'Slumdog' dance an online craze BY MIKE WENDLAND • Free Press Technology Columnist • March 2, 2009
- <http://www.freep.com/article/20090302/BLOG01/90302018/+Slumdog++dance+an+online+sensation#pluckcomments> - - Print this page<javascript:NewWindow(600,800,'http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090302/BLOG01/90302018&template=printart');> - E-mail this article<http://www.freep.com/article/20090302/BLOG01/90302018/+Slumdog++dance+an+online+sensation#> - Share this article: <javascript:void(0);> - Del.icio.us <http://del.icio.us/post?v=2> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/share.php> - Digg <http://digg.com/submit?phase=2> - Reddit <http://reddit.com/submit> - Newsvine <http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed> - Buzz up!<http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/pub/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.freep.com%252Fapps%252Fpbcs.dll%252Farticle%253FAID%253D%252F20090302%252FBLOG01%252F90302018> - [image: What’s this?]<javascript:NewWindow(200,200,'/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=socialbookmarkshelp');> The stunning success of the "Slumdog Millionaire" movie continues to echo across the Internet by spawning a dance craze that has millions downloading various versions of that high-energy "Jai Ho (You are My Destiny)" dance that ends the film. More than 60 videos are on You Tube alone, some from the movie but most home made by fans who are posting their own versions. The best quality one is this remix from the film: Next to the film version, the slickest version of the dance was the one performed by some professionals on Jay Leno's show as Oscar winner composer A.R. Rahman performed the song. Here it is: Ellen Degeneres had the Slumdog cast on her TV show and she got them to demo it and teach the whole audience how: Here's a beginner-level line dance walk through: A half-dozen people have their kids doing Jai Ho dances. I'll spare you the invariably poor results. Same with a long list of videos of couples and individuals who mistakenly think they have rhythm. A bunch of kids in a church confirmation class from England did a version. You get the idea. The dance is huge and getting even bigger because of Internet video sharing http://www.freep.com/article/20090302/BLOG01/90302018/+Slumdog++dance+an+online+sensation -- regards, Vithur
