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A woman twerking in a contest. Twerking (/ËtwÉËrkÉªÅ/) is a type of dance in which an individual, usually female, moves to music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance. Twerking is also known as booty shaking, p-poppin or pussy-poppin, and bounce depending on the context.
There is also another candidate for the ancestor of twerking; it was called âKordaksâ or  Kordax  (Ancient Greek: ÎºÏÏÎ´Î±Î¾) and was a suggestive style of dancing used in Greek comedy from antiquity; it was characterized by erotic hip-shaking.Mention of it first appears in 423 BCE in the comedy Nefeles by Aristophanes.here is also another candidate for the ancestor of twerking; it was called âKordaksâ or  Kordax  (Ancient Greek: ÎºÏÏÎ´Î±Î¾) and was a suggestive style of dancing used in Greek comedy from antiquity; it was characterized by erotic hip-shaking.