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The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide) is a four wall line dance set to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song "Electric Boogie". [1] Choreographer, pianist and Broadway performer Richard L. "Ric" Silver created the dance in 1976 from a demo of the Bunny Wailer recording.
- Overview
- Doing the Electric Slide Step-by-Step
- Understanding the Structure of the Electric Slide
The Electric Slide is a four wall line dance set to Marcia Griffiths' hit song, "Electric Boogie," which hit the States in 1976 when it was created by Ric Silver at a New York Dance Club called VAMPS. Even today, the dance is a huge favorite at weddings, bat mitzvahs, school dances, or just about any place where people want to dance and have a good time. If you want to hit the dance floor instead of the punch bowl the next time this favorite comes on, see Step 1 to start learning the Electric Slide and get your boogie on.
The Electric Slide is usually danced to "Electric Boogie" by Marcia Griffiths.
Once you get the hang of the dance, add in your own creative flair. Hand claps, finger snaps, and silly poses are all fair game.
You can do the Electric Slide on your own, but it's more fun with a big group!
Step to the right with your right foot.
You should be counting 1, 2, 3, 4 to the beat of the music and take one step after each beat. That means you should take a step to the right with your right foot on Count 1. This is the very first step to doing a grapevine to your right.
Step to the right with your left foot, crossing it behind your right.
That's why it's called the grapevine -- because you'll be "weaving" one foot behind the other. You can also put your arms into it, and pump them forward or upward slightly every time you take a step. In the "Electric Boogie" video, you can see that the dancers are really pumping their arms, almost as if they were doing the "Running Man" with them; it's up to you how much you want to get into it!
Step right with the right foot.
This will uncross your feet.
Do a grapevine to the right and tap.
A "grapevine" is a series of sidesteps in one direction, stepping to the side, then crossing in front or behind with the other foot, then stepping to the side again. A more detailed breakdown is below. Count 1, 2, 3, 4 to the beat of the music and do the grapevine on the right.
Do a grapevine to the left and tap.
This is just like the grapevine to the right, except it's to the left. Count 1, 2, 3, 4 to the beat of the music and do the grapevine to the left.
Take 3 steps backwards and tap.
This part is conceptually similar to the grapevine steps, except going backwards instead of sideways. As before, count 1, 2, 3, 4 to the music as you step.
Marcia Griffiths recording of the Bunny Wailer song "Electric Boogie", released in 1976 and re-released in 1989, made the Electric Slide, a line dance, an international dance craze. It reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100 making it her most successful single.
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The Electric slide dance is one of the most popular line dances – used at weddings, parties and other social dance events. Below you will learn how to dance the Electric slide with our step by step video.
