The Perfect Robot Dance

Don’t believe me? Watch:

I bet robomon is all over this. haha!

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More LXD goodness

We’ve talked about them before here, but I woke up this morning, saw someone’s post on Facebook (oh the power of social media!) about them, started searching for more videos on YouTube about them, and here we are.

The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (or LXD) is an online-only series that unfortunately is only available to viewers in the States on Hulu. Created by director Jon M. Chu (Step Up and Step Up 2 the Streets – bad movies but great dancing!), it’s about a group of ordinary dancers with extraordinary powers (of dancing, I reckon). The premise of the show sounds paper-thin, but I’m pretty sure the dancing will make up for it! (Yes, I’m not very deep. I like watching good dancing.)

Anyway, I just thought I’d share the amazing LXD’s dance routine on So You Think You Can Dance. It was so good, I watched it twice in a row:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3j_GW2LFY

I went on a spree thereafter, and I found this – Mad Chadd as Oscar the Academy Award Statue:

And then (I promise this is the last one here today), I found the trailer for the online series. Doesn’t it look like a really cheesy show?! Hurhur.

Are you inspired yet?!

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Flash Mob Floods Changi Airport

Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 saw a flash mob dancing to promote “Be a Changi Shopping Millionaire” last weekend. More than 400 participants from all over Singapore were involved, many of whom dancing in public for the first time. Some were as young as 10 years, others as old as 75. Awesomeness!

Check it out (ah pek alert at about 2:50):

Dancers Among Us

New York City photographer Jordan Matter one day decided to photograph dancers, set in everyday situations, and the results are inspiring and motivational all at once.

There’s something about red that’s so sexy.

Matter said, “I began to photograph these dancers as everyday people. In the photographs they are away from the stage, yet they cannot leave dance behind. As they go about their daily routines, they do so as dancers. This speaks to the power of a passionate life; if you’re fully invested in something, it is always with you.”

This resonated with me, because I am part of Generation Y, the generation of people that cannot function without feeling something – the generation that has been called spoilt, pampered and expecting too much out of life.

But how can one excel without being passionate? More importantly, how can one be happy without passion?

These photographs show us how we can be passionate about what we do all the time, even in something as mundane as taking the train to work on Monday morning.

They also show us how work-life balance has shifted. The definition of work-life balance isn’t “no work outside the office”, it’s now “work = life”. How can one then put up with doing something he absolutely detests for a living?

Matter also said, “I believe in the strength of a life’s mission. If you dedicate yourself to a career that inspires and excites you, this commitment will be your foundation.”

How true.

All photographs from Jordan Matter

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