Awesome Dancing

The Timberwolves do the internet a solid, and put an end to the ridiculously overplayed Harlem Shake. Sure, Miami fans won’t be pleased, but on the other hand, the Heat crushed them on the court.

While the young breakdancer at the start of this clip isn’t half bad, the appropriately monikered 6-year-old Terra upstages his every move, dealing an epic deathblow to her competition. More here and here.

Footage shot by Thomas Edison back in 1898 captures “a preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin” who starts out doing acrobatics but sneaks in a headspin and other classic B-Boy moves.

WHZGUD2 shares a brilliantly smooth dance performance by the aptly-named Julius “iGLIDE” Chisolm as he pulls off his frictionless flows to Koven’s remix of Levitate by Hadouken!

First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to show us some of her mom dance moves. Learn more about the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign here.

Popular Japanese beatboxer Daichi teams up with an unlikely performance partner, tap dancer SHUN, to create an awesome showcase for both of their frenetic, noise-making talents.

Take 4:40 out of your day and expand your mind – check out Powwow Trail, part of The Ways, an ongoing series of stories on culture and language from Native communities around the Great Lakes.

An oldie, but a goodie, courtesy of The Godfather of Soul, in which he schools us on the finer points of his razor-sharp choreography. So get out your dancing shoes and see if you can keep up.

Angela Trimbur decided to dance off the holidays and not being able to see her family with those who did, at LAX. Love the hat guy who sees her and doesn’t look again until 1:25. Did that just happen?

A few years ago, Vimeo member Jilleen Liao passed by a rave party and captured a pivotal moment in a young man’s life. Hands down the most hilarious growing up story we’ve ever seen.

With the use of a high-speed camera and several unlikely venues, director David Olkarny transforms b-boy Karimbo’s fast-flying brand of breaking into something more like performance art.

Marquese “Nonstop” Scott and his equally ill friends from the Dragon House crew pop and grind to Gramatik’s Illusion of Choice. The opening sequence alone puts real robots to shame.

You can see by the reckless foot-work being perpetrated by the kid in this video that the youth of today are out of control. Luckily there are teachers like Mr. Fanning around to reassert authority.

Dancer Yash Agrawai (aka “RoboPop“) takes on a tiny humanoid robot, and does his best to replicate all the moves of the little mechanical dude. Or is it the other way around? We’re not sure.

Creative agency We Are Pi made a moving arabesque by using dancers and mirrors to create a captivating kaleidoscope effect. Made for the TEDxSummit. Watch it in 1080p and fullscreen.

Marquese “Nonstop” Scott once again demonstrates his grace and insane body control, dancing to a remix of Need Your Heart. Nonstop, these robots and this cat justify the existence of dubstep.

Take a 4:51 break to view SpongeBob Squarepants animator David Fain’s clever choreographed video of some multitalented plastic army men; the vast amount of editing is more than impressive.

Viral video star Matt Harding returns with another heartwarming and funny montage of him dancing in various countries around the world. But this time he’s added more moves to his repertoire.

Ever heard of finger tutting? Let dancers JayFunk and Joey “Fiasko” Daniels show you how it’s done in this commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Watch their other commercials here.

This street dancer has absolute command of his body. Johnnathan Gerard on the other hand has managed to incorporate his face (and hair) in his popping. That tongue move is unnerving.

As you know, The Awesomer has big love for dancer Marquese Scott AKA Nonstop. Here we get to see his unreal footwork up close like never before. How the hell does he glide like that?

(NSFW: Lyrics) We usually gobble down two or three slices of pizza in a minute, but this kid likes to take his time and eat each slice with serious style and swagger (and a little help from Prince.)

Popper extraordinaire Poppin John was kind enough to post this awesome clip of his Soulbotics Krew pal Randm knocking out some of the most buttery smooth waves we’ve laid eyes on.