The Batusi is performed by making a horizontal V-sign with one's index and middle fingers of both hands and drawing them across in front of the eyes, away from the center of the face simultaneously, with the eyes roughly between the fingers. This is performed in time with the music and is improved upon by continuing to dance with the lower half of the body, simultaneously.
Historyedit
The Batusi first appeared in the premiere episode of the 1960s American television series based on the comic book character Batman. It appeared again in the episode "The Pharaoh's in a Rut" that aired three months later.
There are conflicting reports as to who invented the dance, which became a national craze on the dance scene. One account is that it was invented by dance instructor Arthur Murray for Batman, and was supposedly first performed at a cocktail party at a New York City discothèque, Harlow's.[1] But in a 2005 Wizard magazine interview, Adam West claims credit for creating the Batusi's unique moves.[2]
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batusi, 1960s, style, dance, invented, batman, television, series, name, then, popular, dance, watusi, contents, performance, history, references, further, reading, external, linksperformance, editthe, performed, making, horizontal, sign, with, index, middle, . Batusi b ae ˈ t uː s i is a 1960s style go go dance invented for the Batman television series The name is a pun on the then popular dance the Watusi Contents 1 Performance 2 History 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksPerformance editThe Batusi is performed by making a horizontal V sign with one s index and middle fingers of both hands and drawing them across in front of the eyes away from the center of the face simultaneously with the eyes roughly between the fingers This is performed in time with the music and is improved upon by continuing to dance with the lower half of the body simultaneously History editThe Batusi first appeared in the premiere episode of the 1960s American television series based on the comic book character Batman It appeared again in the episode The Pharaoh s in a Rut that aired three months later There are conflicting reports as to who invented the dance which became a national craze on the dance scene One account is that it was invented by dance instructor Arthur Murray for Batman and was supposedly first performed at a cocktail party at a New York City discotheque Harlow s 1 But in a 2005 Wizard magazine interview Adam West claims credit for creating the Batusi s unique moves 2 Versions of the dance have reappeared in many television shows including two episodes of The Simpsons 3 4 Xena Warrior Princess 5 Pinky and the Brain 6 and Everybody Loves Raymond 7 and Shaggy refers to the dance in an episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You 8 It has also been in films such as Pulp Fiction Antz and Return to the Batcave The Misadventures of Adam and Burt although John Travolta s Pulp Fiction character dances with palms facing out while the original Batusi had the palms toward the dancer s face In The Lego Batman Movie 2017 Alfred Pennyworth ends his recap of Batman film references by mentioning the Batusi with footage of the dance from The Pharaoh s in a Rut playing In the Titans episode Bruce Wayne Dick Grayson Brenton Thwaites hallucinates Bruce Wayne Iain Glen as the manifestation of Dick s guilty conscience dancing the Batusi while mocking him References edit Dance amp Dancing The Batusi Batman TV Acres Archived from the original on 2012 09 14 Retrieved 2010 12 25 Wizard Entertainment Archived from the original on September 27 2007 Retrieved 2011 11 16 Mr Plow originally aired November 19 1992 My Mother the Carjacker originally aired November 9 2003 Lifeblood originally aired March 13 2000 Brain Drained originally aired September 26 1997 Robert s Wedding originally aired May 19 2003 Decoy for a Dognapper originally aired October 11 1969 Further reading editSingh Arune May 18 2002 Batusi Fever The Adam West Dance Club arune com Archived from the original on October 4 2006 Retrieved October 16 2006 External links editBatusi The Dance on YouTube Batman Dance 2 on YouTube Batman 1966 S01E01 Hi Diddle Riddle Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Batusi amp oldid 1157580166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
