A small, slow collection

lovedancing

a place to find incredible performances by both professionals and ordinary people — to remind us movement can be something close to holy.

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N° 01 Professional

Chandelier Sia, danced by Maddie Ziegler — 2014

An eleven-year-old just performed an entire human life in three minutes and forty-three seconds.
A viewer, somewhere on the internet

Sometimes the body knows things the rest of us are still learning to say.

N° 02 Professional

The Dying Swan Lil Buck & Yo‑Yo Ma — Spike Jonze, 2011

He is not dancing to the cello. He is the cello.
From the comments
N° 03 Professional

Diversity Britain's Got Talent Final — 2009

I've watched this maybe a hundred times across seventeen years and I still hold my breath at the same moment.
A long-time viewer

And sometimes it isn't about being the best. It's just about being there, at the same time, with everyone else.

N° 04 Amateur

Where the Hell is Matt? Matt Harding & friends across the world — 2012

It's just people. Just people, dancing badly together, and somehow it's the most hopeful thing I've ever seen.
A viewer in 2024
N° 05 Amateur

Ghetto Kids Britain's Got Talent Golden Buzzer — Kampala, Uganda

They came with nothing but joy and they handed every one of us a piece of it.
From the comments

Keep dancing.

In the kitchen. At the wedding. Alone in the hallway at two in the morning. It counts. All of it counts.