How did flossing dance start
How do you do the floss dance, who is The Backpack Kid and why is he suing Fortnite?
IT was one of the biggest crazes of the past 12 months - with everyone from sports stars, actors, presenters and Fortnite gamers getting in on the act.
Dubbed the new dab, the move got kids and teens dancing all over the world.
How do you do the floss dance move?
To do the floss dance move, you swing your hips in the opposite direction to your arms - which are in two fists.
After swinging your arms to one side, keeping them straight, you then move one arm behind your back, and bring it back out in front.
Your hips are swinging from side-to-side with each beat.
You then swing your arms out to the other side and repeat the same moves.
Start slowly, and then increase your speed as you get more confident.
Et voila! Parents, you're officially "down with the kids".
Don't worry if you struggle at first. It's harder than it looks, and requires A LOT of coordination.
Who is The Backpack Kid and why is he suing Fortnite?
The floss dance was invented by Insta-famous dancer The Backpack Kid, aka 16-year-old Russell Horning, who has 2 million followers.
He posted a video of himself doing the dance move on August 18, 2016, and it soon racked up tens of thousands of views.
School kid Russell, from the States, is known for his free-flowing dance moves and deadpan expression.
Several YouTubers followed suit with similar videos.
Then on May 20, 2017, The Backpack Kid stole the show on Saturday Night Live, as he did the dance to a live performance of Katy Perry's song Swish Swish.
He even wore his signature rucksack on stage.
In December 2018, Russell announced that he was suing Fortnite publisher Epic Games for using his moves in-game without permission.
A representative for the company said: "We do not comment on ongoing litigation."
Why are some calling for it to be banned?
The craze, which hit new heights in Britain after Tottenham ace Dele Alli celebrated his 22nd birthday with a hilarious attempt at the dance, has led a school in Devon to ban the move.
While Kate Garraway and Charlotte Hawkins embraced their "embarrassing mum" sides on Good Morning Britain, it seems Ilfracombe Junior School is keen to ensure other mums don't follow suit.
The move, which has strong associations with the ultra-popular video game Fortnite, has been accused of being used to "surround and intimidate children" in the playground.
Headteacher Catherine Cox sent out a letter to bemused parents saying: “Fortnite is about the mass killing of other human beings and being rewarded by a dance of celebration if you are successful. One of these dances is called the Nazi dance!"
However, the ban has infuriated parents who took to social media to vent their anger, with one raging: “My daughter is eight. She doesn’t even know what Fortnite is. I find this ludicrous my child now feels this way about a dance.”
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How to floss dance, who created it and why is everyone doing it?
The floss dance began on Instagram and now everyone is flossing away (Pictures: Instagram/ITV)Just when you thought you were getting the hang of the dab, a brand new on-trend dance move comes along.
It’s called the floss dance, and if you want to be down with the kids you better learn how to do it.
Unfortunately, it requires a lot more coordination than the Cha Cha Slide or the Hokey Cokey. Or any moves from Flashdance.
But hey, if a stern-faced child known as ‘the backpack kid’ can do it and seem cool, surely you can as well? Here’s the low-down on the floss…
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How to do the floss
- Put on some music
- Put on a rucksack (optional)
- Stand with your knees ever so slightly bent
- Put your hands in fists
- Place your arms, relaxed, at either side of your body
- Begin to swing your arms left and right around your torso in the opposite direction to your hips
- Keep doing it
- Increase speed and bend knees occasionally for effect
After building confidence, you can also bring in other moves with your arms if desired, but this is not mandatory.
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The floss dance originates from an Instagram-famous American schoolboy, 16-year-old Russell Horning, known as the backpack kid.
Back in the summer of 2016, Russell’s dance videos began to include the floss, so it’s taken a while to build this level of buzz.
Dele Alli attempts the dance to mark his 22nd birthday (Pictures: Snapchat)Fans of the backpack kid started to copy his moves and the floss became his signature dance.
