Tecktonik dance craze takes Paris by storm:

Girls Like Tecktonik

A new urban dance phenomenon has taken hold in Paris and is quickly spreading to the rest of France through Internet videos and word-of-mouth. Tecktonik, a mix of hip hop and techno dance, was the talk of this yearÂ’s Paris Techno Parade, the annual dance music street carnival that took place in the French capital last Saturday.

The starting point for the scene is a complex of nightclubs on the southeastern outskirts of Paris called the Metropolis. “For seven years we’ve been organising nights called Tecktonik Killer where we play the harder sounds of northern Europe (Belgium, The Netherlands) and the softer sounds of the south (Italy, Spain),” the artistic director of the Metropolis, Cyril Blanc, told AFP.

Sacre bleu! C’est TECKTONIK!

Tecktonik, judged by the videos on YouTube and displays at the Techno Parade, is a mix of break-dancing, hip hop and techno, featuring flailing arms and quick foot movements. In appearance, fans share similarities with the new-rave scene in Britain, where fluorescent colours, armbands and tight t-shirts are back in fashion in a clear tribute to the 1980s rave music scene.

The leaders of the Tecktonik craze can be found at meeting spots around Paris, including in the centre near the Pompidou modern art gallery, where dance-offs are organised between teams.

Here’s Jey-Jey doing his Tecktonik thing:

It’s like somebody threw Electro, Breakdancing, and Rave into a blender.

Tecktonik est merveilleux!