Jezebel: Dancing

This Cat Is One Tap-Dancing Fool

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:40:00 EST

Such speed, such coordination, such enthusiasm! All he needs is a tiny top hat and a little cane, and he's got himself an act that could take him all the way to the top. More »

Woman Dancing On Treadmill Makes The Rest Of Us Look Lame

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:35:00 EST

Science Says Conscientious Guys Make Better Dancers, Thank You Science

Lane Moore — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:55:00 EST

I have some fairly awesome news for you. According to science, nice guys make better dancers. Maybe not always, but pretty damn close. More »

Boy Caught Busting A Move While Doing The Dishes

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:44:00 EST

A Redditor dad says his son Frankie asked him to put on "Smooth Criminal" while he did the dishes, and when he peeked back into the kitchen he witnessed a performance that puts Snow White and her woodland creatures to shame. Dad says that though Frankie was momentarily embarrassed, now that the video is going viral he's excited. He adds, "I laughed because I busted him — I did not laugh at his dancing. We do a lot of dancing in this house, we encourage expression, and besides — those moves were awesome. How could I laugh at those with anything but delight?" More »

At Last, Berlusconi Explains 'Bunga Bunga'

Anna North — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:10:00 EDT

Silvio Berlusconi continues his campaign of acting like a gross, boorish horndog while claiming he is not in any way a gross, boorish horndog. Recently, he denied yet again that his infamous "bunga bunga" parties involved any sex, saying, "There was no sacrilegious behaviour at my house." And, he explained, "When a guest said, 'Are we going to have some bunga bunga after dinner?' they were just talking about dancing." Thanks for finally clearing that up, Silvio. Now presumably when you called Angela Merkel an "unfuckable lard-arse," you meant "a very nice lady." More »

Moms Have No Problem With Their Young Daughters' Writhing

Whitney Jefferson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:45:00 EDT

When our girls won the national title in last week's episode, you might have thought it was the shining moment for the the students of the Abby Lee Miller dance school. But what's a national title when you could be shimmying around in neon feathers and hair extensions for a music video? Welcome to the Dance Moms finale. Abby, the dancers, and the moms packed up and went to Los Angeles, where they would participate in a music video for some unknown singer (okay, her name is Lux) who wanted to have a music video filled with little girls. More »

Tom Cruise Is A Little Too Enthusiastic About His Dance Battle

Whitney Jefferson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

According to TMZ, Tom and Katie Holmes were attending a wedding in Palm Springs when suddenly Sir Xenu was challenged to a fierce encounter of the boogie-ing kind. He accepted the challenge from a friend-of-a-friend, and proceeded to get down using the same dance moves as his character in Tropic Thunder. So now we know: never challenge Tom Cruise to a dance-off. He will accept. More »

Burlesque Show Cited For Accidental Breast-Flashing

Anna North — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:50:00 EDT

Burlesque dancers in Des Moines, Iowa were cited for "prohibited acts," after police saw their breasts during the show. But the performers say their partial nudity was an accident. More »

Hope Solo 'Not Feminine Enough' For DWTS, And Other Gender Bullshit

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:10:00 EDT

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This season, Dancing With The Stars has both Chaz Bono, the first transgender contestant, and Carson Kressley, an openly gay contestant competing on the show. Very athletic soccer star Hope Solo is also part of the cast. Yet ballroom dancing remains strictly heteronormative. More »

Nancy Grace Has Tits, And Other Things We Learned From The DWTS Premiere

Whitney Jefferson — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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This season of Dancing With The Stars arrived with much anticipation, and more importantly, speculation: Will the audience "boo" Chaz Bono? Will David Arquette be acting crazy? With there be Kardashians in attendance? Will Nancy Grace display a little of what her last name implies she has? (Well, no, but her breasts sure made a great showing.) Here's your water-cooler talking points. More »

Enthusiastic Cops In Trouble For Dirty Dancing At Parade

Anna North — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Some NYPD officers were caught on video dirty dancing with revelers at last weekend's West Indian Day Parade. Their moves have sparked controversy. More »

100 Years, 100 Seconds, 100 Goddamn Costume Changes

Max Read — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:10:31 EDT

There's a lot to like about this very well-done promo video for a soon-to-open East London shopping, hrm, "centre" besides the fashion, much of which still looks very snappy, if not entirely accurate. Such as, for example, the music (by Tristin Norwell), and the choreography, and imagining how annoying, but also fun, it would have been to change your clothes 100 times and do the same dance every time. [via The Hairpin] More »

