Flash mob dance! More than 200 dancers gather for PR stunt
Dancers get funky/dorky to tunes from the movies 'Grease' and 'That Thing You Do,' and the Wonder Girls' hit 'Nobody (But You).' YouTube video from philtower.
If you were in Raffles Place last Friday and wondering what was going on when music started blaring and people began dancing, you weren't alone. Turns out the flash mob dance was organized by mobile manufacturer HTC.
The publicity-stunt revelation removes some of the 'cool' factor, but the dance was still a spectacle to watch.
The idea's not new -- T-Mobile reportedly started the trend in January 2009 with a special advertisement at Liverpool Train Station in England. A Belgian television station staged a more impressive flash mob effort in Antwerp with a 200-strong dance rendition of 'Do-Re-Mi' from 'The Sound of Music.' And how could we forget the dance tribute to Michael Jackson in Stockholm, where more than 300 dancers met and performed after less than an hour of preparation.
In an interview with RazorTV, HTC country manager Melvin Chua dubbed the Singapore throw down the 'You Dance Revolution,' alluding to HTC's new strategy of providing phones that 'you' like. It may have looked spontaneous, but the event took more than three weeks to prepare and choreograph.
The same HTC group attempted a repeat performance at Wisma Atrium on Saturday, but a technical glitch forced the dancers to stop. After sorting out the problem, the show went on in similarly entertaining fashion. Watch it below (YouTube video from victortancs).
