The tradition
A victory jig or victory dance is a celebration of a victory or success with a dance, shuffle or body movement. It is most commonly used in sports. The term can be used approvingly or abusively.
A victory jig or victory dance is a celebration of a victory or success with a dance, shuffle or body movement. It is most commonly used in sports. The term can be used approvingly or abusively. A victory jig can be engaged in as a genuine celebration or as a means to humiliate or taunt an opponent.¶
Examples
Touchdown celebration, an example of a victory dance in American and Canadian football Gatorade shower, another type of victory dance in American football Goal celebration, an example of a victory dance in association football (soccer)¶
Notable occurrences
The 25 February 1964 fight between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston when Clay did a "Victory jig" to taunt his opponent in the ring. See main article Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay. Unionist politician David Trimble's victory jig with Ian Paisley in Northern Ireland after the 12 July 1995 Drumcree March (Drumcree I).¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Victory dance (sports)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Victory dance is type of 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 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
Sources
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| Source | Type | Publisher |
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| Wikidata: Victory dance (Q7927508) | database | Wikidata |
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