Then in May 2017, Russell – who now has nearly 2 million Instagram followers – was invited on to Saturday Night Live to perform his dance alongside Katy Perry when she sang her tune Swish Swish.
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Celebs who have now attempted the dance include Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, Tottenham ace Dele Alli and GMB’s Kate Garraway and Charlotte Hawkins.
Why is everybody doing it? Well, sometimes the internet commands, and we mere mortals can do nought but obey.
(Picture: Giphy)If you’re not a fan of a dance that makes it look like you’re flossing your nether regions, why not resurrect the twerk, the Harlem Shake or the stanky leg?
And don’t forget, there’s always dad dancing.
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Dental floss made the world floss
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Hey, are you dancing the floss? The same floss dance that literally conquered the whole world? Not? Then rather look for a training video on the Internet. There are a great many of them!
When Russell Horning posted a video of his dance move on Instagram, in just a matter of days, he went from a typical American teenager from Lawrenceville, Georgia, to a guy who will be recognized by the face all over the world.
The dance went viral and interested Katy Perry herself, who invited the creative 15-year-old to perform with her on Saturday Night Live. At the end of the speech, the number of subscribers to his account reached 585 thousand people.
Later, he also starred in the music video for Swish Swish.
After such a resounding success, Russell came up with the nickname Backpack Kid (a boy with a backpack) and began to dance his Floss dance exclusively with a backpack on his shoulders, believing that it would look much funnier that way.
Today, Russell has over 2 million followers on his Instagram@thebackpackkid, including stars like Rihanna and DJ Diplo, and his dancing draws crowds of fans.
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Russell has already managed to try himself as an actor and star in several videos and commercials. He also has his own website where you can buy t-shirts and sweatshirts. Russell is into hip-hop music and plans to keep making people laugh with his social media videos.
Where did the name "Floss" come from?
The dance got such an unusual name because of its resemblance to the movements that we perform when we clean the interdental space with dental floss. The author of the dance is not against this option, but he himself prefers to call his creation "Russell's Dance".
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The strategy of modern dentists is not to treat, but to teach. Due to prevention, it is easy to defeat caries forever
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You can scare your child with carious monsters, forbid eating toffee and scold them for forgetting to brush their teeth before going to bed. Or you can take and arrange a hygiene lesson - clearly show the kids how to care for the oral cavity, honestly wielding a brush and flossing twice a day. Another issue is that some children do not have an adult nearby who could teach them this.
The injustice was taken to eliminate the children's doctors of the network of clinics STOMPRAKTIKA.RF. Chelyabinsk "caries winners" organized an interactive master class for the youngest pupils of the social rehabilitation center of the Kurchatov region. Boys and girls who found themselves in a difficult life situation and temporarily deprived of parental care were revealed a simple secret: what to do so that their teeth do not hurt.
Spoiler: everyone who reads to the end can get a professional toothbrush, toothpaste, children's dental-themed toys, as well as help kids beat tooth decay and find a pen pal.
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STOMPRAKTIKA.RF is implementing the federal program “We defeated caries! And you?". All year the dentist observes the patient and at the slightest hint of the possibility of caries exterminates the threat.
The essence of the program: an individual prevention schedule, reducing and controlling the risks of primary and re-infection of the oral cavity with caries, the formation of healthy habits and a culture of visiting a dental hygienist. The result is a guarantee of healthy teeth.
Doctors of the STOMPRAKTIKA.RF clinic network are firmly convinced that caries can be defeated forever if you pay attention to your dental health, regularly undergo examinations and hygiene, and not lead to emergencies and acute pain. And it is important to inculcate a good habit of brushing your teeth in the mornings and evenings from early childhood. Hence the federal social project "Hygiene Lessons" appeared. The goal of dentists is to teach as many children as possible to be healthy. The Social Rehabilitation Center of the Kurchatovsky District is just one of the sites covered by the project.
