hnin, the Willie bounce instructor. What a small world. lol

Caribbean Dances

I love dancing to dance hall, reggae, calypso, and soca music and so does about every Caribbean person, its in our blood. The rhythms, beats and melodies of the music makes you move, it has such an energetic vibe to it.

The most basic dance is whining. you whine by rolling your hips in a clockwise motion to the beat of the music. It can be seen is basically every dance hall or soca music video. Whining can look like what is called "freak dancing" in the U.S., when done really fast when a man and woman are dancing together. Whining can also look like salsa when done slowly.

I personally love to whine, it is a Bajan (native of Barbados) thing. I remember being in elementary school and teachers teaching the students how to whine. I was a natural from the start and could whine down to the ground and back up. I couldn't wait to show of my moves my first time in a Carnival, I practiced in my costume for a week before Crop Over day(name of the carnival day in Barbados.)
Being able to whine also comes in handy when I dance with girls in the states because I can follow their waists' wherever they go. it's fun to hear, "you are such a good dancer." I just follow their lead, it's really not that hard.
Whining is a easy and fun dance to learn and do, so next time you hit the dance floor, whine up your waistline.

Here are some videos showing this classic Caribbean dance move.