Signature: Thriller

Signature: ThrillerContinuing on the Michael Jackson theme, watch Signature (Suleman Mirza & Madhu Singh) perform their distinctive interpretation of Thriller, from the semi-final round of Britain’s Got Talent.  read more »

Fred Astaire: Smooth Criminal

Fred Astaire: Smooth CriminalThis blows me away. Cat From Japan has re-edited sequences from Fred Astaire’s movies to make a video for Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal.  read more »

Robert Muraine Thinks He Can Dance

Robert MuraineTo inspire all of you doing the So You Think You Can Dance auditions on Tuesday, watch Robert Muraine show off his mind-blowing popping and contortionist skills.  read more »

A Dog, A Cat & A Rat

A Dog, A Cat & A RatGregory Pike shows how well animals can get along. He takes his pets Booger, Kitty and Mousey out for a walk, all sitting on one another.  read more »

American Mambo

American MamboAn Open Left Box exclusive! Raw footage of the professional formation from the Arthur Murray Graduation Ball at the Marriott Chateau Champlain on May 18th, 2008.  read more »

Penguins

Penguins (BBC)Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) discovers a group of penguins with an astonishing abilty.  read more »

Dancers Crossing

Many more great signs here.  read more »

Le Sélect Classique 2005

Sélect Classique 2005For old times’ sake, here are some gorgeous pictures of Phong & Elena from the competition we did in summer 2005, “borrowed” from Salsafolie. To see pictures of the rest of the competition, check out Salsafolie’s photo album of the event.

Simone & Vanessa: Pizzicato Polka

Simone & Vanessa: Pizzicato PolkaFrom the Viennese Celebration concert, Simone & Vanessa dances the Pizzicato Polka by Josef Strauss & Johann Strauss II, accompanied by the Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra.  read more »

Advertising vs Reality

Advertising vs RealityThe wacky Germans at Pundo3000 have an interesting photo essay where they take 100 food products and compare the package images to the actual contents. They also claim to have eaten all the products after photographing them. What a cool job that must be.  read more »

Kathleen & Wojciech: Cha Cha

Kathleen & WojciechKathleen & Wojciech’s cha cha solo from the Arthur Murray Montreal-West Fall 2007 Spotlight, dancing to… a song that I vaguely recognize but don’t have any info on right now. Filmed by Martin-Luc Girard.

Daniela & Chris: Johnny B. Goode

Daniela & ChrisDaniela & Chris’s jive solo from the Arthur Murray Montreal-West Fall 2007 Spotlight, dancing to Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode. Filmed by Martin-Luc Girard. (YouTube screwed up the first few seconds here as well.)

Megan & Wojciech: The Way She Moves

Megan & WojciechMegan & Wojciech’s samba solo from the Arthur Murray Montreal-West Fall 2007 Spotlight, dancing to Zion’s The Way She Moves. Filmed by Martin-Luc Girard. (The first few seconds are a bit screwed up, but this is YouTube’s fault.)  read more »

Home Invasion: The Next Generation

Home InvasionThis is really too weird to be believed, but it seems to be true.

(via Boing Boing)

Great Progress, But Still A Long Way To Go

20031224-001A year ago today, my life and those of my family were changed irrevocably as my sister suffered a massive cerebral aneurysm which left her in a deep coma. Over the next few weeks, she dangled precariously on the edge of life and death, as the staff at the Montreal Neurological Institute worked their medical wizardry. We watched helplessly as she went through three operations, and tracked her vital signs obsessively. When she finally began to come out of her coma, we let out a huge sigh of relief, but also started to worry about the recovery process.  read more »