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XvArchonvX · Sep 24, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Male paragon dance is Micheal Jackson from the music vid 'Beat It'

Anyone know what the female paragon is from?

Lady Lozza · Sep 24, 2006, 08:30 AM // 08:30

Actually what I want to know is where the female paragon dance is from, it seems vaguely familiar.

explodemyheart · Sep 24, 2006, 08:47 AM // 08:47

The beginning of the female assassin dance is skanking.

Although there are several variations, one description is that the dancer alternately puts each foot forward while lifting the knee, and then moves each foot back. The person keeps the elbows bent, and puts the hands into fists. The right hand comes forward when the left leg is out, and the left hand comes forward when the right leg is out. When the hand isn't forward, it comes back about as far as the hip.

That's exactly what it does at the very beginning of the dance. As for the rest of the dance, I don't know what it is but that is definitely skanking.

Addone_Abaddon · Sep 24, 2006, 09:13 AM // 09:13

I have a screenshot of a load of warriors in 15k Platemail armor dance all at the same time in one of the AB outposts.

I'll post it when I get my sisters windows gets a new charger.

Manic Smile · Sep 24, 2006, 09:21 AM // 09:21

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Originally Posted by Lady Lozza

They could be Tai Chi patterns, they are very similar to martial arts patterns, just often with a different intensity, many of the same techniques are used though. So, anyone do Tai Chi?

The martial art the Male monk is doing is not the form of Tai Chi I know. The weight balance is off as most of Tai Chi is in a 60/40 weight
distribution as well as the ending is entirely overdone. It looks more like Wushu done by Jet Li in the recent Fearless.

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Originally Posted by Hypernecrofear

The monks may be doing Capoeria (sp?)

no...do a google search and watch a video they are not doing the jenga...

And from what I know of skanking...(the dance)yes we actually dance this here...the female Assassin is not...

arcanemacabre · Sep 24, 2006, 09:46 AM // 09:46

Here's a youtube of someone skanking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znyfQmpf3Zc

I don't think that looks like the Assassin.

Bah, I wish Anet would just simply tell us exactly what inspired all the character dances. It would end this debate once and for all!

Manic Smile · Sep 24, 2006, 09:59 AM // 09:59

...but where'd be the fun in that?

As to teh dance; that has to be some of the most ungraceful skanking I've ever seen...I've seen drunks do better...but yea that's pretty much right. Is that Rancid btw, I kinda like that song.

artay · Sep 24, 2006, 10:03 AM // 10:03

dervish females are whirling, its a religeos practice dervishs(in real life) do. The wonders of google.....

Doofledust · Sep 24, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33

The female Assassin dance makes me think of 'Flashdance'.

The female Ritualist reminds me of gymnastic Beam work.

Zerf · Sep 24, 2006, 01:37 PM // 13:37

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Originally Posted by XvArchonvX

Male paragon dance is Micheal Jackson from the music vid 'Beat It'

Anyone know what the female paragon is from?

People keep avoiding the question. I want to know where the female paragon dance is from too...

explodemyheart · Sep 24, 2006, 06:49 PM // 18:49

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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

Here's a youtube of someone skanking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znyfQmpf3Zc

I don't think that looks like the Assassin.

I already posted one definition of skanking. There are several ways to skank. One is to do exactly what the assassin does at the very beginning of the dance. Which is what the guildwiki page says. AT THE BEGINNING!

She does skank, people. Good lord.

Gwmaster · Sep 24, 2006, 07:10 PM // 19:10

im sure that i already saw the female paragon dance in a music clip from Missy Elliot..and even if the dance isnt from her, her music goes well with it

Bane of Worlds · Sep 24, 2006, 08:27 PM // 20:27

which music clip?

My Sweet Revenga · Sep 25, 2006, 03:59 AM // 03:59

I dunno from what I've seen of skanking, doesn't it require you lift your feet a certain distance off the ground when you kick forward? Like maybe a foot off the ground? The beginning of the female assassin dance, she doesn't pick her feet up off the ground very far. She just sorta kicks forward at ground level. When I first saw the assassin dance, the last thing it reminded me of was skanking. It looked more like the kind of stuff you'd see in 50cent music videos or at a rave danceoff.

