Feel It Still - a Frug

Feel It Still - a Frug

Source: Emma Scherer
@emmascherer3652
https://youtu.be/afCB4vJChXU

Jan 21, 2019 #jazzdance #1960s #musicaltheatre
Just a little 60s-style jazz at the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris!

Concept and Choreography: Emma Scherer (Instagram: @emma.scherer)
Directed by: Basile Alaïmalaïs (Instagram: @grossenature)
Assisted by: Sébastien Baulain and Guillaume Pevée
Dancers: Elizabeth Allan, Natasha Jane Chambers, Grégory Garell, Romain Rachline, Emma Scherer, Marie Shirl
Music: Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man

#frug #frugdance #paris #60sstyle #theaterjazz #retrodance #eiffeltower #1960s #jazzdance #frenchdancers #musicaltheatre #dance
Music
SONG
Feel It Still
ARTIST
Portugal. The Man
WRITERS
Gorman Frederick C, Holland Brian, O Quin Kyle, Taccone Asa, Bateman Robert, Gourley John Baldwin, Hill John Graham, Carothers Zachary Scott, Sechrist Jason Wade, Howk Eric Andrew

The Frug
(1964)
Introduction

The Frug (pronounced "froog") is a 1960s dance step which is essentially just a shaking of the hips.

It rose to national prominence in 1964, helped in part by the fact that it was danced by the first daughter, Luci B. Johnson.

It is often used as the "footwork" for arm-based dances like the Swim and the Hitch-Hiker.

The Dance

To dance the Frug, stand with your weight on one foot, then bend and straighten the other knee in time with the music, causing the hips to swing side to side. For example, if you are standing on your left foot, when you bend your right knee, your left hip will pop out, and when you straighten your right knee, your right hip will pop out. Do this in time with the quick beat of the music.

The Frug can be danced with your weight on one foot the whole time [HB66], or on alternating feet, perhaps shifting weight every four counts [DB65].

The Hullabaloo version has the hands alternating front and back at waist height, with each hand taking two beats in front and two beats behind, the right hand in front when the left is behind, and vice versa [HB66]. Dick Blake's version has both hands behind the back, and bends forward 45° at the waist for four counts, then returns to standing upright for four counts [DB65].

The Music
The Frug can be danced to pretty much any 1960s dance tune.

Sources
DB65 — Dick Blake. (1965). Discothèque Dances. Cleveland.
HB66 — Hullabaloo. (1966). The Hullabaloo Discothèque Dance Book. New York.

https://www.libraryofdance.org/dances/frug/

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