Dudes Grinding On The Dance Floor Need To Settle Down

Whitney Jefferson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:50:00 EDT

Women are uniting in the case against Dirty Dancing — and no, we're not talking movie purists who are upset about the upcoming sequel to the film of the same name. We're talking grinding, "freak dancing," dry-humping — call it what you will, but it is not something the women interviewed by Good Morning America feel like partaking in. When asking a panel of club-going 21-year-olds how often they get grinded upon, they responded "every night" and "every time I go out." While the segment didn't offer a way to get out of the situation beyond making a funny face, it did offer a word of warning to guys who think getting all kinds of freaky with a complete stranger on the dance floor is a way to pick up a lady: "Usually the type to come up to you and grind is like the sweaty type that you're not down to dance with." Let that be a lesson to all of us. More »

Sometimes Little Kids Make The Best Rockabilly Dancers

Lane Moore — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:40:00 EDT

Sure, some of these moves are a bit adult and could be seen as fairly suggestive but if you can get past that, you can't deny the talent and off-the-charts sass these kids are bringing to the table. More »

How an Untrendy Partner Dance Made Me Less of a Jerk

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:00:37 EDT

I am not someone who will dance in public, unless that dance is the Sarcastic Robot (that's when you do the Robot but make a goofy face at someone while doing it so they know you're not serious), mostly because "dancing" to most people between the ages of 18 and 35, means going to a club and gyrating until some stranger comes up behind you and tries to mate with your belt loops. At my most spirited, I've been known to jump straight up and down and yell the lyrics of the song to my closest friend. If I'm throw-up-level drunk, I might try to do something rhythmic. My history of not-dancing combined with my neuroses with respect to touching strangers or giving people the wrong idea, romantically, would not have made me a good candidate to take a partner dancing class. But I did, and I'm glad I did. I think it made me better at paying attention to what other people are doing, and ultimately, it made me more cognizant of nonverbal communication, and it may have even made me a little nicer. More »

9-Year-Old Boy's Impeccable 1991 Dance Video For Madonna's "Vogue"

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:47:00 EDT

This video was created when Robert Jeffrey was nine. He writes: More »

Red-Haired Kid Is A Dazzling Dubstep Dancer

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:20:00 EDT

Okay, here's what we're looking at.

Energy: 10/10
Swagger: 8/10
Knee wiggle:8/10
Confidence: 9/10
"I see you" move: 10/10
Ability to completely ignore sister: 110/10

The Perfect Outfit For Dancing

Sadie Stein — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:45:00 EDT

I love it when people send in unexpected questions, like, "what should I wear dancing?" More »

Does It Matter If Britney Can't Dance Like She Used To?

Whitney Jefferson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:45:00 EDT

Pop Dust has created a video that splices the Britney Spears of yesteryear and Brit's latest string of performances promoting her seventh album, Femme Fatale. While I was glad to see the old Britney grinding away to "Oops! I Did It Again!" nearly ten years ago, Chris Crocker's legendary words kept resounding in my head: "Leave Britney Alone!" More »

Julian Assange's Dance Footage And The Rite Of Public Humiliation

Irin Carmon — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:52:00 EDT

Thanks to the Internet, we now know that Julian Assange dances pretty much exactly as you imagine him dancing. Like a guy who describes himself as possessing "a conversational brutality" that took one woman's "breath away," and who believes that "Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane." Let's conclude that he seems to enjoy himself and being alone in that space very much. More »

Why We Care About Natalie Portman's Dancing, Or Lack Thereof

Anna North — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:26:00 EDT

First, Natalie Portman's dance double Sarah Lane complained about not getting enough credit for her work on Black Swan. Then Benjamin Millepied stepped up to defend Portman's dancing prowess. Then Fox Searchlight did. Now Darren Aronofsky has. All these defenses raise a question: why do we care how much Portman danced? More »

Christine O'Donnell's Facebook Friends Divided On Her Possible Dancing With The Stars Gig

Anna North — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:40:00 EST

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Failed senatorial candidate and noted non-witch Christine O'Donnell has announced that she's been invited on Dancing With the Stars. But she's not sure if she should accept — let's see what her Facebook friends have to say. More »

Okay, Now Ryan Gosling Is Just Fucking With Us

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:15:00 EST

Ryan Gosling has shared a video he shot of a Congolese girl seriously grooving to "Rude Boy." She is, as is everything surrounding Gosling, adorable. And he knows it; he's just playing us all like a squee fiddle. More »

Pole Dancer Magazine Features Kids

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:40:00 EST

In November, we gave you a peek at the premiere issue of Pole Spin, the magazine just for pole dancers and pole fitness enthusiasts. Today: Issue two! More »

David Duchovny, Will You Dance With Me?