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Originally Posted by explodemyheart

The beginning of the female assassin dance is skanking.

Although there are several variations, one description is that the dancer alternately puts each foot forward while lifting the knee, and then moves each foot back. The person keeps the elbows bent, and puts the hands into fists. The right hand comes forward when the left leg is out, and the left hand comes forward when the right leg is out. When the hand isn't forward, it comes back about as far as the hip.

That's exactly what it does at the very beginning of the dance. As for the rest of the dance, I don't know what it is but that is definitely skanking.

By this description, JOGGING would be considered skanking =b
And this description would hardly be proof anyway because beginning of the assassin dance, she doesn't lift her knees during the kicks.

ZenRgy · Sep 25, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

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Originally Posted by Sunny2006

Male necro = look like some 'ice induced' dance ? ( is he high ?? )

Do you live under a rock? I mean come on - it's obviously "moshing / rocking out" whatever you want to call it. The headbanging, them putting up the "horns".

explodemyheart · Sep 25, 2006, 05:23 AM // 05:23

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Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga

I dunno from what I've seen of skanking, doesn't it require you lift your feet a certain distance off the ground when you kick forward? Like maybe a foot off the ground? The beginning of the female assassin dance, she doesn't pick her feet up off the ground very far. She just sorta kicks forward at ground level. When I first saw the assassin dance, the last thing it reminded me of was skanking. It looked more like the kind of stuff you'd see in 50cent music videos or at a rave danceoff.

Two-stepping. She's doing two-stepping. What is two-stepping? Why... it's skanking!

My boyfriend, who is "punk" if you want to call him that, and into punk culture saw the dance for the first time and his response was "Hah! She's skanking! That's so cool!"

The skanking that you're probably used to is the murdered version of it that the kids do at hardcore shows when they don't even really know what skanking is, they're just imitating other people.

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Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga

By this description, JOGGING would be considered skanking =b
And this description would hardly be proof anyway because beginning of the assassin dance, she doesn't lift her knees during the kicks.

I don't know how you kick, but when I kick, my knee bends and goes up at least a little bit. My leg doesn't just swing into the air like a stiff board.

Go search YouTube, go search Google videos, go search Yahoo videos, go search for video of legitimate bands that skank... 95% of the results are people doing very much what the assassin does in the beginning of the dance. There is no one absolutely right way to skank. There is no guide that says "If you skank, you must lift your foot so far off the ground and your knee must be brought to a certain height, and your arms can only go a certain distance back from your body."

jimmyhats · Sep 25, 2006, 08:07 AM // 08:07

about the female paragon dance...

what it looks like to me, is a compilation of moves and steps from various african tribal dances... however, knowing anets penchant for using pop-culture dance sequences, i have been trying to find something more specific...
the only thing that really comes to mind for me, is the missy elliot video for 'lose control'... there are a few sequences of 'tribally-inspired' dance in the beginning, and then again in the end... however, i would not go so far as to say that this is the paragon dance, by any means...

anyways heres a link to the missy video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGU_RqgIHn0

then also, i found this video clip of a woman doinga traditional african dance.... check out the step that she is doing in the first 5-6 seconds of the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5EL-bQU3M

Loralai · Sep 25, 2006, 08:54 AM // 08:54

I'm pretty sure Female Paragon is a take on Josephine Baker's "Dance Sauvage," but other people have other opinions.

Rallick · Sep 25, 2006, 10:13 AM // 10:13

I’m kind of surprised that no one pointed this one, Dervish male dance is from Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice video clip with Christopher Walken

They should make it that when you do it you don’t attract the worm

Mouser · Sep 25, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

My wife, who has been dancing for over 20 years, created a female Paragon, started her dancing and remarked, "I remember doing this in college years ago; this looks a lot like Josephine Baker."

I think you nailed it, Loralai. (Funny, my wife uses the moniker, Lorelei...)

-M