Hardcore dancing
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Hardcore dancing (or HC or hXc Dancing) is a type of dancing performed by people to Hardcore music and its various sub-genres. The practice grew out of the East Coast United States hardcore scene, especially the New Jersey hardcore, New York hardcore and Boston hardcore scenes. A Hardcore pit differs from the usual mosh pit routine of pogoing and crashing into each other in an often controlled, but violent way. Participants in these pits move around with rhythm to various beats, some slow and some faster. This style of dancing was common in the late 1990s. The first notable display of hardcore dancing in mainstream media is in AFI's music video "The Leaving Song Part II" where elements of hardcore dancing can be observed. In the following years, as bands incorporated slower syncopated, metal-influenced rhythms [citation needed] into their songs, the modern breakdown — and the dancing that went with it — was introduced.
Moves
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Hardcore Dancing incorporates many moves, the main ones are as follows:
Two Step
Two Step is when a hardcore dancer puts their feet across one an other, and usually bring their arms up and down whilst keeping their fists in at the side. There are variations of the arm movement, however, the movement of the feet generally stays the same. It is similar to Skanking and has evolved from the 19th century dance also called Two Step. This is generally safe to by standers.
Windmilling
Windmilling is the spinning of arms in a windmill like fashion. This has many variations in the direction and way the arms are spun around. Often it involves the rotation of the body as well. It often leads on to karate like moves, which have many different names. This is dangerous if a bystander is caught.
Ninja Pits
They are sometimes called Ninja pits, but the dance style has many different names. It involves karate-style spin-kicks both standing on the ground and jumping. It often involves spinning arms as well, generally in the windmill style. This can cause very great injuries if a bystander is caught.
Picking up change
Picking up change is when the hardcore dancer bends over, and places their fists on the floor, and brings their arms up from this, in particular, their elbows come highest. Alternative feet are sometimes stomped to the music as arms are raised, i.e. left arm raised right leg stomped. This is generally one of the safer moves.
Crowd Killing
This is where any of the above moves are used but whilst running into people who are not in the pit. This is the move that is seen as most dangerous, and many hardcore dancers find this shocking, and do not participate in it. Many injuries are caused by this.
Further information
Early Earth Crisis and Biohazard concerts were common venues for such activity. Hardcore dancing can cause a person to fall to the ground, but other dancers usually pick the person up, due to common courtesy. However, these pits are generally seen to have less rules than other pits. Shorts and shoes with good traction are often encouraged. This improves range of motion as well as prevents slippage a common incident on slippery venue floors. New York hardcore band Sick of it All featured a tongue-in-cheek how to parody of hardcore dancing in their music video for "Step Down".
Opposition
Hardcore Dancing is not intended to hurt anyone. However, either due to accidents, incorrectly performed moves, or deliberately, people can often become injured. Generally these pits are only accepted at hardcore gigs, and if performed elsewhere, is often stopped by force by other people. There have been various attempts to stop hardcore dancing, however, they have failed so far.
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