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Title: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:35:18 AM

I got interested in these over the holidays. Some of them are hoardes of singers and musicians, and others,  select and practiced groups of dancers: some groups are professional, and others are troupes from various classes.

As usual, I'm late to the party. These have been going on for years, apparently. A lot about them fascinates me, but mostly, I like the "agreement" that it is supposed to look very spontaneous. Obviously, given the routines presented, they aren't spontaneous: a lot of planning goes into them. But for the most part, they do a great job of blending with the crowd, and merging into the performance gradually and cumulatively. When the thing is over, they blend back into the crowd. Therein lies the artform, in my view. The message seems to be that the ordinary may exist, but underneath, we all are carriers of vibrancy.

What a marvel, that so much goes into sharing the joy.

There are many of these on YT. I selected a few to share.

There is a dark side.... For however one might be enjoying them at whatever location they are presenting, there is a sense of "imposition". You can see that phenomenon more in the Christmas song flash mobs, but even in the dance mobs, there is that inundation which might be abrasive to a passer-by.

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:37:04 AM

At a Princeton Community Fair.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1T5Wq8YqRY

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:41:48 AM

Coruna, Spain
http://www.youtube.com/v/TA0uaomvKfg

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:44:03 AM

(The quality of the sound is usually poor... and some of them do medleys which end up amounting to brief soundbytes of songs. Don't like that feature..)

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:48:19 AM

Jersey City, New Jersey
http://www.youtube.com/v/1j4-FxCTSfY

These guys had speaker issues.

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:51:27 AM

Professional troupe in Dublin. ("Take the Floor".)
http://www.youtube.com/v/5ff_uLoEBEo

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 07:59:49 AM

Argentina
http://www.youtube.com/v/M4XWITGApNY

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 08:08:57 AM

Hyderabad
http://www.youtube.com/v/Fs933gYhyXU

Weird that they selected American rap songs.

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 08:17:04 AM

NYC, Times Square: A Marriage Proposal
http://www.youtube.com/v/gol8Eek9VcE

Title: Re: Flash Mobs
Post by: Nichi on January 08, 2014, 03:39:00 PM

Greece
http://www.youtube.com/v/s8U8SHnQ4mk