Bucket List Item #75: Flashmob

I think that the reason the Flashmob exists is because people like me enjoy entertaining thoughts like:

"What if life was a musical, and it was possible for groups of people to spontaneously erupt into choreographed dance and song?"

I have long thought about how fun it could be to dance up and down the supermarket aisles, and not be the only one doing so. ( I'm talking the musical "Annie," in the scene where the maids and household staff are singing and dancing around her.) Then one day, I saw a video on YouTube of a Flashmob like this one, and I realized not only had my weird fantasy come true, but someone had figured out how to make it possible.

 Since then I have looked for opportunities to make this happen myself, or been standing in the middle of a crowd or at a club and just wished for everyone to hear the same song and join in an elaborate dance. And I do not mean the Cupid Shuffle, Electric Slide, or the Cotton Eyed Joe.

Now I realize that there have probably been some opportunities to join in that I have missed out on, and that it is probably my lack of zeal that has held me back, but no more! After seeing that an elite group of preppy college students (Thanks to Anina, who I grabbed this from) at Virginia Tech can make it happen, I've realized that either choreographing one or participating in one has become a life-long goal. Or rather, a bucket list item.

National Dance Week begins in April, which also means that as a result, Dance Is the Answer sponsored by Dance/Metro DC, will be going on April 15-May 2, 2011. During this time, Deviated Theatre, the fabulous company in which I dance will be celebrating dance, but there will also be Flashmobs to participate in as a celebration of dance! I definitely plan to become a part of this process, and cannot wait to fulfill my dream of becoming a Flashmob dancer. Perhaps I can even win "Never Have I Ever" with that one!