Geru - Miming/ Robot/ Animation

a vid i got a few years ago from pincher.net - horrendous quality, but great, rare footage. The guy's name is Alexei Gerulaitis. Supposedly, he won 1st place in this competition held in 1987. true originality & perfection here. Miming like this seems to be almost non-existent nowadays. The track is the famous Yello - 'Oh Yeah' from '87 as well.

Use this link to download vid so you can make the window size bigger on your computer: http://keepvid.com/

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• mime
• miming
• animation
• robot
• botting
• botter
• popping
• funk
• electro
• dance
• dancing
• yello
• oh
• yeah
• Alexey
• Gerulaitys

[thcoct89]

if u wanna compare just robot miming, then this guy probably has kenichi ebina beat. but i think kenichi wins an overall judging just because his style is more modern, and his dancing is amazing, while gerulaitys just mimes robots

[MosesHightower]

well firstly, it doesnt matter who is better. dance is art and should not always be about competition. hopefully you realize that this vid is 20 yrs old, so 'more modern' isnt a fair comparison :) i consider the best dancers the ones who get in the deepest/hardest *zones* not the ones who can do more moves or acrobatics, and Alexi is def in the zone. Kenichi is very good, but where he shines most is in his syncronized sound fx performances which are very creative.

[MosesHightower]

but as a mime, he's not on this level, & wouldnt look nearly as good w/out the great sound fx and rehearsing. also, the best performances are usually ones where the dancer doesnt need to prove every dance style or move he knows. you wont know from this vid whether Alexi knows other styles or not. switching to another style changes the groove, & takes you out of the zone. also, he's telling a story thru his dance so switching styles would have ruined the performance.

[cepnoi]

Hey thank you for those awesome comments! I can't believe this vid gets such fantastic recognition some 22 years later!

[Tiny1Love]

verrry dope man , mad respect so advanced at that time man ......

[OrlyDudeGuy]

Simple, smooth, and fluid. Don't know this guy but I like that performance.

[Arlyskin]

Are you kidding? He's amazing. We got to get him performing today.....where can we find him? GET BACK ON STAGE, DUDE!

[Velyrov]

Трудно представить что это было на самом деле,20 лет спустя.....я плачу,где же наша молодость?

[vrevr8]

This guy is awsome! His fluidity knows no bounds.....Ive rarely seen motion that fluid even in the best of dancers its rare

Cool find.

[Slance1]

He's russian duh he's good