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Nutbush City Limits researchers trace origins of renowned dance to NSW education department (www.abc.net.au)
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  • In short: Researchers have found the dance routine to Nutbush City Limits was invented by the New South Wales education department.
  • The Nutbush was distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975, researchers said.
  • There have been attempts to create a world record for the number of people dancing at one time, with the record standing at 6,594.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

But a new study has found the routine to American singer Tina Turner's 1973 song Nutbush City Limits was invented by the New South Wales education department.

University of South Australia sociologist Jon Stratton said instructions for the Nutbush were distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975.

Legendary pop singer Turner, who died in May last year, wrote the lyrics to the song which refer to her childhood hometown, Nutbush in the US state of Tennessee.

Edith Cowan University visual and cultural studies professor Panizza Allmark said they were inspired to research the routine following an episode of Hamish and Andy's Gap Year.

He singled out the song's "strong rock beat" that makes it easy to dance to, but said the Nutbush was quintessentially Australian.

"This is what happens in London for example: put on Nutbush City Limits at some party, all the English people go, 'Oh yeah, boring, don't dance to that these days'.

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