kottke.org posts about 'dance'

This video makes me irrationally happy...I watched it four times in a row just now.

It was the freshest move I've ever seen, like he was floating on air.

And yeah, that's Kanye West's Vimeo account. His blog is entertaining as well; a recent favorite post is YOU CAN'T MAKE ME STOP POSTING YAGHTS!!!

Update: Vimeo erased the video because it was not original content so I pointed to one on YouTube. They also erased all but one video on Kanye's account...I guess they were all videos by other people.

 Apr 9, 2008  •  tags: video utahsaints dance kanyewest

Legendary mime Marcel Marceau died Saturday at age 84.

Michael Jackson borrowed his famous "moonwalk" from a Marceau sketch, "Walking Against the Wind."

I tried to find video of that sketch but came up empty.

Update: Here's some video of Marceau teaching wind walking to a class...and miming with Michael Jackson. (thx, andy & mike)

Update: Here's a better video of Marceau doing his wind walk, from a Mel Brooks movie no less. (thx, manuel)

 Sep 23, 2007  •  tags: mimes marcelmarceau dance michaeljackson obituaries

Denis Darzacq's photos of dancers, caught in mid-flight. (thx, david)

 Feb 13, 2007  •  tags: photography dance

Video of some fellows doing The Charleston to Around the World by Daft Punk. (via buzzfeed)

Update: The two fellows are Al Minns and Leon James...here's the original video. In the final 30 seconds or so of the video, they almost look like they're poppin' and lockin'. (thx, paul)

 Feb 1, 2007  •  tags: dance video daftpunk

Doin' the robot has never looked so good in this video for Uniqlo. (via wider angle)

 Jan 17, 2007  •  tags: dance uniqlo video

BIRD FLU DANCE WATCH! A bird flu "riddim" from January 2006 from a student in South Africa (originally from Botswana). Not sure how this ties into either version of the flu dance (a third strain?).

 Jun 7, 2006  •  tags: birdflu birdfludance dance aftrica diseases

Video of a man performing the history of dance. Awesome.

 May 9, 2006  •  tags: dance video

Researching quantum honeybees. Can bees detect quantum fields and use them to find food?

 Jun 14, 2005  •  tags: bees science quantummechanics physics biology insects dance

Trailer for Rize, David LaChapelle's film about krump dancing.

 May 16, 2005  •  tags: dance movies davidlachapelle trailers

New iPod ad features some poppin' and lockin'. And I'm pretty sure David "Elsewhere" Bernal is in there somewhere as well. Finally!

 May 15, 2005  •  tags: davidbernal dance apple ipod commericals