Hands in the air
Both arms shoot almost straight overhead in a quarter second, then sway from one raised extreme to the other on the beat, tilting the body a little each way.
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What it is for
Hands in the air is for a crowd cheering, dancing, or celebrating: both arms shoot straight up and then sway gently from side to side on the beat, for as long as the move plays.
The principle it shows: exaggeration
A real raised hand rarely goes much past the shoulder. Here both arms swing up to 165° and then sway between 152° and 175°, close to straight overhead and a little past it on each side. Pushing the angle that far is what makes the pose read as unmistakable celebration from across a room, not just a polite wave.
The program, line by line
when it starts
glide right arm 165, right forearm 8, left arm -165, left forearm -8 over 0.25 s (out)
forever:
glide right arm 175, left arm -152, dy -6, rot 2 over 0.25 s (out)
glide right arm 152, left arm -175, dy 0, rot -2 over 0.25 s (in)when it starts— begins the moment the move is put on a character.glide right arm 165, right forearm 8, left arm -165, left forearm -8 over 0.25 s (out)— both arms shoot up, almost straight overhead.forever:— the sway repeats for as long as the move plays.glide right arm 175, left arm -152, dy -6, rot 2 over 0.25 s (out)— the right arm reaches a little past overhead as the left drops back a little, the body lifting and tilting 2 degrees to that side.glide right arm 152, left arm -175, dy 0, rot -2 over 0.25 s (in)— and the other way: the left arm reaches past overhead as the right drops back, tilting the other way.
Try this
Raise the right arm to 120 degrees instead of 165, only to shoulder height. The move reads as a smaller, calmer raised hand instead of full celebration.
In the program:
ramp · to.part:arm:1165→120Slow each sway to 0.6 seconds instead of 0.25. The cheer becomes a slow, swaying wave instead of a quick, excited one.
In the program:
ramp · over0.25→0.6
How it differs from Head bob and Cheer with pom-poms
Head bob keeps the arms out of it and bobs only the head on the beat; Hands in the air sways the whole upper body between two raised-arm extremes. Cheer with pom-poms is the other celebration move here, built around something held in the hands rather than empty air.
Works on
| Body | Moves? | What moves |
|---|---|---|
| 2 legs (a person) | yes | whole body, arms |
| 4 legs (a dog) | yes | whole body, front legs |
| no legs (the monster with no legs) | yes | whole body, arms |