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“Aunt-stomatologist” and her assistant, a student of South Ural State Medical University Elmira, the guys listen spellbound
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In total, 70 children aged 3 to 18 live in the center. Everyone comes here with their hygiene habits adopted in the family (if any), and stays for a period of a month to six months, the most difficult time for a child. It happens that a child of five or six years old has to be taught from scratch to eat with a spoon and hold a toothbrush. In the children's center, everyone is given their own individual set of personal hygiene items, the teacher, who is with the group around the clock, instills new good habits by his own example.
— Most children have minimal hygiene skills to a greater or lesser extent. If not, educators gradually teach the kids. Our center regularly hosts educational events in the form of a game.
Recently, we just arranged a dentist's day: the children participated in a drawing and craft competition, quizzes and role-playing games. Maintaining health is important for them at any age, we see the interest and response from children, - Anna Bezikova, deputy director for educational work of the social rehabilitation center for minors in the Kurchatovsky district, smiles.
Game format is a sure way to explain important information to a child in their own language
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Instructions for using a toothbrush and floss were not so boring Children of 7–8 years old were invited to the first “Hygiene Lesson”. Quiet, at first - frightened, after the lesson - already laughing and hugging "Aunt Olesya" (children's dentist STOMPRAKTIKA.RF Olesya Nikiforova), pupils of the center were fascinated by a cartoon about a bird and a crocodile, learned to brush their teeth on huge jaws-dummy and toothy dragon Tosha .
Instructions for using a toothbrush and floss turned out to be not so boring, if in front of you is not just a doctor, but a kind bird Tari from your favorite fairy tale. After a fun theory - an exciting practice. Each young listener of the lecture showed the “aunt-stomatologist” and her assistant, a student of the South Ural State Medical University Elmira, what they had learned in the lesson, the most daring dared to ask questions.
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The goal of dentists is to teach as many children as possible to be healthy
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a class for unusual children who live in a boarding school and need the help of adults, their attention, participation. We, doctors, must explain to them how to care for their teeth so that there is no caries, because they still don’t have a native person who could teach them how to take care of their health, ”says Olesya Nikiforova, a pediatric dentist at the STOMPraktika.
RF group of clinics. — We in our network of clinics have been engaged for many years not only in the treatment of children, but also in prevention, education, and education. Modern medicine is moving in this direction. It is better to prevent a disease than to treat it. It's better to listen to a lesson than go to the dentist: that's for sure.
At first quiet and wary, after the lesson the children laughed and hugged “Aunt Olesya”, a pediatric dentist STOMPraktika.RF Olesya Nikiforova
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not only for the doctor, but also for us because the specialists of STOMPRAKTIKA.RF came to our home; We weren't afraid of the unusual environment, left the traditional method, carefully and patiently worked with each child on how to properly brush their teeth and why. In the form of a game, each child received not only skills, but also his own professional brush and paste; a hygiene-themed coloring book and even a toy.
Cool! - Vladislav Alferov, director of the social rehabilitation center for minors in the Kurchatovsky district, is in a hurry to tell.
The initiative of dentists was supported by the children's rights ombudsman in the Chelyabinsk region Evgenia Mayorova
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The initiative was supported by the children's rights ombudsman in the Chelyabinsk region Evgenia Mayorova, under the General Agreement with whom STOMPRAKTIKA took custody. including a social rehabilitation center.
— The role of preventive measures in keeping our children healthy is extremely important. Our children are not only housechildren. These are all children whom we must help, including those in hospitals, orphanages, and such centers. We understand that children's health starts small and depends, among other things, on dental care. Such enlightenment and the chosen accessible format is essential.
This is a simple mechanical skill that needs to be formed from childhood, in this case, the educational mission was undertaken by dentists, - commented Evgenia Mayorova, Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Chelyabinsk Region.
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to share for kids and kids and kids and kids and babies and children older children, who currently do not have their parents next to them, learned the lessons of hygiene better, the STOMPRAKTIKA.RF network of clinics attracts volunteers and announces a creative competition.
Every child can write a letter to any boy or girl in the social rehabilitation center of the Kurchatov region (we remind you that the age of children is from 3 to 18 years).
