Algorithm March

The Algorithm March is a dance fad created in Japan, based on the children's television series PythagoraSwitch. It is attributed to Arugorizumu Koushin - Itsumo Kokokara.

The basic steps are as follows, repeating as necessary:

1. Bend knees, reach out straight with hands
2. Lean back hands on hips
3. Turn around, bow
4. Face right, right hand horizon sweep
5. Bend knees, breast stroke
6. Pick up from ground
7. Shake arms downwards (like you are pumping a bicycle tyre)
8. Flap arms

The dance can be performed in lines, moving canon style one at a time. After each movement, the line takes a step forward.

In a prison in Cebu, Phillipines, 967 inmates performed the dance, thus setting a new world record.

References

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDSGmx8c2AM

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External links

• Algorithm March lyrics, in English and Japanese (Romaji)
• PythagoraSwitch official page (Japanese)
• Official CD from Warner Music Japan (Japanese)