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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 04:31 PM Jan 2019

'1000 People of Dance' video captures humanity at its best

You ever watch something that makes you believe that maybe, just maybe, humanity isn't a giant dumpster fire of awfulness?


Inspired by those videos where people take pictures of themselves every day for a year, YouTuber Matt Bray created his own joyful series focused on dancing.

The project started with Bray dancing — by himself over 100 days in 2014, then in 100 different places in 2015, then with 100 different people in 2016. For his latest, Bray spent a year and a half traveling around the globe to a total of 15 different countries to create "1000 People of Dance."


The choreographed montage features Bray dancing with, you guessed it, 1,000 people, to the song "Lean" by VHS Collection. He picked some dance moves that were easy to teach on the spot, and used complete strangers in all of his shots. Just a few of the locations included China, Chile, Japan, Israel, Australia, France, and Ireland.

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'1000 People of Dance' video captures humanity at its best (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2019 OP
Thanks for posting it. Love it! nt GemDigger Jan 2019 #1
I love stuff like this! mysteryowl Jan 2019 #2
This puts me in mind of Up, Up with People GentryDixon Jan 2019 #3
Love this! Karadeniz Jan 2019 #4
How FUN! akraven Jan 2019 #5
Here's one from Yemen, proving that, even in places torn apart by conflict, people can still be Aristus Jan 2019 #6
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