Crazy Dance on the Great Wall at Badaling

Dance incorporating all of my friends' most favorite crazy dances, including: "the one that's like a quad stretch with the other hand behind your head, pull your head down and knee up repeatedly," "pelvic thrusts [from behind when the person isn't looking]" (couldn't get a person, sorry Drew!), the Numa Numa dance, Conga, Hand Jive, the Stan (South Park), "anything with hand clapping," swatting the fly, the shopping cart, some horrible aborted version of the Watusi, the twist, Rockette kicks, crotch flossing, the Charleston (white style), Roger Rabbit, worst Running Man EVER, more disco, that was supposed to be the worm, Funky Chicken, Lawnmower, Double Times Step, Moonwalk, and a variety of improvisations from the depths of my panicked, oxygen-deprived brain.

I hope you enjoy.

(Please note: I realize that this is very, very bad. I would feel very disappointed by my performance, however, it was very, very difficult to do, and I didn't get a second take. Just going through with it and going till the end was a miracle. I trust that if there is any future crazy dancing on the Great Wall of China (or any other landmark), it will be of higher quality. If you happen to be in the Beijing area, go film your own (or anywhere cool!). Consider this a challenge. Learn from my mistakes: I recommend dancing *before* you climb the Wall, getting a cameraman who thinks what you're doing is cool, and practicing a lot in advance. Bear in mind that it was only about 10F (-12C) and windy, but I was still sweating in a t-shirt. It's very hard to do the worm or breakdance on the rough stone surface, which had about an 8 degree slope at the flattest part I found - check the cartwheels, I almost rolled down the next flight of stairs! If you do not go in the dead of winter, there will be thousands of people and you may be very hot. Even on Christmas, there was a crowd of about 40 watching me. They thought nothing of heckling, which is where headphones come in handy.)

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