To Win A Dance Marathon, Couples Might Have To Keep Going For Five Months (Cool Weird Awesome 1174)
Today in 1907, the birthday of Callum deVillier, who once won a dance marathon with partner Vonnie Kuchinski after more than five months of steps.
Bruce Lee Was A Legendary Martial Artist And A Terrific Dancer (Cool Weird Awesome 1134)
Today in 1940 the birthday of Bruce Lee, movie and TV star, martial arts trainer to the stars, poet, philospher and... cha cha champion.
Dancers At This Glasgow Club Are Going To Heat The Place With Their Moves (Cool Weird Awesome 660)
Dance clubs can get hot when things are in full swing. So why not turn that extra heat into green energy? A nightclub in Glasgow is teaming up with a geothermal power company to use the energy dancers put out to heat and cool the place. Plus: when Apollo 12 reached the moon, astronaut Pete Conrad said some stirring words... that helped him win a bet.
Fred Astaire Was Once Second Banana To His Sister Adele (Cool Weird Awesome 532)
Fred Astaire was best known for his iconic dancing with Ginger Rogers, but before that, he danced on stages all over the world with his sister, Adele - and she was the one who got most of the attention.
Humans Have A Nearly Irresistible Urge To Move To The Music (Cool Weird Awesome 374)
Research at the University of Oslo shows that humans have an almost unstoppable urge to start moving when the music starts - though, of course, some kinds of music and other factors can lead to more moving than others.
The Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing, Thanks To The Moon (Cool Weird Awesome 257)
We’re hearing a lot about how a research project has shown that Earth days used to be about a half-hour shorter than they are now. Why is our planet rotating more slowly now? It's mostly because of the moon.
Dance Breaks and Deathfests (Cool Weird Awesome 46)
The dance team of Jew Wing Dong and Dorothy Takahashi, known professionally in their heyday as Toy and Wing. were often compared to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for their electrifying performances on stage and screen.
Golden Dancing Dance
As solo artists they've brought you #1 summer jams like "Come out, come out, wherever you are, ghosts" and "Mommy Outside." Now they've teamed up to create a new smash!
You think Steven Seagal is hard to kill? Try dancing with him.
I'm adding "despite the best efforts of actor Steven Seagal" to the end of every lede I write from now on.
Breakin’ 3: Hand-Cranked Boogaloo
Not that I could do this myself, but "busting a move" is the appropriate description here.