#tyrone proctor

[soultrainfans]

Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel, Tyrone Proctor.

Episode 261, 1978.

[balsanja]

[dance-seen]

Tyrone “The Bone” Proctor, Waacking pioneer.

With Lip J + Chrissy Chou

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[fulltimehabibti]

Remembering Tyrone Proctor, a pioneer of the 1970s L.A. dance style waacking

Tyrone "The Bone" Proctor, a “Soul Train” dancer, brought waacking from underground L.A. gay clubs into the mainstream.

Proctor got his place on [Soul Train] by sneaking onto the studio lot in the back of someone’s trunk.

“When he started dancing, he was so extra Don Cornelius kept looking at him,” Archie Burnett said.

[danceursoul]

A night out with WAACKING - new lifestyles through dance.

Far away from busy cosmopolitan streets, in the corner of night disco bars, a new form of life emerged, swiping away those  stress of workplace and interpersonal relationships. Here you can imagine yourself as a completely new character, have your own spotlight and there you go, to the best taste ever you can offer your fans down the stage.  

Strike. Pose. Strike again. Take on your new personality. Sassy, cutting-edge or gentle,  ladylike etc. They are all yours. Drench yourself into the music and make it visible. Waacking is nothing other than “making people see the music they hear” – as our waacking legend Tyrone Proctor, a former Soul Train dancer explained about this mysterious form of dance. Wearing a new character or not, you have to be playful with your music, first.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316lhv1S_W0

Strong strike and pose, charismatic personality and most importantly, genius musicality of Tyrone Proctor on a night TV show. We will go more on details with this legend in our next post. 

However, take it easy with the music. Have fun and enjoy it. To understand your music is not much easier than to get to know your fiancé, even more challenging especially with your patience. Take time and blend yourself in a circle, like our old legends used to do on Soul Train, you will have more fun than you have ever had with music in your entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk681TTujUo

Just lines and lines, circles or even mess of Soul Train dancers.

  And if you have time, be passionate and decorate yourself. Be a diva if you can. Put on your best clothes. Create a fashion show out of an ordinary night club. In this field our Princess Lockeroo is the best which can be seen.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXY78wneuA

“Night life” – the music suits best for representing Waacktropolis Underground Dance Party

  The charming and charisma of a waacking dancer can never be enough for a night out. You have music, you have your stage and the night go on and on. There are not much theory to work on, nothing but a few definition which has been posted above and the hugh rest of your part, which is to discover what is being hidden inside and how fabulous it is. Have a taste of waacking and you will continue forever being a life-artist on stage.

Composed: Trang Bui

[andrebright]

Tyrone Proctor of the imperial house of waacking in an interview about various issues revolving around dance! definitely worth a watch whether you're a dancer or not, or regardless of which style you conform to!watch all 3, it's worth it!