Dutty Wine
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"Dutty Wine" is a head dance. There are several Dancers in Jamaica who claim they were its creator. Although there is proof in a video with one of the crowned Dancehall Queens
Dancehall Queens
-Winners:* Dancehall Queen Carlene Jamaica's first National Dancehall QueenInternational Dancehall Queens* Dancehall Queen ? Dancehall Queen Keisha Campbell* Dancehall Queen 1999 - 2002 Dancehall Queen Stacey...

 named Mad Michelle
Mad Michelle
-Biography:Mad Michelle "Michelle McKoy" was born in Jamaica. She was a model and choreographer before winning the Dancehall Queen competition in 2003.-Dance:...

 first performing the dance in front of a crowd. The Dutty Wine is also a song by dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 artist Tony Matterhorn
Tony Matterhorn
-Tony Matterhorn Bio:Tony Matterhorn His feisty attitude has kept him at or near the top of the sound system game for many years. Tony Matterhorn has now found new territory as a dancehall deejay with a handful of hits pounding the dancehall both locally and overseas.Dubbed 'Mr...

.

Dutty Wine Culture

Although Dancehall Queen Mad Michelle
Mad Michelle
-Biography:Mad Michelle "Michelle McKoy" was born in Jamaica. She was a model and choreographer before winning the Dancehall Queen competition in 2003.-Dance:...

 is a possible creator of the Dutty Wine the packaged concept of the Dutty Wine came from a trio in Montego Bay
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...

 Named The Attitude Girls. Dancehall Queen Shalara Gayle of The Attitude Girls is most famous for doing the fastest and longest Dutty Wine Dance

The Dance

The dance involves the rotating movement of the neck. You can also move your legs like a bird, whilst simultaneously rotating your wrists and neck and posterior. Sometimes more advanced dancers will also include the splits in their Dutty Wine. It is not done by ordinary people in Jamaica where it originated. Only by females who are known dancers or Dancehall Queens
Dancehall Queens
-Winners:* Dancehall Queen Carlene Jamaica's first National Dancehall QueenInternational Dancehall Queens* Dancehall Queen ? Dancehall Queen Keisha Campbell* Dancehall Queen 1999 - 2002 Dancehall Queen Stacey...

. The dance experienced a surge of popularity around the world, especially in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n communities in parts of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

. Some even have gone so far as to label it as "the dance craze" of 2006.

Doctor's Warnings

Some doctors have warned against performing the Dutty Wine, claiming it may cause serious muscle trauma, and ligament damage.

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