Tweet Thirty years ago today, Michael Jackson took a few stylized, backward steps, igniting a global dance phenomenon. The King of Pop’s first public moonwalk occurred during the airing of a Motown 25th anniversary special on March 25, 1983. The now-legendary move came at the end of a performance of his hit song “Billie Jean,” [...]
Tweet Thirty years ago today, Michael Jackson took a few stylized, backward steps, igniting a global dance phenomenon. The King of Pop’s first public moonwalk occurred during the airing of a Motown 25th anniversary special on March 25, 1983. The now-legendary move came at the end of a performance of his hit song “Billie Jean,” [...]
Tweet Kanye West’s dancers from his Australia tour decided to give the singer a present when they took to conducting a flash mob on a Virgin Australia flight and danced to his hit, “Runaway.” The video is, of course, beautifully choreographed, but as you watch it, you can see a passenger trying to get back [...]
Tweet WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is confirming media reports that it was behind anti-Apple flashmobs that took place in Australia last week. In a statement released Monday night, the Waterloo, Ont., company admitted that RIM Australia created the “Wake Up” campaign, which it says involves a series of experiential activities taking [...]
Tweet Ah flash mobs, how we love thee. Last week at Dubai’s International Airport, a flash mob broke out in what appears to be the duty-free area. A medley of songs were mashed up, as airport workers, travelers and bystanders started dancing to songs such as “Moves Like Jagger”, “Disco Inferno” and “Proud Mary”. Some [...]
Tweet I just came back from attending and speaking at the Blogher ’11 conference. I generally enjoy any good gathering of women, but this one had me off-the-charts inspired. Why? The energy of 3600 women coming together in a positive spirit. The topic: women blogging, which really means women finding their voices, sharing their ideas [...]
Tweet You have to hand it to New York, when it’s “feeling it,” it sure knows how to throw a party. Fashion Week is all about pomp and circumstance and while all that glitz is great, there’s an old saying in retail – nothing happens until you get a sale. Fashion’s Night Out was conceived [...]
Tweet The first Flash Mob in Egypt, and maybe in the entire middle east, was organized last week by the Facebook fan page, We are Khalid Said. The page was formed in memory of Khaled Said who was brutally tortured and killed by Alexandria police on June 6th. According to AP, he was killed “after [...]
Tweet On January 30, 2010, consumers and union members performed a flash mob dance at the Washington, DC auto show to protest Fiat/Chrysler’s broken promises. Fiat/Chrysler received billion in the taxpayer-funded auto bailout that was meant to help the economy and save jobs. However, the company is now moving work away from the professional carhaul [...]