Ragen Chastain — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:20:00 EST

On Californication, Hank Moody's father tells him "…life's too short to dance with fat chicks." While it's certainly not an original phrase, it appears that moment of television has spawned a bit of a movement. More »

Vermont Kids Won't Party If They Can't Grind

Lauri Apple — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:40:12 EST

South Burlington High School students demand their inalienable right to sexydance! So when their school banned grinding at the Winter Ball, the kids said, "nuh-uh, no way," and refused to buy tickets. No grinding = no kids = no dance. More »

Kathy Griffin, Bristol Palin & The Vicious Cycle Of Fatphobia

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST

When Kathy Griffin hosted VH1's Divas Salute the Troops over the weekend, she joked that Bristol Palin had gained so much weight during Dancing With The Stars that she'd become the "white Precious." More »

Was the Filming of Black Swan About "Discipline," Or Something Else?

Lauri Apple — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:55:23 EST

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If you haven't heard, Natalie Portman achieved a Mr. Salty-style level of skinnytude during the filming of Black Swan by eating tiny meals and working out for hours on end. Now some people are celebrating her "discipline." Please. More »

Possibly-On-Drugs Woman Has The Time Of Her Life In A Public Pool

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:24:00 EST

Remember kids, don't do drugs. Even when they seem super awesome. More »

The New Magazine That's Just For Pole Dancers

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:35:00 EST

Friends, this is the premiere issue of Pole Spin, "The International Pole Dance Fitness & Lifestyle Magazine." Let's take a look inside, shall we? More »

The War On Grinding Continues

Anna North — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:55:00 EST

An Oregon school has canceled its winter formal because chaperones just can't keep kids from grinding. This generation badly needs its own rebellious dance movie! More »

Cranky Conservative Politician Mesmerizing On Celebrity Dance Competition Show

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:00:00 EST

The show brought us Bristol Palin awkwardly shimmying across our minds and hearts, but Dancing With The Stars' UK predecessor Strictly Come Dancing brings us something even more wonderful. More »

Kanye West's Crazy-Ass Film: A Detailed Analysis

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:25:00 EDT

Kanye West's film, Runaway, is 35 minutes of lurid fantasy, complete with a model covered in feathers, a giant papier-maché bust of Michael Jackson, tutu-clad ballet dancers and an inter-species sex scene. What does it all mean? We have answers. More »

Nola Students Start Their Halloween Dance Early

Jessica Coen — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:20:00 EDT

[New Orleans, October 23: Students dance at the 6t'9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club Halloween Parade. Image via Getty.]

Mean Maine Schools Ban Grinding

Anna North — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:20:00 EDT

"Controversy over a popular dance style known as grinding has finally cropped up in Maine's largest school district." Finally. More »

Watch Jennifer Grey's Perfect 10 Tango

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:43:00 EDT

Last night on Dancing With The Stars, Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough earned two scores of 10 from the judges after performing a nearly flawless Argentine tango. More »

Why Are Lady Logos All Alike?

Piper Weiss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:33:00 EDT

Even if you've never purchased the abortion pill Mifeprex, you've seen the logo. Everywhere from yoga studios to charity events, the silhouette of a dancing woman has become the marker of a product designed for women. More »

Watch Beyonce Dance At A Block Party

Katie Luscombe — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:12:00 EDT

The last block party I attended had too much potato salad and boredom, and not enough choreographed dancing with Beyonce. Not so for a block party on the street where Jay-Z's mom lives. Plenty o' Beyonce at that one. More »

10 Things You May Have Missed On TV

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:10:00 EDT

In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, the legends are dominating our TV sets. Liza Minnelli laughs at her encephalitis! Barbara Walters eats a feather boa! Elaine Stritch yells at a studio audience! Aretha Franklin scratches her butt! More »

Inside Madonna's Weird Material Girl Auditions

Sadie Stein — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:30:00 EDT

"Dance 4 A Chance to Meet Madonna!" blared signs all over the Broadway Dance Center where, at 8 Thursday morning, dancers lined up to do just that. More »