<videovortex> New moves on YouTube

[Sabine Niederer]

Hi all,
this morning, the Dutch newspaper NRC Next featured an article about  
dancing & YouTube, and how dance trends often spread through online  
video.
"Bizarre dansjes verspreiden zich het snelst via internet" , by  
Marten Mantel (NRC Next 19-05-2008, p 30).
I've made a short summary of the new online dance trends (according  
to NRC Next) and included some links.
Ciao, Sabine

Soulja Boy Dance
Soulja boy is a 16 year old amateur rapper from the US, who published  
his sng Crank Dat online in April 2007. His moves caused a stream of  
video responses with parodies, imitations and mash-ups (including one  
with Pooh dancing the Soulja Boy) and the boy had scored a number one  
hit.
Crank Dat (original version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pGJCkCDK5A
Pooh version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316BF17k5d8
Soulja Boy Ballet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1whKQBcnLiQ

Tecktonik
Frensh electrosinger Yelle became famous because of her music video A  
Cause des Garçons (Tepr Remix), which featured a new dance stye from  
the banlieus in Paris called Tecktonik.
Link to the music video of  A Cause des Garçons: http://youtube.com/ 
watch?v=bytf3gZMFkY
And this is the most viewed Tecktonic video on YouTube (boy dancing  
tecktonic in a garage): http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGum1YYkGk

Salmon Dance
The Chemical Brother launched the Salmon Dance last year, not by  
dancing it, but by giving instructions in the Salmon Dance Song: „Put  
your hands to the side, as silly as it seems, and shake your body  
like a salmon floating up stream”. They invited people to upload  
their versions of the Salmon Dance to YouTube, but of course loads of  
fans had already done that.
Video of a boy trying the salmon dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
v=A105F5mjTG8

Tabarnak
'Le Tabarnak' is a dance from  the rap band Les200 from the French  
Canadian hiphop scene in Montreal. It supposedly is danced in clubs  
in Canada. The dance is simple: just keep one of your feet off the  
floor for the full duration of the song and don't forget to dance.
Le Tebarnak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJxfqZ4D3E

Rolex Sweep
The most recent example of a 'song that comes with new moves' has  
been spotted in the London crime scene. Rappers/producers Wiley and  
Skepta have thought up the Rolex Sweep, as moves to Wiley’s new  
single 'Wearing My Rolex'.
It goes something like this: pretend to fill a glass with champagne,  
and then wave your arm around so everybody can see your Rolex. Wiley  
and Skepta have recorded an instruction video (more like a rap song  
with slide show), in which they explain the moves and rap:  „Soulja  
Boy can’t dance like me, Michael Jackson can’t dance like me”.
The original Rolex Sweep (starts at 3'35"): http://www.youtube.com/ 
watch?v=q_WVO0GCGcw
The Rolex Sweep tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0K0nf4ac8
Girls dancing the Rolex Sweep: http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
v=TUmkh4ghhSw

The full article, titled "Bizarre dansjes verspreiden zich het snelst  
via internet", by Marten Mantel , can be found here (in Dutch):  
http://www.nrcnext.nl/uitenthuis/article1091817.ece.

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