January 10, 2007

Video Sharing Sites Contribute to Spread of Dance Crazes

In today's Baltimoresun.com, you can read an article by Abigail Tucker about how popular video sharing sites are transforming how new dance moves and fads spread from one city to the next.

In "SquarePants, cool dance," Tucker starts by focusing on the SpongeBob dance, which started in Baltimore and then quickly caught on in clubs throughout the country. (You can go to YouTube and search for "SpongeBob dance" to find videos).

I'm quoted in this article about how I see video sharing sites and video-enabled cell phones contributing to the rapid dissemination of new dances.

I'm going to do more research about this topic. I think it's interesting to think about how widely-available and inexpensive video technologies will impact how popular dance styles and crazes proliferate. Will the impact be felt just at clubs or will performing arts dances also be influenced by the large-scale embrace of digital video?

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