Receives an average of 4.5 million pageviews and 8 million impressions per month, and has a global footprint in 236 countries around the world. The Filipino Times is the largest digital news portal for Filipinos in the Middle East and the biggest free newspaper in the United Arab Emirates. They started the dance craze Feel Like Dancin’ and Throw Ur Hands in the Air. The group may not have been as huge as the previous three groups on this list, but X-People Dancers had their own share of iconic dance moves that made Pinoys stand up and move to the groove. Abztract Dancers performed in variety show Eat Bulaga, although they also performed in That’s Entertainment. The group was established in 1995 under Zay Villavert. The group that gave us Dingdong Dantes, Dino Guevarra, and Sherwin Ordonez, Abztract Dancers may not have been known for their dance moves as compared to the first three in this list but one cannot deny that the group was able to produce individuals that had booming careers post-peak. The group’s pop-and-lock dance moves catapulted the group to fame.Īfter the group’s reign on the dance floor, members including the Zamora brothers, Joshua and Jason, found success in the showbiz industry, particularly in acting. Manoeuvres began under the name WEA dynamics in 1985 until they changed it to Manoeuvres in 1989. Vhong and Jhong also have their fair share of movie and TV appearances.īest thing about this group? They meet up from time to time to perform. Today, Vhong Navarro and Jhong Hilario both serve as hosts of noontime variety show It’s Showtime. Spencer Reyes was paired with Aiza Seguerra while Danilo Barrios became a successful actor. Despite the group’s eventual break-up, many of its members’ individual careers boomed in the showbiz industry. Their jaw-dropping stunts made them a cut above most dance groups in the country. The group, however, was not your typical dance group. If UMD started in That’s Entertainment, Streetboys served as the pioneer dance group of ABS-CBN’s ASAP. The most iconic include the Buteerfly dance step.Ĭonsidered to be UMD’s biggest competition, Streetboys became a hit when they released their single “Boom Tiyaya” that took Philippine dance industry by storm. A true classic.The group popularized various dance steps. One of the most famous R&B songs of the decade, “U Can’t Touch This” samples Rick James’ “Super Freak,” and features some iconic, puffy yellow pants and the cue: “hammer time.” Play this song and you’ll see everybody going from side to side and shaking their legs. So, turn it up, play these songs and see if you can still remember the choreographies of some of the best 90s pop songs. If you were as relentless as I was, I had to learn most of these choreographies in less than a week, so I could impress the rest of the class or brag about it at family parties (yes, that’s part of the challenge of growing up queer. The rest of us, though, had like 4 or 5 chances to see the choreographies, so we had to do our best and learn them by heart as quickly as possible. Those who were lucky enough had the chance to record their favorite music videos and play them over and over again. Then, you would stand right in front of the TV and try to memorize every single one of the moves of pop stars such as Britney, Michael Jackson or *NSYNC. Back in the day, right before the internet boom, and way, way before YouTube, we had no choice but to sit through the whole broadcast either on MTV or VH1. Kids these days will never know what it was like to wait for hours, watching MTV, so you could catch your favorite music video and learn its choreography.
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