In her Masters thesis,“Dorky Dance, YouTube, and the New Vaudeville” , Latika Young traces the path from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to Pee Wee Herman and Napoleon Dynamite, going on to further explain how the internet has propelled this new vaudeville genre of “dorky dancing” with its popular viral videos.
Strong supporting videos include Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You” directed by Spike Jonze, Numa Numa, and OK Go’s dorky choreography.
Below is a choreographed dance to Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger” (as well as a link to two French boys’ copycat version…). Also, click on the green idaft link to make your own version of the music.
