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Where the Hell is Matt?
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Where the Hell is Matt? is an internet phenomenon that features a video of Dancing Matt (Matt Harding) doing a dance "jig" in many different places around the world in 2005. The video garnered popularity on the video sharing site YouTube. There are now five major videos plus two outtakes and several background videos on YouTube. Matt dances alone in the first videos. In 2008 others join with him doing the dance "jig"; in 2010 he does the Diski Dance in South Africa. In 2012 he works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step.
While working in Australia for Activision on the project All Humans Must Die, Harding claimed that: "My life had become this rhythmic migration from bubble to bubble. You wake up in your apartment bubble, you get in your car bubble, you go to your work bubble, you get in your car, and then you go to you know, whatever, the outdoor shopping plaza bubble, back in your car bubble, back in your apartment bubble. There wasn't a lot of exposure to the outside world ... it's really insulating." Quitting his job he traveled the world from 2003 to 2004, known by his friends for a particular dance, and while video recording each other in Vietnam in May 2003, his travel companions suggested he add the dance. The videos were uploaded to his website for friends and family to enjoy. After completing a second journey to Africa in 2004, Harding edited together 15 dance scenes, all with him center frame, with the background music "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest. The original song uses samples from a dying Solomon Islands language which was recorded in 1971 by a French ethnomusicologist at the Solomon Islands near Papua New Guinea. The song, "Rorogwela" was sung by a young woman named Afunakwa. According to the video "Where the Hell is Afunakwa" by Matt Harding, Afunakwa died in 1998.
The video was passed around by e-mail and eventually became popular, with his server getting 20,000 or more hits a day as it was discovered, generally country by country due to language barriers, before the launch of major video upload sites.
Harding created a second version of the video in 2006, with additional dancing scenes from subsequent travels, called "Dancing 2006". At the request of Stride, a gum brand, he accepted sponsorship of this video, since he usually travels on a limited budget. Harding states:
"I went in very wary about working with a corporate sponsor but ... they didn't want to make a commercial for their gum out of it. They've got commercials; you can see them on TV all the time. But they'd seen what was going on on the internet – and by that time YouTube had taken off and it was becoming a big deal ... and a lot of companies they want to be a part of that. But it's very very difficult, too, because as soon as a company gets in there and starts making things, we as viewers, a switch flicks in your head and you know you are watching an ad and you interpret it differently. So they said, 'We want to help you make it, but we're not making it.'"
The video, with more than 18 million views, shows Harding dancing for 3 to 7 seconds apiece in 36 locations mostly in front of distinct landmarks. The evident advertising only comes with two Stride logo watermarked scenes halfway into the video and a final credit. In August 2008, Harding gave a talk at the Ignite conference in Seattle where he described how dancing by himself had become "boring" whereas dancing with others was far more interesting. For his newest video Harding had developed a listserv for every country from which he received an email, created a digital sign-up sheet for visit requests, and notified people when he would come to their country. Released on June 20, 2008, the third video is the product of 14 months of traveling in 42 countries. The background music/song of this video is known as "Praan" composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Palbasha Siddique, with lyrics adapted from the poem "Stream of Life", a part of the Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore. As well as the Youtube videos, a wide Visa advertising campaign appeared across 8 countries including in cinema advertising in 2008.
As of August 2008, Harding is represented by Creative Artists Agency. His videos are viewable on YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo and his own site wherethehellismatt.com. His "Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)" video has been watched over 43,700,000 times on YouTube since 2011 and Harding's YouTube channel is ranked "#83 - Most Subscribed (All Time) - Directors" as of December 22, 2010.
On June 20, 2012, 4 years after his third video, Harding released "Where the Hell is Matt? 2012". The video features Matt and many others dancing in 71 locations, comprising 55 countries and 11 US states. The video uses the song "Trip the Light", composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Alicia Lemke. The song was made available on iTunes, along with "Praan" and the song titled "Dance Outtakes Song" used in a video released on July 11, 2012, that features outtakes as well as locations which did not make the final video.
