After over two decades in the contemporary lexicon (and approximately two centuries of historical context), twerking (or as us oldsters used to call it, “booty-popping”) is proving to be as enduring and evolutionary as hip-hop itself.
So much so, many of us who grew up with the dance are now technically years closer to being senior citizens than sexy young thangs poppin’ that stuff—but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying.
Inspired by the recent runaway success of City Girls’ “Twerk”—featuring the relatively unknown Cardi B—choreographer Radha Ruiz brought the ongoing craze (thankfully snatched back from the likes of Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea) to a Los Angeles-based group of senior women for a demonstration in “how to get flewed out.”
But while it’d be easy to play this off as a parody strictly made for laughs, these women looked like they were legitimately having fun; the kind of fun we hope we’re still having decades from now. In short, this shit was inspiring as hell.