Liquid and digits is a type of
gestural,
interpretive,
rave and
urban street dance that sometimes involve aspects of
pantomime. The term invokes the word
liquid to describe the fluid-like motion of the dancer's body and appendages and
digits to refer to illusions constructed with the dancer's fingers. Liquid dancing has many moves in common with
popping and waving. The exact origins of the dances are uncertain, although they came out of either popping,
raves, or both sometime from the 1970s to 1990s. The dance is typically done to a variety of
electronic dance music genres from
trance to
drum and bass to
glitch hop, depending on the dancer's musical taste.