Dance Like a 90's Goth With Me
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2016
- This is a demonstration of all of the dances I remember from the clubs in NYC in the 90's. Scroll for song listing.
Song List:
Dance: The Performer: Corpus Delicti - Saraband
Dance: Skipping with Props: Mephisto Walz - Mephisto Waltz
Dance: Erotic: London After Midnight - Black Cat
Dance: The San Francisco Taffy Puller: Switchblade Symphony - Gutter Glitter
Dance: Rooted to the Spot: Lycia - Ionia
Dance: No Handed 2 Stepper: The Wake - Christine
Dance: One Handed 2 stepper: The Wake - Christine
Dance: Two handed 2 stepper: The Wake - Christine
You forgot the Karate in Slow Motion. I took a (non-goth) friend to Helter Skelter in LA, mid-90's. He had not idea how to dance. But then he had the bright idea of just doing karate in slow mo. He fit in just 👌👌👌
Omfg, i lol'd so hard, really breathtaking. xD
My friend Michael called my dancing "tai chi disco." :D
Lol. That's so awesome!
I want to see this. I've actually done the tai chi moves. They work well with slow beats and are also relaxing. 😆
LOL
LOL. Elder goth here. You nailed it.
** High Five ** Thank you
What age doth an "elder goth" make?
I was thinking the same thing. I was so a rooted in the spot dancer. LOL
AntagonisticApathy The ages that elder goth mostly range from 30-50. I am a mall goth, and I can consider the age range of said subculture behind the goth subculture might be 13-19.
@@tristaochoa8645 and the one handed 2 step!
It's just what naturally comes with goth music just feel it and go with the flow, there is no right or wrong :)
No worries, I'm happy you enjoyed it!
As an elder, I remember when these steps began their evolution in the 80s.
Thanks for taking me back.
I'm 55 and still rarely sit out a song.
Always best with 3 or 4 people in the circle💜🖤
sam age same view!
Me too, except I’ll be 54 next month. 😀
Yes, same, 57 here...! 🖤🖤
54 here…dance circles were the best.
Don't start a comment with As A..
You're instantly unqualified to comment on the subject..
As A.. Equals Clueless Cunt
This is a bit more stylish, graceful and coordinated than most of the goth dancing I witnessed and participated in back in the day
Lol I was thinking the same thing. We were more quirky and messy. 😂
I understand what your saying that there are other dance moves but to be honest I saw a lot of these and sometimes just watched in amazement at some of the girls dancing. Not to mention when the cyber goth started with the long dreads and big boots in the industrial room. Moves were exciting to watch. Like Brioni and Jenny but when it first started
we always called the taffy puller, collecting spiderwebs.
Matt The Pharaoh Wizard I think spiderwebs is more circular movements than reach and grab
Matt The Pharaoh Wizard Though I did not grow up in the 90s, the taffy puller goes by two names, its said name and collecting spiderwebs. I would collect a couple dozen spiderwebs, but I have a fear of massive spiders. Still gotta collect the webs 🕷🕸
That reminds me of someone who was a big part of my life in the '90s. She treated me with kindness when I needed it.
That's really sweet
"No handed 2 step" is the one I called "resisting arrest" 🖤
LMFAO
Is soooooo freaking awesome that trends from the 90's are coming back. l was in College and now I'm 41 and I still dress goth. Thank goodness I don't my age!
*****look
The perks of staying out of the sun!