Drawing on the practice of Culture Jams, the Situationist International movement and the practices of incorporation and excorporation, Milstein and Pulos conclude that "while some of Harding's videos are tied to corporate sponsorship, the arc of his projects also argues for the possibility of reorienting oneself with others to keep one step ahead of incorporation – even, ironically, while actively sponsored. This sense of possibility is essential in contemporary society as even not-for-profit public institutions – including universities and philanthropic organizations – seek out sponsorship from multinational corporations."
In November 2015, Harding launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a new video. Backers were allowed to vote on places where they would like him to go to for his new videos and he raised $146,075 out of a $125,000 goal. Via social media, he also broadcast the places where he would be dancing and invited netizens to participate in the making of his new video. By October 2016, he had finished his global dancing tour and was finalizing the edit of the video.
Major media coverage
Harding's video clips have appeared on television shows including:
- The Screen Savers (March 17, 2005)
- MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann (August 18, 2005)
- Inside Edition (August 19, 2005)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (October 10, 2005)
- Rude Tube (February 15, 2008)
- 40 Greatest Internet Celebrities on VH1
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (August 6, 2008)
- Enough Rope (August 18, 2008)
- The Daily Show (November 6, 2008)
- Good Morning America (May 31, 2006)
In 2007, Jawed Karim, one of the founders of YouTube, stated that Harding's video was his favorite on YouTube at that time.
On July 22, 2008, and again on July 25, 2010, and July 10, 2012, and June 14, 2020, NASA featured Harding's videos on the APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) Web site. Text accompanying these videos, under the heading "Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth", claims that humans worldwide share a common love of dance, stating that "few people are able to watch the above video without smiling."{{cite web |url-status = live
Hoax
On December 11, 2008, Matt Harding sarcastically revealed at the Entertainment Gathering that "everyone knows how easy it is to 'fake things' on the internet." According to this confession, the videos were an elaborate hoax, Harding was not a game designer but rather an actor hired by a viral marketing New York ad agency, and the videos were made using animatronic puppets and extensive video editing. His presentation included a pie chart of supposed expenses, such as $1 million for "robot uprising insurance". Harding's hoax was lost on many when his talk was posted online, with a larger public perceiving the prank as an actual confession. A month after his presentation, criticism was so widespread that at the Macworld convention Harding revealed the "hoax about the hoax" and joked that many people took it seriously. He explained he came up with the prankster idea when he himself felt duped by a viral video titled "Bike Hero", which turned out to be a marketing campaign. He also made it very clear that the videos he made were indeed real.
Videos
The titles in the five major videos are all titled Dancing without the year in the videos; Harding labels them as Where the Hell is Matt? (year) on YouTube. The 2012 YouTube titles have also been titled Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth as well as Happy New Year! Peace on Earth in 2013.
Dancing [2005]
Duration: 2:45 Dancing [2005]
- China Beijing, China. July 2003
- Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam. May 2003
- India Delhi, India. June 2003
- Russia Spasskaya Tower & Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. July–August 2003
- Thailand Soi Cowboy, Bangkok, Thailand.
- India Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
- Czech Republic Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Cambodia Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- India Bengal Jungle, India.
- California Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California. May 2004
- Mongolia Suhbaatar, Mongolia.
- Tanzania Kilimanjaro Summit, Tanzania. September 2004
- Russia Trans-Siberian Railway, Siberia, Russia.
- Mexico Monte Albán, Mexico.
- Kenya Tsavo, Kenya.
- Uganda Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.
- Myanmar Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
- Connecticut Home, Westport, Connecticut. August–October 2003
- Washington Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington.
- New York City Times Square, New York, New York. August–October 2003
Dancing [2006]
Duration: 3:43 Dancing [2006]
- Bolivia Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. January 2006
- Jordan Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan.
- Peru Machu Picchu, Peru. January 2006
- Italy Venice, Italy. May 2006
- Japan Tokyo, Japan. March 2006
- Ecuador Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Australia Brisbane, Australia.
- Laos Luang Prabang, Laos.
- Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
- Nevada Area 51, Nevada. August 2005
- Guatemala Tikal, Guatemala.
- Belize Half Moon Caye, Belize.
