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dance fad
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created in
Japan
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, based on the children's television series ''
PythagoraSwitch'' which was broadcast on the educational channel of
NHK, a Japanese non-profit public broadcasting service. It is performed by the comedy group
Itsumo Kokokara with variable groups (it differs at each air) such as firefighters, soccer players, Yasugi-bushi preservation society,
Vienna Boys' Choir
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,
Blue Man Group
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,
ninja
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and so on.
The basic steps are as follows, repeating as necessary:
# Bend knees, reach out straight with hands
# Lean back with arms akimbo ("big shot")
# Turn around, bow
# Face right, right hand horizon sweep
# Bend knees, breaststroke
# Bend down and pretend to pick up a chestnut from the ground
# Shake arms downwards, like pumping a bicycle tire
# Flap arms as though being inflated by a pump
The dance can be performed in lines, moving
canon style one at a time. After each movement, the line takes a step forward.
Footnotes
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External links
Algorithm March lyrics in English and Japanese (Romaji). Note: this transcription contains some mistakes. For instance "susande" should be "susunde" (進んで）, a conjugated form of "susumu" (進む）which means to advance or move forward.
The CPDRC Dancing Inmates perform the Algorithm March
* A demonstration video is available i
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Novelty and fad dances
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