10-4
Keep on being you. When I was goth/ punk in high school I got crap from people in society Etc, But u didn’t give a rat’s ass lol. I was me just as I am today. I think some people are more open minded nowadays then the 80s 90s. Thing’s we did back then that people had issues with like wearing all black and listening to music they didn’t understand and all the label’s they threw at you, all the BS Streo types and? Why u have a Mo hawk or black eye liner or are you a devil worshipper Etc. Today’s generation is rocking what was already done and not getting back lash or as much. I see some kid’s with Mo hawks and it’s accepted. When I did it some people like the jocks and preppy people and hip hop heads would call u out. It was crazy back then but all worth it lol
apparently all this time i've been dancing No Handed 2 Stepper not even knowing it
:P
Yep, that 1 & the Skipping with props were my fallback moves depending on the music.
quite Siouxsie-like ;)
I always loved Siouxsie, the Cure, Bauhaus, Dead can dance, The Witching hour, London after midnight, virgin prune’s, Mission Uk, the creatures, The Cramps, Alien Sex Fiend, Cocteau twins, just so many. Sisters of mercy, Nasfrati, I’m glad to see the newer generation is keeping it goin with the old and newer bands.
as a 90's goth girl...you nailed it.
Actually, dressing up and dancing alone at home to your favourite tracks is a very fight thing to do 👍
Paula Unger My dirty secret when alone after widowed has been revealed. Lol
Something to do other than just watching TV good exercise too.
One of the many pros to kicking my boyfriend out. Lol a luxury I’ve be afforded by solitude.
love how she's all beautiful and goth and stuff; dancing around in a total muggle sitting room 🐱
Muggle.... really?
Muggle? 😂
READ. ANOTHER. BOOK.
Read one of the books. You're a muggle.
Then why am I seeing Hufflepuff cushions on the seat to the right?
Jenna Ortega said she was inspired by Siouxsie Sioux and by watching 80s goth club videos. She had to have watched this. I recognized rooted to the spot in the beginning or as I called it Willows in the Wind..
I think it's great that she wanted to be authentic in her choreography. Not only that, that she knew exactly where to go. Goth dancing has pretty much stayed true to its core since the 80s but once the 90s hit and more goth bands came out, there were bands that introduced more romantic and ethereal qualities which also affected the dancing. Back in the 80s it was more, I guess true to its punk roots and less fluid like it is now. We still got those hardcore 80s goth dancers tho!
@@angelabenedict the show also introduced a whole new generation to The Cramps. Goo Goo Muck a the The Cramps have been the most requested song and band on Spotify because of the dance scene. It spawned a whole new litter of baby bats...
@@anthonydelossantos9270 something I haven't seen in such a long time are kids attention being captured by music. Nowadays it's usually fashion or some kind of weird fad but getting gripped in the soul by just a damn good song is so wholesome. I love it!
@@angelabenedict you're absolutely right. There is a reason why kids are attracted to the music that they hear on shows like Wednesday, Stranger Things. It's literally something that they never heard before.
" im so goth im dead" i spit out my drink.
We used to call "The San Fransisco Taffy Puller" "Picking Apples." We had an alternate move called "Lost My Contacts" which was very similar. And how could you leave out "I'm Trapped In A Box?" That was a classic.
"picking apples" followed by "shit i lost my keys"
Elder goth here... *cough* hasn't changed*cough*
Elder (40s), or Crusty (over 50)?
Yup, still doing much the same here too :)
Hey now be nice. I am a lot of things but Crusty ain't one of em, even though I am in my middle 60's.
Alex Law all Elder or Vampires (depending on era)
Refreshing
I remember the 80s and 90s clubs and you pretty much nailed it.
I can't thank you enough for this. This is pure genius. I have been successfully transported back to my youth. I definitely fell under the category of rooted to the spot. My hands told tales in the air lol. Thanks so much for this jewel 😁
Saw Rose McGowan in Charmed dancing like this and I never knew it was of this style🤩
I'm still trying to break out of 'rooted to the spot' XD My first forays to goth clubs were in RIDICULOUSLY huge 6-7 inch heels, rooted to the spot was the only way, lol. Getting a bit better now, but I also drink more at clubs now, which means even my comfy platform boots feel a bit dodgy for moving around in. I still own the huge gorgeous heels and would *love* to wear them out more, but last time I sprained my ankle and I have this *huge* fear of tripping sideways on huge heels and actually breaking an ankle, urkkkk, I even DREAM about this sometimes it's such a horror of mine! D: I need zimmerframes to become a cool goth club accessory, I could do *anything* with a zimmerframe to prop me up! :O
paint a Zimmerman black! very goth
Not that rooted to the spot doesn't look killer but I can see your issue. Are they wedge platforms or full on platform WITH heels? I've tried a pair of those in 5" and took a header just walking to the car...Needless to say I went back inside a changed my shoes. I have this paranoia about falling on the dancefloor. I can totally see your fear since you've actually gotten injured. The things we do for fucking fashion! I know this sounds weird but have you tried reinforcing the soles of your shoes with rubber for supreme grip?
