In retrospect I have seen a glimpse of it before, in Baraka (scroll down to images, in the middle of the second row). I had forgotten this. I had read about it before too and smugly thought I knew about it then. When I saw it live for the first time I realized I didn't know anything at all about it. And now that I've seen it, now that it feels like I know it, it still feels like I don't know anything about it.

Unfortunately there's only so much that can be said about anything. You have to experience it, and even then it has to touch you or resonate with you in some way before it really means anything to you. All I can say is that I saw something last weekend that touched me and resonated very strongly with me. And anything that I or anyone else could tell you about Butoh couldn't tell you what that was, much less give you what was given to me.
posted by wobh on Apr 4, 2003 - 10 comments

Girls forced by principal to show underwear at school dance What in the blazes is going on in schools these days that allows idiots like this to be administrators? First strip searching primary school kids, now forcing young ladies to lift their skirts and pull down their blouses to prove that they are wearing "appropriate underwear"? If only we were still allowed to keelhaul people.
posted by dejah420 on May 1, 2002 - 41 comments

N'Sync? Britney Spears? Now YOU can dance just like them! My world is complete. This guy wins the award for celebrity-byproduct of the year, I think.
posted by owillis on Oct 28, 2001 - 6 comments

See Summer Swing Dance is dedicated to the art and spirit of Summer Brannin, a remarkable 21-year-old woman who died of cancer. And before anyone asks ...
posted by rcade on May 22, 2001 - 3 comments

Fatboy Slim and the Master of Badass team up to produce one of the phattest music videos I've seen in a long time. I didn't know Christopher Walken was trained as a dancer! (RealPlayer; also possibly dated)
posted by SilentSalamander on Apr 23, 2001 - 44 comments

The inevitable Fried Chicken Head Dance has been perpetrated by a wacky cow orker of mine, who confesses that he has way too much time on his hands.
posted by beth on Dec 5, 2000 - 6 comments

I can Dance if I want to! Note to Ben Brown: Before you have a heart attack again, I don't know if this has been posted before, but I think it's funny. =0P
posted by skizz on Aug 4, 2000 - 4 comments