Internet Draws Masses for ‘Silent Dance’ Experiment
In this week’s video, Diane Kimball and Sarah Zhang take us into the world of the “silent dance experiment” – a silent, synchronized dance party which, with the help of the Internet, drew throngs of people from all over Boston, the US, and the world to Faneuil Hall in Boston in February.
Such “flash mob” happenings have picked up in popularity over the last few years thanks to the publicity they have gained through blogs, online event pages, and most especially Facebook. Of the event in Boston, one site wrote, this “silent dance party involves a large group of people assembling at a given area on a pre-decided time. They mill around inconspicuously, and at the signal (in this case, an airhorn), insert their headphones into their ears, hit play on their portable music player and start dancing as passersbys confusingly look on as a swarm of people dance in silence.”
You can check out this hilarious, spontaneous production below:
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September 26, 2008 @ 7:46 am
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bhajans
January 23, 2009 @ 9:39 am
Well ,a very nice video..lolz did i sleep in between ??
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Anyways thanks
Tech
February 22, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Cool video.Thanks for sharing.
MBA
February 24, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
Its a real cool concept.. if only we can build a business around it or use it in some productive way.. like an agitation against a bill by the government with a silent dance \m/
office girl
February 25, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
I think it’s one of those “you had to be there” things
automotive top
March 1, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
thanks for the article
Scientific info
March 1, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
good work mate