Genre Street dance Origin United States | Year 2010s | |
Finger-tutting is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers. The word "tutting" is a street dance style based on angular movements which are supposed to stylize the poses seen on reliefs in the art of ancient Egypt, and refers to "King Tut".
Finger-tutting received international attention after dancer/choreographer Julian Daniels (aka JayFunk) performed in a viral Samsung commercial entitled "Unleash Your Fingers". Later, the dance group, Finger Circus, pushed the art-form worldwide through commercials, YouTube videos, and community-building.
Finger tutting received further international attention after practitioner John Hunt (aka Pnut) made a viral video entitled "Greasy Fingers". Later, Hunt was featured prominently in the video for the Taylor Swift song Shake It Off.
More recently, Finger-tutting has been featured in the Syfy show The Magicians as one of the ways in which its characters can conjure various spells.