The tradition
The Harlem shake is a style of hip-hop dance characterized by jerky arm and shoulder movements in time to music. The dance was created in 1981 and first known as "The Albee", after its creator. As indicated by the name, it is associated with the predominantly African American neighborhood of Harlem, in New York City. The dance became known as the Harlem Shake as its prominence grew beyond the neighborhood. In 2001 G. Dep's music video for the song "Let's Get It" introduced the dance to the mainstream.¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Harlem shake (dance)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Harlem shake is hip-hop dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Wikidata: Harlem shake (Q5169794) | database | Wikidata |
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