- Namibia Sossusvlei, Namibia.
- New Zealand Routeburn Valley, New Zealand.
- Arizona Monument Valley, Arizona.
- Antarctica South Shetland Islands.
- FSM Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.
- ENG St James's Palace, London, England. May 2006
- New Mexico Very Large Array, New Mexico. August 2005
- Egypt Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt.
- Chile Moai statues, Easter Island, Chile. February 2006
- France Haute-Picardie, France.
- Turkey Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey.
- New York City Brooklyn Bridge, New York, New York. September 2005
- China Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, China.
- Guam Guam.Matt journal post see June 23, 2008, on junked cars.
- Botswana Mokolodi, Botswana.
- Germany Thierry Noir, East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
- Australia Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sydney, Australia.
- United Arab Emirates Ski Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Palau Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau.
- Rwanda Mulindi, Rwanda.
- Antarctica Neko Harbour, Antarctica.
- Norway Kjeragbolten, Norway.
- California Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Aug 2005
- Washington Fremont Troll, Seattle, Washington.
Dancing Outtakes [2006]
"Here's some stuff that didn't make the final cut..." Outtakes. Duration 4:28 Dancing Outtakes [2006]
- 1 Kjeragbolten, Norway
- Los Angeles, California
- Nakun [sic Nakum], Guatemala
- Dead Vlei, Namibia Should've gotten closer.
- Gulung *sic* [Gunung] Mulu, Malaysia The jungles of Borneo. Could've done better.
- Tokyo, Japan Got kicked out before I could get it right.
- Giza, Egypt Pyramids. Didn't quite do them justice.
- Singapore Lame shot. Sorry, Singapore.
- 1 Chuuk, Micronesia Dancing underwater is hard.
- Peterman *sic* [Petermann] Island, Antarctica ...snow too.
- 1 Mulindi, Rwanda
- Haute-Picardie, France
- Rock Islands, Palau Bad dancing... big shark.
- Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Mokolodi, Botswana Tip: Get to know the elephants before you start dancing.
- Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sydney, Australia A lot of folks think this is fake... ...nope.
- Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Neither is this.
- Routeburn Valley, New Zealand Wedgie pick!
- 2 Chuuk, Micronesia Dancing on the ocean floor... lesson learned.
- Easter Island, Chile Phony tourist photo op? Why, yes. Yes, it is.
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Marine iguanas... they don't really do much.
- 2 Mulindi, Rwanda
- Cuverville Island, Antarctica Penguins! Too small.
- New York, New York
- Luang Prabang, Laos ...umm... Li'l awkward.
- Sossusvlei, Namibia
- Redwood National Park, California Do not look at the man-boobs. Ignore the man-boobs.
- Athens, Greece Don't try dancing at the Parthenon. They don't like it.
- 3 Mulindi, Rwanda
- Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2 Kjeragbolten, Norway 1000 meter drop. Dumb.
- Fremont Troll, Seattle, Washington
Dancing [2008]
Duration: 4:29 Dancing [2008]
- India Mumbai, India April 2008
- Bhutan Paro Taktsang (The Tiger's Nest), Paro, Bhutan
- Northern Ireland Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
- Zanzibar Stone Town, Zanzibar
- Western Australia Lancelin, Western Australia, Australia
- Netherlands Dune and Bulb Region, Lisse, Netherlands
- Christmas Island Christmas Island red crab, Christmas Island, Australia
- Kuwait Kuwait Water Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Mexico Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
- Iceland Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
- (Quick scenes of transition from dancing alone to with others) Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
- Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
- Ontario Toronto, Ontario
- Belgium Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
- Portugal Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal
- British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia
- California Alamo Square, San Francisco, California
- France Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
- Victoria Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- District of Columbia Senate Fountain, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
- Chicago Cloud Gate, Chicago, Illinois
- Spain Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
- Madagascar Antseranana [sic Antsiranana], Madagascar
- Queensland Brisbane, Australia
- Republic of Ireland Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland
- Argentina Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Zambia Chakachino [sic Mfuwe], Zambia
- Turkey Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
- Fiji Wainivilase [sic Suva], Fiji
- England National Gallery, London, England
- Sweden Sergels torg, Stockholm, Sweden
- Solomon Islands Auki, Solomon Islands
- Yemen Sana'a, Yemen
- Kyrgyzstan Ala Archa Gorge, Kyrgyzstan
- Philippines Tagaytay, Philippines
- South KoreaNorth Korea Demilitarized Zone, Korea
- Mali Timbuktu, Mali
- Poland Sigismund's Column, Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland
- Texas Stevie Ray Vaughan's memorial statue, Auditorium Shores, Austin, Texas
- Japan Maid café, Tokyo, Japan
- Papua New Guinea Huli people, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
- Florida Miami, Florida
- Germany Monopteros, Englischer Garten, Munich, Germany
- Tonga Tongatapu, Tonga
- Chicago Cloud Gate, Chicago, Illinois Sept 2007
- Bhutan Thimphu, Bhutan
- India Gurgaon, India
- New South Wales Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
- Portugal Statue of Joseph I, Praça do Comércio Lisbon, Portugal
- South Korea Namdaemun gate, Seoul, South Korea
- South Africa Soweto, South Africa
- New York Bethesda Terrace, New York, New York.
