All World Dance: News for Lovers of Dance

Nathan Barnatt Rocks! in Yelle's Comme Un Enfant (Freaks Remix) & Madeon's Pop Culture

Nathan Barnatt in Yelle's Comme Un Enfant (Freaks Remix)
[Source: Nathan Barnatt]

Why have I not heard of Nathan Barnatt till now? This guy is great!

Look, this isn't going to become the All The World's Nutty Dancers blog but I am so busy sorting out my other business that I haven't been able to do my readers justice. That won't always be the case but, till then, posting stuff that's just too cool not to post will be the game.

Nathan Barnatt & Jenny Fine in Madeon's Pop Culture
[Source: Nathan Barnatt]

I do like him best when he's wilding out. The repetitive side-to-side stuff will wear thin after awhile. Still, Barnatt's a lot of fun.

Mashable has a bit more background.

Official Sites: YouTube ~ Facebook ~ Twitter

Filipino Traffic Cop Dances While He Works

Filipino Traffic Cop Doing His Job Like A Boss

Nice collection of footage of the dancing traffic cop in action. I've seen videos of this guy before and there seem to be lots on YouTube. What a great way to get famous.

I used to have fantasies of moving to Tokyo and dancing every day or week in a spot with a lot of tourists. If you were interesting enough (or weird, in my case) you could get world famous doing that. But I guess fame just wasn't enough motivation for me to make that happen!

Does this qualify as "street dance"?

Stephen Colbert in The Nutcracker w/Special Guests David Hallberg & Hee Seo

David Hallberg, Hee Seo & Stephen Colbert in a Variation from The Nutcracker [Source: Colbert Nation]

Stephen Colbert does surprisingly well for himself on The Colbert Report in this variation from The Nutcracker starring David Hallberg and Hee Seo of the American Ballet Theatre.

David Hallberg Spars with Stephen Colbert [Source: Colbert Nation]

David Hallberg, who was inspired by Fred Astaire, was a special guest on The Colbert Report due to recently beginning work with The Bolshoi Ballet.

I'm no David Hallberg but Fred Astaire was also an important inspiration for my decision to study dance!

Official Site: Colbert Nation

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Girl Walk // All Day: 71 Minute Dance/Music Video to Girl Talk's All Day

Girl Walk // All Day Trailer [Source: Girl Walk // All Day]

I wrote about a 71 minute dance-music video over at Hypebot called Girl Walk // All Day. It's a dancing in public space tale featuring the All Day album by Girl Talk and premieres December 8th in Brooklyn, NY. However, it's also going to be released online in segments.

Director Jacob Krupnick posted an 8 minute video of initial footage shot on the Staten Island Ferry featuring dancer Anne Marsen whose improvisational combination of dance styles is considered a good match for Girl Talk's mashups of other people's music.

This video was used in a Kickstarter campaign that raised around 5 times as much as requested resulting in $24,817 in funding to develop the full video. I think this is a very cool project that will be getting a lot more attention in the days ahead.

Official Site: Girl Walk // All Day

B-Boy Santa Sneak Attack in Asheville, NC

Dancing Santa - B-Boy Santa Sneak Attack in Asheville, NC
[Source: Explore Asheville]

B-Boy Santa makes the rounds in Asheville!

Official Site: Explore Asheville

Dancing With An iPod In Public: Christmas Edition

Dancing With An iPod In Public - Christmas Edition
[Source: Preston Leatherman]

Words fail me!

Via Jesse Bie.

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LANVIN Models Dancing Beautifully & Awkwardly to Pitbull

LANVIN Fall/Winter 2011/2012 Campaign [Source: FBK1976]

This awesome little video for LANVIN's Fall/Winter 2011/2012 collection isn't new but it's new to me. I've watched it numerous times and just love the awkward yet fully committed dancing!

Bonus appearance by designer Alber Elbaz who steals the show in the closing frames.

Photography: Steven Meisel

Creative Direction: House and Holme

Music: Pitbull's I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

Official Site: LANVIN Paris

tank9 Returns With Anime Expo 2011 Dance

Anime Expo 2011 Dance to Space Electro

tank9 is back with another dance featuring a wide variety of attendees at Anime Expo 2011!

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Improv Everywhere Scores Flash Mob for Crowd, Glowsticks, Masks & Flashlights

The MP3 Experiment Eight [Source: Improv Everywhere]

Improv Everywhere organized The MP3 Experiment Eight in New York City:

"For our latest mission, over 3,500 people downloaded an MP3 file and pressed play simultaneously. The event began at sunset in two starting points by the Hudson River. The masses converged on Nelson Rockefeller Park as twilight ended and participated in a series of synchronized activities involving flashlights, camera flashes, glow sticks, and masks. This was the 8th installment in our Mp3 Experiment series."

They also have pictures of the event!

Official Site: Improv Everywhere

Evolution of the Touchdown Dance

Evolution of the Touchdown Dance for ESPN [Source: ESPN]

The Evolution of Dance guy is back with Evolution of the Touchdown Dance.

Sure to be a hit with football fans, I hope, since I'm not getting any of the references!

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