Algorithm March
title: "Algorithm March" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dance-crazes", "nhk"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm_March" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
The Algorithm March is a dance fad created in Japan, 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, Blue Man Group, ninja and so on.
Description
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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