* Bento Ska Dances * (Skanking & 'Madness' Inspired )

SKA DANCE SET
Ska Dance and Skanking are dance styles that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and early 1960s, alongside the development of ska music. Skanking became popular among ska music fans in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the punk and new wave music scenes in the UK and US. Today, Skanking continues to be a popular dance style, particularly in the ska, reggae, and punk music communities. It is known for its energetic, high-paced movements and its emphasis on individual expression and improvisation. Skanking is often performed in live music settings, such as concerts and music festivals, and is a beloved part of ska and reggae music culture.

These 13 Ska dances are great for SL dance choreography or just as fun dances for use at events and clubs. Each dance has been recorded using motion capture technology to capture the subtle nuances of ska dance moves performed by a professional dancer. These are full body dance motions with additional bento finger animation. (Please note that you will need bento enabled hands on your avatar to see the finger motion in the dances.) In this pack we have also included mirrored versions of each dance to help with dance sequence choreography.

DEMO OF THE DANCES
We have a link to a demo video of the dances in this pack at the bottom of this listing. However, we strongly encourage you to try these dance animations in-world before purchase to make sure you like them on your avatar before purchase. Additionally, in-world we offer the option to purchase each dance individually should you only want one or two of them. This allows you to curate a personalized dance animation repertoire that perfectly suits your artistic vision. This dance pack does however offer a large discount over buying the dances individually.

This is the slurl to our in-world store where you can try the dances out
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Animations/172/148/1151

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ANIMATIONS & OUR DANCE STORE
Abranimations started in 2004 and is one of the longest standing dance and animation stores in Second Life. We have a real world motion capture studio called Awesome Dog Mocap, providing content for a range of platforms with a primary focus on Second Life. We are proud to offer you some of the highest quality dance animation products on the market. Our dance packs are crafted with the utmost care and precision, utilizing the talent of professional dancers in our state-of-the-art studio. Our studio is equipped with 24 cutting-edge motion capture cameras, we have captured every detail of the dancers' movements to ensure unparalleled accuracy and realism in our animations. Experience quality dance motions with an Abranimations dance packs today!

Ps. We have lots of other fun and whacky stuff in our store too, so please do drop by and check it out some time!

HOW TO USE THE DANCES IN THIS PACK
Our dance animations can be used as they are from your inventory. But most people prefer to use them in a Dance HUD or dance machine for easier control and flexibility. The dances do not come preloaded in a HUD as we really want them to be viewed on their own merit and not tie anyone into any particular dance system. The dances are standard SL dances though so they should work fine in any good dance device/hud in SL. We are now excited to offer our dance HUD and dancesphere (our own dance chim) completely free to complement our animations.

These are the marketplace links to these which are also available in our in-world store.

DANCE HUD
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Abranimations-Dance-HUD-v11/7229197

DANCE SPHERE - Wearable dance machine
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Abranimations-Dance-Sphere-21-20-Person-Wearable-Dance-Machine/53277

Quick Tip... When adding our dances to a HUD, please make sure you drop the HUD on the ground first. Animations cannot be added to an attached object in Second Life unless they are full perms. Our dances are marked 'Copy/No Transfer', this simply means you can make backups of them but cannot transfer to another avatar. It does not prevent them being put in a HUD though. This is a surprisingly common mistake, so thought I'd mention here!

PLEASE HELP US WITH A REVIEW
I really hope you enjoy our dances. We have put a huge amount of effort into making them. Please do consider leaving us a nice one if you do like them. If you have any issue please do feel free to contact us before leaving a bad review though so we can try and resolve any problems first.

Many Thanks :)