I intend when I'm old and decrepit to have a black and purple Zimmer with fairy lights and barbed wire all over it. Perhaps we should all start sporting them now instead of waiting until we're old? ;-)
*Gothic*Rock*Goddess* That sounds beautiful, actually-- AND totally falls into the dancing with props category.
I guess there's always the Goth Cane as a good prop (in both senses of the word!). Trouble is they tend to be too short if you're wearing huge platforms...
You're doing it all wrong. You need to sway hips slightly from side to side while looking at the floor and taking a drag of your cigarette at your leisure at 3am in the morning.
BenjiGalore LOL
When you could smoke anywhere even in parts if hospitals. Now they have a fit if you vape. Sheesh. There was a smoking area at my high school even.
@@JNoMooreNumbers not the smokers corner 😂
I'm 40, so this was my teen yrs...I remember a lot of this eve tho I've never stepped foot in a goth club 😂 some of it is just wallflower dancing too. I love it 😍
Anyone here after Wednesday released
me bc of netflix ! and reading comments on goth dancing haha
I've been getting a lot of traffic from people who watched the show wondering if my dancing video inspired her. I need to see the show.
Mee
@@angelabenedictplease do
Meeee
"i'm too old for this shit" LMAOOO
NEFERTITI BOURNE never too old to have fun
Never too old to die...
Live it up 🖤🖤🖤
I'm 52 now and I used to attend in the early 90s mostly shows like The Muffs, The Dickies, etc. But after getting back into bands like the real Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy, and my sisters turning me on to Switchblade Symphony, I would start going by myself to a club called Coven 13 in L.A., and I would be mesmerized by the movements of the goth girls dancing on the dim lit dance floor. Great memories. The last death rock show I attended as Rozz Williams at the Billboard Live w/ADZ and Penis Flytrap in November 1997, 6 months prior to his passing. I still have the pictures I took from that show. Time really flies by quickly.
Coven 13 was great! I lived up in the high desert in the late 90's and would and would make the drive down to go to that club...as well as Helter Skelter, Kontrol Factory, Bar Sinister, and a few others.
This was me back in the day,pulling taffy like it was going out of style! Then it eventually did!
You had me laughing so hard "I'm to old for this shit"😂
Loved the video so thank's once again all the way from Denmark ❤
I genuinely fell over. I thought I was old...Turns out I was coming down with a fever!
@@angelabenedict i'm so sorry taught was part of funny outro Fevers are no joke laughing manner.
There are wonderful belly dance moves in this...I love this video, and I'm not even goth.
Thank you!
Oh god I remember these and the songs. God I miss the Bank, the Limelight, and the Batcave.
Thank you for this. Though it's made me a bit melancholic and sad at how I miss my friends it also reminded me how much fun I had back then.
Oh the NOSTALGIA!!! Ive noticed tht the 90s rivethead "stomp& repeat"has given way 2 something tht resembles a solo pattycake( still funny just not as intensely so)👿
The Bank was a fave of mine too!!!
Never got the chance to go to the Bank or Limelight, but I loved the Batcave!
They were the best. I remember bouncing around from room to room in The Bank and Batcave afraid I'd miss a good song. You could get lost in Limelight!
Ok me too
Back when Helter was at 5612 Sunset Blvd, one of the regulars was a city construction worker. He would show up in full attire, hard hat and all, and practice Taichi amongst the shadow dancing Goths. It was a joy watching the man dance the night away.
