finger-tutting

{{Short description|Type of dance}}

{{for|the movement style in street dance|popping}}

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|year = 1990s

|origin = United States

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Finger-tutting is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers.{{cite web |author=NBC Bay Area Staff |date=Jan 1, 2014 |title=Vallejo Man's Finger Dancing Video Goes Viral |work=Nbcbayarea.com |url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Vallejo-Mans-Finger-Dancing-Video-Goes-Viral-238311941.html |accessdate=15 November 2014}}{{cite web |last=Matthews |first=Cate |date=January 8, 2014 |title=They Call Him The 'King Of Fingers' -- And He Is, He Really Is (VIDEO) |work=huffingtonpost.com |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/pnut-king-of-fingers-dance-video_n_4555714.html |accessdate=15 November 2014}} "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".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMfpJh3h4A YouTube]

Popularity of this dance style increased after Jay Gutierrez or "Jsmooth" revealed his innovated style of finger-tutting in the credits of Step Up 3D, released August 6, 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://pro-dance.eu/jsmooth |title=ProDance |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-date=2019-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304062548/http://www.pro-dance.eu/jsmooth |url-status=dead }}[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193631/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt IMDB]

Finger-tutting received international attention after dancer/choreographer Julian "JayFunk" Daniels performed in a viral Samsung commercial entitled "Unleash Your Fingers".{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-viral-mobile-phone-ad-of-all-time-samsung-2013-1|title=The Most Viral Mobile Phone Ad Of All Time Is ... French?|newspaper=Business Insider|access-date=2016-10-23}} Later, the dance group Finger Circus popularized the form through commercials{{citation|last=Moviecollectionjp|title=P-Nutの達人フィンガータット・パフォーマンス公開／バンドエイド『Dancing BAND AID（踊るバンドエイド）』CM|date=2016-10-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlnoQ50RwyA|accessdate=2016-10-23}} and YouTube videos.

Finger-tutting received further international attention after practitioner John Hunt, also known as Pnut, made a viral video entitled "Greasy Fingers". Filmed, directed and produced by Statussilver. 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 and the Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange as one of the ways in which characters can cast various spells. JayFunk helped with the finger-tutting in Doctor Strange.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7_ZmIrRfg|title=Benedict Cumberbatch on Donning the Red Cloak at Marvel's Doctor Strange Red Carpet Premiere|author=Marvel Entertainment|author-link=Marvel Entertainment|publisher=YouTube|date=October 20, 2016|accessdate=October 23, 2016|time=3:05}}

In 2020, the music video for "Naughty" by Red Velvet's Irene and Seulgi featured a choreographed tutting performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/the-40-best-k-pop-songs-of-2020-2649534433.html|title=The 40 Best K-pop Songs of 2020|first=Crystal|last=Bell|date=December 19, 2020|website=Paper}}