Floating, gliding and sliding

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Floating, gliding and sliding are a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques and styles closely related to popping, which attempt to create the illusion that the dancer's body is floating smoothly across the floor or that the legs are walking while the body travels in unexpected directions.

Though floating, gliding and sliding can be used as umbrella terms, referring to the above concept in whole, they originally referred to more specific areas.

1 Floating
2 Gliding
3 Sliding
4 Notes
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[edit] Floating

Floating is a simple travelling technique of alternating between the toe and the heel of the feet to make the body float smoothly across the floor. It is normally performed sideways.^[1]

[edit] Gliding

Gliding uses the float technique but also adds a push and a pull to cause the feet to glide over the floor, taking up more space and creating a bigger illusion.^[1] Gliding can be performed in many directions, but most common are the sideglide and the circleglide.

[edit] Sliding

Sliding and airwalking are a kind of walks that make it appear as if the dancer is walking in the air or on ice, with no friction under their feet, while travelling in unexpected directions. Common sliding moves are the forward- and backslide (the latter referred to by Michael Jackson as the moonwalk).