This video is absolutely brilliant! You hit it right on the nose of these dance moves! I can't wait to show my friends this when we hit a goth club.
I'm so happy you like it! Where do you usually club?
Angela Benedict Koto in Salem, MA-my favorite!
Lakeisha Denis There's a scene in Salem? That makes me so happy to hear :) I've always wanted to go. I'm gonna google it!
"Rooted To The Spot" looks like "Dancing Groot" to me . . .
That outro was the cutest thing ever
It was genuine lol. No AC since the pillows were blocking the unsightly AC wall unit and the fact that I was actually coming down with something really kicked my ass.
She is very sexy looking when frazzled :)
i’ve always been into industrial dance and i feel so out of place when the 80s goth comes on in the club. i can love that song but don’t know how to move to it. i love this video
I was in the scene in the 2000s and this made me so happy. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
You're very welcome, I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. My wife was watching cyber goth dancing and she asked me if I ever danced like that. I found this and went on a way back machine journey. I was a performer! San Fran taffy made me laugh.
So many people think we're like the under the bridge cyber goth dancers lol! I'm happy you found this! The performer is especially good when it's one of those songs you find yourself FLY to the dancefloor for. Much energy into the performer!
i might be the only goth who cannot dance, i appreciate you so much for this. about to get down to some london after midnight 😩
The basic two-step is the best place to land.
I feel like Jenna Ortega took some dance moves from this video so she can dance in the show😭
I need to see the show and see if I can spy any familiar moves. That would be awesome! Gotta admire her dedication to authenticity.
@@angelabenedict You should the show is really good :))
Ikr the dress looks similar too
Well she did say she looked up CZcams videos for her dance scene.
Jenna Ortega dijo que su baile fue inspirado en videos como los de Siouxsie And The Banshees osea... no invento nada nuevo , en el gótico y el post punk estos bailes existieron siempre !!!
LOL...okay..YOUUU..are adorable. I love your style all-around. I LOVE the music choices, too! Thank you!
Oh the memories I have rocked those dance move my self! You have beautiful movements btw I done think younger goths will ever really know that feeling of dancing with all the vampires of the night!
People used to dance exactly like this in the gothic clubs here in São Paulo, Brazil.
I loved this ❤️. I loooved your beige apartment as backdrop. Thanks for the visceral memories.
Love the music you used for this video. Some great spooky tunes for us spooky folks to enjoy. Lovely dance moves. I'm guilty of a few myself including " picking apples from trees" and the "willow in the wind". I just feel out the music when I go to a Goth night. Fun times for sure. 🦇💀🕸️
Omg! That all takes me back! I love it, girl! Keep those goth moves alive for a new generation! 💜💜💜
I hope they see it!
OMG... perfection... Yes, you have got it down... all the dance moves I did back in the day!
Really enjoying your vids brings back good memories hearing old favourites playing
i love your outfit so much!
i'm gothic in my heart forever!
Hate dances, but bloody God, the beauty of this woman!
Even if she was going to all ages nights in '99, that was still 17 years ago. So even if she was as young as you could possibly be without getting turned away at the door, 16... that'd still make her 33.
But she sure doesn't look it.
I guess there's fake IDs? So maybe she was 12? So she maybe 29?! Either way...
I agree with you though... she's super pretty & youthful.
I'm 37 :) I got my first fake ID at 15 years old. Since all of the clubs were 18+ I got it to say that I was 19. Old enough to get in but not drink so I wasn't questioned. In 99, I was 19.
Angela Benedict
...fuck you for having more that a year on me & making me feel like it's time for this old Bear to hibernate :P
Vampire confirmed! Hahaha!
Stay beautiful! ...even if it does require some dark conjuring :]
As one who grew up dancing in LA goth clubs in the 90s I appreciate your candor, i laughed and reminisced, thank you for that!
My favorite dance even in 2024 is the "two handed two step" and skipping with props
It's the no hand to the one hand to the two hand two step and sisters of Mercy that has me falling in love. You perform all these dances beautifully and perfectly.
