Vader Got Served

"You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, my move will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine." (Vader Got Served by Aaron Jasinski)

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Robot Dance Contest

Let's do the Time Warp (Again!)

Vive La French Star Wars Différence

John Travolta Dance-A-Thon

The man could move, but his skills had clearly downgraded by the time he played Vincent Vega. (Dancing Travoltas by Derek Eads)

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Holy Single Ladies, Batman!

Robot Dance Contest

Disco Will Keep You Alive

Let's do the Time Warp (Again!)

It's astounding, time is fleeting

Madness takes its toll

But listen closely, not for very much longer

I've got to keep control

Some of films most loved time travellers all come together to make me relive every high school dance I ever went to. Next up, Billy Idol singing Mony Mony ending with slow dancing to Stairway to Heaven, except that part near the end where the song speeds up and nobody knows quite what to do. Good times!

(Let's do the Time Warp (Again!) by Ian Leino. Link via Shirtoid)

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The Man Machine

In The '80s Junkyard

Marty, We've Got To Get Wayback To The Future!

Hey, Sauron. Why So Glum?

See, dance music is evil. (Single Ladies via xkcd)

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Holy Single Ladies, Batman!
Queen Of The Wild Things
Lord Of The Onion Rings

Inappropriate Jazz Hands

Inappropriate? I dunno, I think Gene Simmons could break out some fine moves. Oh, the other ones. Yeah, I can see that. (Inappropriate Jazz Hands from Derek Chatwood. Thanks for the tip Paul)

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Stormtrooper Army
Pop Culture Saints
Holy Single Ladies, Batman!

Holy Single Ladies, Batman!

Batman: If they liked it, they should have put a ring on it, Boy Wonder.
Robin: Holy dance moves, Batman!

The Batusi, updated for a new century. Is it just me or does Robin appear to be enjoying this way more than the Dark Knight? (Lmao by ~duskflare via Awsomesauce)

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Batman With Butterfly Wings
Around The (Charleston) World
Ka-pow! Dark Knight Dances The Batusi

Vive La French Star Wars Différence

Star Wars Made in France
The disco-themed Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band song is from Meco's album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk and is pure 1970's cheese. The interpretive dance between the Darth Vaders and C-3POs is all French. (Link via @boyreporter)

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Stormtroopers Can Dance If They Want To...
Music And Blasters And Old Jedi Masters
8 Kilomètres

Around The (Charleston) World

Everything old is new again. New if you mean a three-year-old video of people dancing The Charleston, a 90-year-old dance step, set to Around The World, a 12-year-old song by Daft Punk. Which I do.

But tell me this doesn't look like b-boys. In any case, cool. (Link via Urlesque)

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Dwarfed Punk
Where My Bees At?
Robot Dance Contest

Chickens Don't Clap!

Arrested Development Chicken Dances - Watch more free videos
Has anyone in this family ever seen a chicken? (Video via Unreality)

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Big Screen Envy
Before Robot Chicken
Robot Dance Contest

Robot Dance Contest

Just like the Robot Dance, this is old, but it makes me happy. From designer Cameron McEwan at Threadless.

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Robocorn

Robot Evolution

The Android Team

Where My Bees At?

Bees are disappearing and nobody can really pinpoint why. It's called Colony Collapse disorder and could be caused by disease, a virus, genetically modified crops or even cell phones.

And now it's seeping into pop culture, so you just know it's serious. As in losing one-third of our fruit and veggies serious.

When a honey bee returns to the hive after finding a good source of nectar, it will perform a unique dance for its hive mates, detailing the distance, quality and quantity of the new food supply. Here’s what really goes on:


Learn more at helpthehoneybees.com

Jessica Hagy over at indexed is perplexed as well. As she says, what really is going on?

Can Scientists Dance?

Or more specifically, can they interpretive dance? In a peculiar mashup of impenetrable scientific prose and an often mocked art form, a dozen brainy types strutted their stuff in the first Dance Your Ph.D. Contest.

From quantum physics tangos to mechanisms of messenger RNA regulation set to tap, the results were certainly unique. The winning thesis was "Refitting repasts: a spatial exploration of food processing, sharing, cooking, and disposal at the Dunefield Midden campsite, South Africa," set to the music of Herbie Hancock - naturally. Check out the results for yourself.