This tutorial is now available as a thirty second short video with frame-by-frame analysis of how the left and right foot moves to achieve the levitation effect.
The video shows how attention is drawn to the leading front foot which appears to hover in the air and how the trailing back foot is the one that in fact does the work to maintain the highly effective illusion of walking on air.
Since October 2023, TikTok users have been captivated by the dance video posted by Korean student Lee Hyo-cheol, where he seemingly glides magically off the ground.
The so-called Slickback dance move, named after the song “A Pimp Named Slickback” it is set to, now has several videos devoted to it racking up over 2 billion views.
Lee moves in a way that makes it seem like he is able to step so hard on the air that he can get purchase on it and float above the ground.
Lee modified a dance move created by YouTuber and TikTokker Jubi2fye in early 2022. The “Jubi Slide”, as it is known, looks somewhat like a sideways moonwalk.
The new move focuses more on the striking out of the heels than the sliding, “moonwalk” movement and traverses some distance on the ground rather than being confined to a single spot.
Links to Lee’s original TikTok @wm87.4 account video and a “tutorial” by @gkocoach are available at:
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