How old are you? You seem too young to me, to have been in the club in the 90's O_o
she's probably a vampire :P
I'm 37 :)
That's basically 75 in the gothic subculture, but I know she's been dead longer XP
you are so beautiful..
Angela Benedict Me too! And yes....no sun is also my secret. and lots of water.
Gorgeous....takes me back more than a few years.
Oh wow. I haven't heard switchblade symphony or gutter glitter in almost 20 years. Felt a nostalgia pain. I miss the goth clubs of yore
Lol, I mostly remember "kicking puppies", "lost my contact", and of course "the lead boot stomp". Thanks for the nostalgia. :)
We referred to "lost my contact" as the "menstrual cramp dance," lol.
"The performer" was most definitely a thing at the so-called gothic parties in my city in Russia in 2005. The other moves weren't exact but similar to what you showed, particularly Erotic.
Love the dances. At my age, 66, that last one is about my speed. I remember seeing most of the dances back when I went to the clubs in the 90's.
how you’re just dancing in a regular room and it’s so stunning.
I still see a lot of these today at the clubs xD
Ashley Violet 'Specially Perfect for a crowded dance floor.
Ashley Violet no you fucking don't lier
Same here 😂
The no handed two stepper, albeit with steps that where more laterally oriented was called "searching for my keys" where I'm from!
Great to watch those styles again, beautifully done.
Thank you!
Takes me back...great jams.....and your absolutely gorgeous!
Wow... this totally brought me back to all those late nights at The Kitchen in South Florida. You did great!
Best Goth time was the 90's Still had the 80's classics and the bands of the 90's that were phenome. SF. Thanks for the memories. Best dance moves still. Erotic taffy and root were my moves.
I was just stoked to hear Switchblade Symphony.. I miss that group, one of my all time fave bands. Serpetine Gallery is just art.
I remember some of these!! Thanks for the memories!
Great music and dance moves on point - love your video! Btw: We're still dancing like that in Germany! :D
Because Europe has a better club scene than North America
Agree, still dancing the two handed two step stuff... if I don´t have room for the three step...
I still dance like that. ...for the most part. 😉
@MrFusselig - XD
@@SoloKrauT I mean, seriously, I prefer this three step forward, three steps back dance with letting the head roll with the movement, depending on the song with more or less arm work. And if I´m funny I like to turn, and only dance backward, but that seems to be only me.
The two handed two step stuff just came out of desperation for me, when there is no room for more fancy stuff.
But have seen all the other stuff as well.
I wonder why the three step wasn´t shown in the video, is it a German thing? It is a very common dance move in Germany since the 80s. Not that I was there in the 80s, but I have seen videos of it, and people still dance like it.
She looks like Morticia Adams at the prom. This how Gomez met her on the dance floor😵
Love the video.... and yesssss that is how we danced in the 90's goth clubs...
I love these dances. Awesome music too.😄💖
Oh Im in love with your channel. Theres so many videos on "how to do this and this and that the gothic way" but its almost every time non-serious or with a tad too much hint of humor in it. I was dark and gloomy in the late 1990s and beginning of 2000. I-DANCED-LIKE-THIS. No fun about it. Compleatly non-ridicule. And you turn this shit up like a goth godess. I hope all the newly "embraced" goths look at you as a rolemodel and inspiration. I also saw your post about the scene cravling back into ttheir caves, not doing clubs anymore. Its true. its online or festivals or in the closet. For me, im gonna pick up my black lipstick and lace again and go full-on every day goth again. Not letting my job, expectation or the norm holding me back. Thank you. You brighten up (or darken:P ) my life!
Omg, this made my heart go black! 🖤
The nostalgia!!! 🤩
Man!!! This brings back memories but in L.A dance scene back in the late 90s and early 2000's. I use be more of an industrial dancer and Dark Wave. I miss those days. 🖤 Shot out to my favorite dance song that was Dead Stars by Covenant.