- Japan Tokyo, Japan
- Tonga Humpback whale, Vava'u, Tonga
- South Africa Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Panama Container ship, Panama Canal, Panama
- Jordan Wadi Rum, Jordan
- Madagascar Lemur Island, Madagascar
- New Zealand Albert Park, Auckland, New Zealand
- Morocco Batik [sic Aït Benhaddou], Morocco
- Netherlands Statue of Multatuli, Torensluis bridge, Singel canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Georgia (U.S. state) Fountain of Rings, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia
- Mexico National Palace, Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Belgium Brussels, Belgium
- California Alamo Square, San Francisco, California
- Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
- Vancouver Inuksuk, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia
- District of Columbia Senate Fountain, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
- Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
- Singapore Merlion Park, Singapore
- California String section, Alhambra, California Garry Schyman music notes
- Israel Fire and Water Fountain, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Palestinian_Authority East Jerusalem, West Bank
- France Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
- Montreal Montreal, Quebec
- Nevada Reduced gravity aircraft (ZERO-G), Nellis Airspace, Nevada
- California Pacific Park, Los Angeles, California
- Brazil Monument to the Independence of Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
- Washington Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington
Dancing in South Africa [2010]
Website title: Where the Hell is Matt in South Africa. In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Matt Harding created a special video to celebrate the occasion in which he performed the Diski Dance in locations across South Africa. He uploaded the video to YouTube on March 5, 2010. The following locations were shown in the video in the order listed. Some locations were visited several times. Duration: 1:40 Dancing in South Africa [2010]
- South Africa Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
- South Africa The Pinnacle, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Hout Bay, Cape Town
- South Africa Table Mountain, Cape Town
- South Africa Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
- South Africa Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
- South Africa South African Airways
- South Africa Boulders Beach, near Cape Town
- South Africa Soweto Cooling Towers, Soweto. Johannesburg
- South Africa Robben Island
- South Africa Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
- South Africa Table Mountain, Cape Town
- South Africa Cape of Good Hope
- South Africa Camp Jabulani, Hoedspruit
- South Africa Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
- South Africa Bourke's Luck Potholes, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Soweto Cooling Towers, Soweto. Johannesburg
- South Africa Hout Bay, Cape Town
- South Africa Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
- South Africa Mac Mac Pools, near Mac-Mac Falls, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Lesedi Cultural Village, near Johannesburg
- South Africa Camp Jabulani, Hoedspruit
- South Africa Bourke's Luck Potholes, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Lesedi Cultural Village, near Johannesburg
- South Africa Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
- South Africa Table Mountain, Cape Town
- South Africa Johannesburg
- South Africa Boulders Beach, near Cape Town
- South Africa The Pinnacle, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
- South Africa Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
- South Africa Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
- South Africa South African Airways
Dancing [2012]
The fifth video was released on June 20, 2012. In 2012 Matt works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step. Duration: 4:53 Dancing [2012]
Note: 13 cities have 2 segments. #1 & #2 on left side of city means same location; #1 & #2 on right side of city means different locations in the city.
