How to do the diski dance
FIVE moves of the Diski Dance
Article from iAfrica.com
The diski dance is the official dance of the 2010 World Cup — and everybody’s doing it! From Major League Soccer fans in the United States to football-mad Japanese supporters — diski is the new Macarena!
You’ve probably seen the adverts on television, but the way to get a true sense of the diski is to watch it done by professionals. Watch the video below, and then we’ll break down the moves for you!
The dance is broken up into five “main” dance moves: Trepa, The Juggle, Header, The Bridge and my personal favourite — Table Mountain! The beauty of diski, which is inspired by the townships, is that you can mix and match, and add things as you go along!
To watch individual moves and learn how to diski like the pros, you can visit learntodiski. com or this website. The videos are great and show you just how easy it is to learn!
Trepa
To get the… er… ball rolling, you bring in your knees a la ‘The Time Warp’ before kicking out, starting with your right foot. You can do this four times or forty — the idea is to have fun!
The Juggle
The idea of ‘The Juggle’ is pretty much “step over” the ball in order to confuse your opponents. So using your right leg but keeping your weight on your left, you essentially “skip” over your imaginary ball. Once you’ve done that three times (or thirty, you get the idea, right?) you kick the ball off into the distance — but make sure you watch it to see who it goes to!
Header
A fundamental soccer move, it’s all about using your head. Keep your eye on the ball, stick out your chest and step forward to head the ball. It’s as easy as that!
Table Mountain
All you’re doing is hunching over, making your back flat.
Then you take it back like a member of Destiny’s Child, still hunched over, but lifting your arms as if you’re doing freestyle in reverse. Starting from your left. Give us four of those, then you’re ready for The Bridge!
The Bridge
You start this move hunched over (from Table Mountain) before lifting up to “release” the ball. Imagine it coming down over your shoulders before catching and holding it with your right foot. See, it’s all those awesome moves you wanted to do as a kid but couldn’t! Then kick it forward twice, or alternatively you can boot it into the goal before cracking open a celebratory drink or blowing on your vuvuzela.
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South Africa's own diski dance is set to get the world jiving to an African rhythm when the football World Cup arrives on the continent for the first time. The 2010 Diski Dance is taking South Africa by storm. With its unique rhythms and funky style, township football gave rise to the Diski Dance with Diski being the township lingo for soccer.
Diski Dance incorporates football moves in a uniquely African way with easy to learn steps such as the header, Table Mountain, Juggle / Teka, The Bridge / Brija and Trepa. Start learning the soccer-based moves of South Africa's diski dance and you'll start feeling the rhythm of African football - and the energy and passion that's in store for the world at the 2010 World Cup.
Diski Dance Options
We offer a variety of Diski Dance packages and we will work with you to find a Diski package that suits your budget and preferences. The Diski Dance may be taught to a whole group of people at once or to smaller groups which can compete against each other once the moves have been perfected. The Diski Dance experience can also be taken out to the community.
More About Diski Dance
The Diski Dance is based on what Wendy Ramokgadi, the choreographer of the Diski Dance, calls 'our own township football style'.
Wendy Ramokgadi on the Diski Dance:
“The whole idea was that we needed to come up with something that is truly South African.
Our country's football is rhythmic and so all the moves that we use in the dance are those same moves that are used on the South African football pitch, moves you can only find in our country,”
“The Diski Dance is one of the things I am most proud of, I really am excited about it. When these people come to our country, let them come and feel the rhythm of Africa. We must just work, wear, eat, sleep the Diski Dance,”
For Sugen Pillay of South African Tourism, the Diski Dance is about preparing to host the world next year:
“The concept of the Diski Dance is to show our welcoming spirit as a nation,” said Pillay. They intend to mobilise the nation through the dance, from corporate organisations and schools, to government and the general public,”
Some of the Diski Dance Moves
The header - In this move you pretend as if you are bouncing a ball on your head.The imaginary ball lands precisely where your head is with some added sexy hip-swinging movement to spice up this Diski Dance move.
Table Mountain - In this Diski Dance move one bends over to balance the imaginary ball on the back of one's neck while walking backwards.
Juggle / Teka - This Diski Dance move involves the action of passing an imaginary football from your left foot to your right foot and back again.
The Bridge / Brija - Here you are passing the non-existant ball from your left foot, over your right, and catching it again the other side.
Trepa - In this Diski Dance move you lift the imaginary ball from the back of your neck, over your head and back onto your feet.
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