Beautiful dancing from a beautiful goth lady!!! Flashbacks from late 90s allover the place,thanks!!!🌘😎
I love watching these tutorials but i also feel goth dancing is dancing the way that you want and feel like without the fear of being weird , is freely expressing with your body How music makes you feel like
And you are gorgeous, a real life Morticia 🖤
Fun fact: I have made my eldest daughter promise me that, someday, I shall have a grave marker that says "So Goth I'm dead." No one can change my mind. The fact that I want to be composted is simply a minor detail here.
That's the most morbid yet wholesome thing I've ever heard!
Wholesomly Morbid sounds like an excellent book title.
@@chelsead6054 Hmmm....Gothic cookbook!
thanks for keeping in alive, beautiful danse my girl
Girl, you are magical. You reminded me of me in the noughties. I miss those times😁
Oh thank you!
I was trying to describe goth dancing to my husband since the Wednesday dance and this nailed my mid to late 90s NYC goth club scene experience exactly! (Also I must know you from back then as we all knew one another, let's be honest 🖤)
I still see many of these dances at the goth club I got to :)
this video is adorable btw
Thank you! It's been a while since I've been out, the music is all too electronic for my taste. Barely any Goth at all :/
The place I go isn't too bad most nights. Just have to find the proper place to go. :)
Still looking
lol! I still do alot of these. I really enjoyed the names you gave the moves!
This just threw me back 30 years :) 90s Goth-Girls, best Goth-Girls
I deadass searched up goth dances after watching Wednesday lmao 🤣
A lot of people seem to have the same idea. I think it's awesome!
@PHXNK KILLER Totally a possibility. She said she did a lot of research into goth dancing. I'd be super honored if she took inspiration from this video.
I was watching some Industrial Dance offs yesterday. That's a hoot.
Me too!
Oh my god, so accurate! I'm guilty of damn near every single one.
Perfect! It's good to get a good mix going.
Great video!!! The 90's wave of goth is my favorite. I listened to what I could in later 70's and 80's but 90's I loved even better. I loved the expressive dances. We had an Underground in Old Sacramento. 90's Fun times!!!!
This brought back so many good memories from the late 80s/early 90s, thank you ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome outfit & dances! I remember a lot of these from London's Slimelight & Net.goth scene in the late 90's to early 2000s, and also back in the back end of the 80s. I had to take an enforced break from the goth scene mid-90s because there were no other goths at my university & I was too poor to travel elsewhere.
Switchblade Symphony! I wish you danced to Clown, as well. XD
That was awesome! Made my night!
That was awesome Angela! Thanks for the demonstration of the different dances 🖤♥️
I didn't knew that the no handed 2 step was an actual named move. It's the one thing that came natural to me and that's the only one I did accept for the utmost generic 80 finger snap, elbow moving front to back 'move', lol.
Jeez those were fun days :D
I love how you dance!
Greetings from Barcelona!
a colleague and I had a little giggle with this cause we remembered some of these style from our day.he was 90s goth and me mid 00.the scene was dead before 2010. no clubs, no places to go anymore.the emo's took over. sooo miss those days. thanx for the vid
You just took me straight back to Slimelight in 90s London. Taffy Puller had me in stitches!
You forgot the "Flail around electro-spastically in a zero-gravity vortex of pain, misery and loss while still managing to hold onto your absinth" :) That was my fave back then *sigh* I still do it when the music's right and nobody's watching...
Haha, I've definitely done the "Taffy Puller" and "Performer". Plus a lot of hair stuff. Just hair all over the place.
Thank you so much, this helps me make my bedroom my own nightclub!
I was more into punk and metal, but when I was in university during the early 2000s I used to frequent the local goth club (good music, cheap booze, I could always catch a lift home) and I would crush so hard on the goth girls. This video totally reminded me of that, so thanks. :)
i dance like this by hearti feel like i have the goth in my blood at this point
Time to explore it! Check my playlists for some goth subgenres or spotify has some great playlists.