- Prelude
- Rwanda #1 Kigali, Rwanda
- Spain Fountain Giralda, Seville, Spain
- Austria Ballroom #1 Vienna, Austria
- Pennsylvania Cheerleading #1, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuyhill Haven [sic Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
- Syria Dance studio #1 Damascus, Syria The dancers are blurred for their safety. 2011–2012 Damascus clashes
- Papua New Guinea Huli people #1, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea Matt journal post
- North Korea lobby, Pyongyang, North Korea #1
- Lebanon opening dance of West Side Story, Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon
- Greece Agora #1, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece
- South Africa Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
- Thailand Yaowawit School, Kapong, Thailand
- Venezuela Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
- Indonesia Dance in Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia
- Texas Fire Drill Field, League City, Texas
- Australia Scuba diving, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia
- Saudi Arabia Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Al-Muzahmiyya, Saudi Arabia Behind the Dancing Matt Videos
- California AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, California #1
- Michigan Horace E. Dodge Fountain, Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan
- Mongolia Mongolian horse, Terelj, Mongolia
- Maldives Music of the Maldives, Rangali Island, Maldives
- Zimbabwe Dance in Zimbabwe, Ruwa, Zimbabwe
- Hungary Elisabeth Bridge, Budapest, Hungary #1
- Haiti Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Iraq Robot (dance), Erbil, Iraq I found Matt
- Hawaii Fire dancing, Polynesian Village Luau, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
- Louisiana City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Philippines Jeepney, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
- Pennsylvania Cheerleading #2, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuyhill Haven [sic Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
- Syria Dance studio #2, Damascus, Syria The dancers are blurred for their safety. 2011–2012 Damascus clashes
- Afghanistan Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus, Kabul, Afghanistan
- France Alegría (Cirque du Soleil), Saint François de Paule church at Place Louis Blanc and Cours Lafayette, Toulon, France
- Austria Waltz, Ballroom #2, Vienna, Austria
- China Chinese New Year, Beijing, China Matt journal post
- Salsa (dance), Jaffa Gate near Tower of David, Jerusalem
- North Korea Mass Dances, Pyongyang, North Korea #2 Matt Reddit excerpt
- Namibia Himba people, Opuwo, Namibia
- Puerto Rico Capilla del Cristo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Serbia children Ballet, Belgrade, Serbia
- Idaho Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho
- Scotland Scottish highland dance, St Anthony's Chapel, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Pennsylvania Rocky Steps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- South Africa Robben Island, South Africa
- Toronto Fountain, Trinity Square, Toronto, Canada
- Germany Frauenkirche #1, Dresden, Germany
- France Place Bellecour, Lyon, France
- USA F/A-18 Hornet, USS Abraham Lincoln, Pacific Ocean (Colored jersey guide), Nat'l Geo behind scenes, Mayhem Weekend on the USS Abraham Lincoln AirCraft Carrier, flight deck signals
- Texas Willams Waterwall, Houston, Texas
- Slovakia Old Town Main Square, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Australia Graffiti - tekno in the light, Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Australia
- Egypt Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt #1
- Hong Kong Kowloon Public Pier south of Clock Tower, Hong Kong, China
- Estonia southern tower Viru Gates east of Town Hall Square, Tallinn, Estonia
- Finland Sibelius Monument, Helsinki, Finland
- Japan Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
- Ohio Free Stamp, Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio
- Solomon Islands Kalafasia [sic Honiara], Solomon Islands Matt journal post
- Colombia Plaza de la Luz (Plaza Cisneros), Medellín, Colombia
- Papua New Guinea Hitch hike (dance), Huli people #2, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
- Spain Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- England The Poznań Celebration, Queen Victoria Monument, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Pakistan Jehangir Kothari Parade, Karachi, Pakistan
- Czech Republic Parterre of Ledeburg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic WtHiM in Prague WtHiM Prague
- Greece Agora #2, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece
- Egypt Qasr al-Nil Bridge(?), Cairo, Egypt #2
- Switzerland Polyterrace of ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Germany Frauenkirche #2, Dresden, Germany
- Italy Piazza del Popolo #1, Rome, Italy
- Costa Rica National Theatre, San José, Costa Rica #1
- Hungary Stephen I statue, Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary #2
- Italy near Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy
- Gaza Strip UNRWA's Summer Games, Rafah, Gaza Strip
