This is performed in time with the music and is improved upon by continuing to dance with the lower half of the body, simultaneously.
The Batusi first appeared in the premiere episode ("Hi Diddle Riddle") of the 1960s American television series based on the comic book character Batman.
One account is that it was invented by dance instructor Arthur Murray for Batman, and was supposedly first performed at a cocktail party at a New York City discothèque, Harlow's.
[1] In a 2005 Wizard magazine interview, Adam West claims credit for creating the Batusi's unique moves.
[8] It has also been in films such as Pulp Fiction, Antz, and Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, although John Travolta's Pulp Fiction character dances with palms facing out, while the original Batusi had the palms toward the dancer's face.