What is the greatest dance move in pop music?

A few were invented on live television; the rest crawled out of clubs into every school disco. Sixty years of dance floors, one argument.

1. 1
   The Moonwalk

   The backward glide Michael Jackson took to television on Motown 25 in 1983.
2. 2
   The Thriller zombie dance

   Michael Peters' undead choreography from the 1983 Thriller video, still copied at weddings.
3. 3
   Voguing

   The ballroom poses Madonna took mainstream with the 1990 single Vogue.
4. 4
   The Twist

   The hip-swivelling craze Chubby Checker set off in 1960.
5. 5
   Single Ladies choreography

   The three-dancer routine from Beyonce's 2008 video, filmed in one black-and-white take.
6. 6
   The anti-gravity lean

   The forward tilt from Smooth Criminal, patented in 1993 with special stage shoes.
7. 7
   Elvis's hip swivel

   The leg-shaking that got Presley filmed from the waist up in 1956.
8. 8
   James Brown's splits and spin

   The drop-into-splits and pivot back up that closed his shows for decades.
9. 9
   The Gangnam Style horse

   Psy's invisible-reins gallop from the 2012 video that first passed a billion views.
10. 10
    The Hammer dance

    The scuttling side-step MC Hammer set to U Can't Touch This in 1990.
11. 11
    The Macarena

    The arm-sequence-and-hop that Los del Rio turned into a global 1996 wedding standard.
12. 12
    Breakdancing windmill

    The floor spin from 1970s Bronx b-boying, now an Olympic event.
13. 13
    The Charleston

    The kicking, swinging step that defined dance floors in the 1920s.

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