Adorable 'Haka baby' dance offers a sweet window into Maori culture

If you’ve never seen a Maori haka performed, you’re missing out. The Maori are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand, and their language and customs are an integral part of the island nation. One of the most recognizable Maori traditions outside of New Zealand is the haka, a ceremonial dance or challenge usually performed in …

College dance team goes viral for 'badass' synchronized moves to Aerosmith

You know what they say…go big or go home. Well, the University of Minnesota Dance Team, aka The Gophers, certainly made no plans of going home during their epic dance routine at the UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships in Orlando, Florida (otherwise known as “The Dance Super Bowl”) last weekend. The Gophers …

'Mommy and Me' pole dance classes spark debate—instructor says there's 'nothing inappropriate'

Pole dancing might have previously been thought of as exclusively adult entertainment, but over the years it has evolved into a veritable fitness regimen, an empowering form of self expression and even a sport worthy of the Olympics. In many ways, the more modern perspective has brought pole dancing back to its original, ancient roots …

75-year-old ‘hip-hop granny’ impresses and inspires with her dance moves

Stephanie Walsh isn’t your average hip-hop dancer. At 75, “Ms. Stephanie” is still able to hold her own on the dance floor, popping and locking with people a third her age, and she loves it. When you see her dance—and her enviable muscle tone—you might think she’d been a trained dancer all her life. But …

Vet techs in Hawaii break out the dance moves to distract a nervous dog during a blood draw

The fear of needles—technically known as trypanophobia—is an extremely common fear that can range from “Eh, I’m not so comfy with the idea a needle going into my body” to full-on fainting at the sight of a syringe. For some, the idea of having blood drawn adds another layer to the fear of needles (“Wait, …

Shadow Ace returns to AGT with epic shadow dance on Howie Mandel’s head

Remember when you were little and learned you could make shadow puppets on the wall from the bathroom light that peeked through your bedroom? Most people learned how to make a fairly realistic-looking frog or rabbit, but that’s about where the talent ended for most. Shadow Ace, an “America’s Got Talent” alum, took that childhood …

Groom Doesn’t Want To Have His “Mother-Son” Dance With His Stepmom, So His Dad Leaves The Wedding In Protest

Weddings, y’all. I swear if it wasn’t for people behaving badly at them, Reddit would get like, half of the traffic it does now. If people would just remember that the day is about the bride and groom and not them, things would go quite a bit more smooth. OP’s wife died when their son …

Madonna Tried To Get Santa Claus A Lap Dance On Stage, But The Gift-Giver Only Got Coal

Getty Image Madonna tried to get into the holiday spirit at her recent show in DC earlier this week, but things did not go so well. What happened was, the pop star brought out a man dressed as Santa Claus, with the intent of giving him a lap dance. After he sat down in his …

Nicki Minaj Surprised Fans With A Late-Night Dance Party On Kai Cenat’s Twitch Stream

In recent months, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat has had a profound come-up in hip-hop’s standings. As more and more artists deem “the media” untrustworthy and irrelevant to younger audiences (which… they aren’t all the way wrong), entertainers have sought to meet “the kids” where they are — and where they are is on Twitch, digitally …

Hugh Grant Did The ‘Angriest’ Dance In Film History For ‘Wonka,’ A Film He Didn’t Exactly Enjoy Making

Warner Bros. Hugh Grant has always been delightfully grumpy, but lately he’s upped the ante. At the Oscars earlier this year he gave a hilariously disinterested interview. He’s on a press tour for Wonka, which reunites him with his Paddington 2 director James King. Grant has not held back, confessing he had a miserable time …

Julia Stiles Showed Us She Can Still Nail Her ‘Save The Last Dance’ Choreography In A Surprise ‘SNL’ Appearance

It’s the season of giving, and tonight’s Weekend Update portion on Saturday Night Live was a special gift for millennials. During part of the weekly segment, SNL cast member Chloe Fineman offered some gift ideas “for that special someone.” To the surprise of Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, Fineman took to the …

14-yr-old's expressive, physics-defying 'Mad World' dance blows away AGT judges and fans

Dance is a unique art form in that the medium it utilizes is the human body itself. Simply through purposeful and graceful control of movement, dancers can express and evoke joy, sadness, fear, confusion—the whole range of human emotion. And when dancing is done well, it’s utterly mesmerizing. Such is the case with Mariandrea, a …