- Taiwan Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Trinidad Carnival, Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad Carnival Diary
- Massachusetts Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Russia Friendship of Nations fountain, All-Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
- California Clyde, California sea lion, SeaWorld, San Diego, California
- Italy Piazza del Popolo #2, Rome, Italy
- Maryland Baltimore Crab Dance, Pagoda, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland Welcome Matt
- Costa Rica Baile Folklorico, San Jose, Costa Rica #2
- Colorado The Dancers, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, Colorado
- Russia Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
- California Gazebo, Lake Merritt, Oakland, California #2
- Rwanda #2 Kigali, Rwanda
- Washington Nuclear family, Home, Seattle, Washington
Dancing Outtakes [2012]
"I always shoot more than I can use. Here's some stuff that didn't make it in." Outtakes. Duration 3:45 Dancing Outtakes [2012]
- Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California
- Al-Muzahmiyya, Saudi Arabia
- Market House, Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Waimea Bay, Hawaii
- Gigantor statue, Wakamatsu Park, Kobe, Japan
- Elephantstay, Royal Elephant Kraal & Village, Ayutthaya, Thailand
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England September 2011
- Pioneer Plaza, Dallas, Texas
- Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee
- Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China
- National Monument of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Hula, Maui, Hawaii
- Free Stamp, Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio
- Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
- Hong Kong Island skyline viewed from Kowloon Public Pier, Hong Kong, China
- The Great Salt Lake, Utah
- ASIMO, Tokyo, Japan
- Jewish dance, New York, New York
- AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, California
- Djabugay people, Caravonica, Australia
- Memorial Union Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin
- Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York, New York
- Fuji Television headquarters, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
- Fountain Hills, Phoenix, Arizona
- Statue of the Victor, Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia
- Friendship of Nations fountain, All-Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
- Clown, Erbil, Iraq
- ?near Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
- Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing, China
- Nuclear family, Home, Seattle, Washington
- Berlin, Germany
- Huli people, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
- Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon
- Polyterrace of ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
- Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Clyde, California sea lion, SeaWorld, San Diego, California
- Carnival, Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad Carnival Diary
- Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
- Watts Towers, Los Angeles, California
- Spoonbridge and Cherry, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota July 2011
- Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Cairo, Egypt
- Fountain Giralda, Seville, Spain
- Erbil, Iraq
- Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
- Fire dancing, Polynesian Village Luau, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Dancing [2016]
Duration: 2:54 Dancing [2016]
- Cuba Matanzas, Cuba
- Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Washington Seattle, Washington
- Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- England London, England
- Myanmar Amarapura, Myanmar
- Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada
- England Leeds, England
- Oman Al Amarat, Oman
- Virginia Arlington, Virginia
- Ohio Columbus, Ohio
- Oregon Portland, Oregon
- Netherlands Zaandam, Netherlands
- California Los Angeles, California
- United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
- Myanmar Bagan, Myanmar
- France Paris, France
- United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Colorado Colorado springs, Colorado
- Cuba Cienfuegos, Cuba
- Illinois Chicago, Illinois
- California Stanford, California
- Colorado Denver, Colorado
- Ontario Toronto, Ontario
- New York Brooklyn, New York
- Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts
- California Huntington Beach, California
- Florida Orlando, Florida
- Germany Hamburg, Germany
- England London, England
- New York Queens, New York
- Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada
- Poland Kraków, Poland
- Oman Muscat, Oman
- Poland Rzeszów, Poland
- South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
- Colorado Boulder, Colorado
- Germany Hamburg, Germany
- Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Cuba Matanzas, Cuba
- Ghana Medie, Ghana
- Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
- Ohio Dublin, Ohio
- Poland Kraków, Poland
- Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
- Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
- California Inglewood, California
- Illinois Chicago, Illinois
- Canada Vancouver, Canada
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