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:
- Bend knees, reach out straight with hands
- Lean back hands on hips
- Turn around, bow
- Face right, right hand horizon sweep
- Bend knees, breast stroke
- Pick up from ground
- Shake arms downwards (like you are pumping a bicycle tire)
- 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. The concept of the Algorithm March can be traced back to experimental film maker Norman McLaren, who introduced the concept of the canon to the visual arts and, in 1965, received the Canadian Film Award for his movie "Canon". This visual canon has also been the inspiration for the Interactive Visual Canon Platform[1]. A demonstration video is available in English and Japanese.
The biggest group of dancers ever has been set-up in Czech Republic by boyscouts on their meeting Obrok 2009. There was 1088 people dancing in one moment. The meeting was held in Josefov - the military fortress built in 1800's by Joseph the 2nd.
Footnotes
- ^ Funk, M., & Bartneck, C. (2008). An Interactive Visual Canon Platform. In P. Ciancarini, R. Nakatsu, M. Rauterberg & M. Roccetti (Eds.), New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing (Vol. 279/2008, pp. 23-32). Berlin: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09701-5_3
External links
- Algorithm March lyrics, in English and Japanese (Romaji)
- PythagoraSwitch official page (Japanese)
- Official CD from Warner Music Japan (Japanese)
- Watch the Czech boyscout's world record