२४ सप्टेंबर, २०११

A very entertaining dance.

You will not be disappointed:



(Via Metafilter.)

४२ टिप्पण्या:

David म्हणाले...

Marquese "Nonstop" Scott of Lawrenceville, Georgia, age 29.

Mike and Sue म्हणाले...

That is amazing body control. I believe it is real (non-CGI) as evidenced by the passing car relections on the door glass. Very athletic.

Paul Sand म्हणाले...

If I tried that: two broken ankles, multiple dislocations and contusions, perhaps fatal embarrassment.

gerry म्हणाले...

Beautiful.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

I am guessing that is really hard to pull off.

edutcher म्हणाले...

Very limber.

And he really does dance the music, rather than "interpret" it.

Very innovative.

Sam म्हणाले...

The human body imitating a mechanical body imitating the human body. Cool.

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

Magic shoes!

♫ All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun.
♬ All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet.♪


Hummy hummy hum, hummy hum-hummy-hum. Stuck in my head hummy hum. For the day hummy hummy

gerry म्हणाले...

He's a member of Remote Kontrol.

A. Shmendrik म्हणाले...

No Fred Astaire is he. But it was as advertised, very entertaining.

Carol_Herman म्हणाले...

The toe bone is connected to the foot bone. The foot bone is connected to the ankle bone ...

And, it was done way back in the 1950's.

This, too, reminds me of Michael Jackson.

And, sure. Interesting to watch the flexibility.

I bet if two year olds see this ... they'll do their best to imitate.

As to the hand gestures ... Reminds me of Steve Martin "doing" the Egyptian.

Lyle म्हणाले...

Pretty smooth.

Titus म्हणाले...

I was disappointed.

Bryan Townsend म्हणाले...

That is very cool! Is the whole dance actually a palindrome? Here is something not quite so elaborate, but on the other hand, there are seven guys dancing in unison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIkYV_AE-FU

Bill White म्हणाले...

At about 3:40 when he stopped dancing for a moment, the name finally arrived: he's a mime.

Moose म्हणाले...

Pop n' lock - 2011.

ajcjw म्हणाले...

Influenced Michael Jackson but still amazing. It would like to see him perform to better music. I couldn't watch the whole thing because the music was so unpleasant.

Wince म्हणाले...

Chad's up to his old tricks.

Althouse said...
...I suspect that Chad is a Moby. Yeah, I just checked his old comments. There aren't many, but...

I think he's a lefty trying to make conservatives looks like assholes.

ajcjw म्हणाले...

Influenced BY Michael Jackson. Typo.

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

Ozone and Turbo's Future Man.

Chase म्हणाले...

No Fred Astaire is he. But it was as advertised, very entertaining

Actually he IS at the Fred Astaire level, his movements being as clean and fluid as they are. My daughter taught dance in college. She looked at this and emailed me that there are probably only a couple of hundred people in the entire world capable of movement as clean as this guy.

Reminds me of the story where Fred Astaire once told Michael Jackson that Michael was a real dancer. Astaire then told John Travolta, 'Nice try".

Astro म्हणाले...

Ugh, that music. Somebody needs to tell their pre-teen daughter to stop messing with the equalizer. The treble channels are shoved up to 11.

The Dude म्हणाले...

Very impressive. If he choreographed it as well, then that's even more impressive. The integration of the movement to the music is superior to much choreography that one sees these days.

Bob_R म्हणाले...

I'm sure it would be much more impressive live. The knowledge that it could be faked detracts. sort of like magic tricks don't go over on television.

अनामित म्हणाले...

I thought it sucked. Big time.

That's not a dance-that's editing.

Oh, how I miss SoCal music-

Thanks for ruining it.

jamboree म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Peano म्हणाले...

A. Shmendrik said... No Fred Astaire ...

Indeed. Fred was a dancer.

Peano म्हणाले...

Chase said... Actually he IS at the Fred Astaire level...

Actually, no.

अनामित म्हणाले...

His isolation and control are astounding.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Browndog --

"That's not a dance-that's editing."

Watch the cars in the glass.

eCurmudgeon म्हणाले...

"Watch the cars in the glass.

Ever hear of compositing? It could just as easily be a CGI or edit superimposed on a "real" background...

Chase म्हणाले...

Sorry Peano. You're wrong.

a psychiatrist who learned from veterans म्हणाले...

Man as machine; how about dancer as man.

Lincolntf म्हणाले...

Very cool.

Bob म्हणाले...

Yah, it is entertaining. Thanks for linking it, Ann.

Holmes म्हणाले...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAyTK6jF5o8

This type of dance has been evolving for a while.

Holmes म्हणाले...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVgqHo3HW8A&NR=1

And featured in commercials!

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

As a huge Astaire fan, I'm happy to say that this guy really is an Astaire.

Jason म्हणाले...

I've seen this kind of dancing live. No, moron, it's not digital editing. You need to get out more.

This kind of dancing was popular when I was in 7th grade in Hawaii, in 1983. And some kids got really good at it. This guy's got a much bigger volcabulary of moves than anyone I've seen, except perhaps David Elsewhere, who's done a lot of live shows, as well.

Do a vid search on Elsewhere and you'll see him competing on stage live at a talent show... before he became well known. Astonishing.

Astaire was wonderful, but there are a lot of people who were even better dancers than him. Every generation gets better, because they stand on the shoulders of the generations that came before, including Astaire, Hines, Baryshnikov, to name the most famous. There are many others whose names are nearly unknown outside of the dance circuit. Some of them wait tables.

showbiz111 म्हणाले...

Definitely looks like something superimposed on a real background. I give kudos for the animation, but I don't believe the guy could do half of these moves. But if I saw it in person as taped, I would give my apologies and tell him he's amazing.

MTN म्हणाले...

A) Yes, it's real.
B) It's not dubstep though.

el polacko म्हणाले...

i think i saw shields & yarnell do this 'dance' on a san fran street corner back in the '70s.