Dance
Forgetful Snow
Melinda Ring is trying to raise $13,000 on KickStarter so that she can stage her dance project, Forgetful Snow.It's one of those things where it's kinda hard to tell if it's real or satire. But my gut instinct tells me it's for real. Of course, I have no knowledge of contemporary dance, so a more discerning viewer might instantly recognize this as a masterpiece.
The video is safe for work, despite the video thumbnail showing a hint of skin.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 08, 2014 -
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Category: Dance
Peg-Leg Bates
Unfair career advantage: he had to buy only half the number of tap shoes of other dancers.
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 16, 2014 -
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Category: Disabilities, Dance, Twentieth Century
Tractor Square Dancing
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 04, 2014 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Motor Vehicles, Regionalism, Dance
No Touch Tango
From The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Jan 24, 1914:
I found a picture on wikipedia of Vernon and Irene Castle demonstrating what appears to be this No Touch Tango developed by them at Mrs. Fish's request:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 30, 2014 -
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Category: 1910s, Dance
Happy Hotpoint
Even eventual superstars had to start somewhere.
At the age of 17, Mary Tyler Moore aspired to be a dancer. She started her career as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the 1950s series Ozzie and Harriet.[9] She appeared in 39 TV commercials in five days, ultimately earning about $6,000 from her first job.[10] Her time as "Happy Hotpoint" ended when it became difficult to conceal her pregnancy in the dancing elf costume.[9]
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 22, 2013 -
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Category: Celebrities, Advertising, Appliances, 1950s, Dance
STREB Lab
"Superheroes" or not? Your call!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 05, 2013 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Theater and Stage, Dance
Crazy Pygmy—Hilarious Dancing
What day is not brightened by the inexplicable and thoughtlessly ridiculed antics of a small person?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 01, 2013 -
Comments (2)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Human Marvels, 1930s, Dance
Least Successful Dance “Craze” Ever
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 11, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Fads, 1960s, Dance
Do the Peg Leg!
The "peg-leg" was a brief dance craze back in 1953. To do the peg leg, a man simply wore a wooden leg over his right leg as he danced with his partner. The dance was imported from the Dominican Republic where, so the story goes, a sailor with a wooden leg once was so seized by the rhythm of the merengue that "he stood up and took part in the dancing. The people loudly applauded and imitated the clumsy and awkward dancing of the seaman. This way a new dance came into existence." [Montreal Gazette, May 1953]
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 06, 2013 -
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Category: Fads, 1950s, Dance
The Dopey Joes
More random "culture" from the inexplicable French.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 04, 2013 -
Comments (3)
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Dance, Europe
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