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Eight ballroom dances

How to: moonwalk

The Limbo—where dancers in a linę try to dance under a lowering pole—was originally a ritual dance performed at Trinidadian funerals

i WEIRD OR ¹ WHAT? ¹

In the 1970s, British punks invented a dance called the pogo. To pogo, you hołd your torso stiff, keep your arms by your sides, and jump up and down on the spot.

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Number of people who broke the world record for the most people Irish dancing, set in Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A., on August 4 2007

Number of people holding hands in the world’s longest contra dance linę in Latvia on October 25 2008

Number of people who broke the world record for the most people belly-dancing in Malvern U.K., on November 8 2008

u i ■ Point your right toes down to the floor, behind your left foot. The weight is on your left leg, as the right toes balance.

\/ m As smoothly as you can, slide your left foot behind your right foot. Your right foot will begin to fali fiat on the floor.

In one action, snap your right foot down to the floor as you snap your left heel up and point your left toes to the floor.

In 2009, scientists found that some parrots dance to a musical beat. Their main study was Snowball, a cockatoo who became famous on YouTube, receiving morę than 2 million hits.

Repeat steps one to three, but this time start by sliding your right foot behind your left foot.

\J ■ Now you must keep practising until your moves are as smooth as Michael Jackson’s.

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