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Where the Hell is Matt?

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Where the Hell is Matt? is an Internet phenomenon that features a video of Dancing Matt (Matt Harding) doing a dance "jig" in many different places around the world in 2005. The video garnered popularity on the video sharing site YouTube. There are now five major videos plus two outtakes and several background videos on YouTube. Matt dances alone in the first videos. In 2008 others join with him doing the dance "jig"; in 2010 he does the Diski Dance in South Africa. In 2012 he works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step.[1]

While working in Australia for Activision on the project All Humans Must Die, Harding claimed that: "My life had become this rhythmic migration from bubble to bubble. You wake up in your apartment bubble, you get in your car bubble, you go to your work bubble, you get in your car, and then you go to you know, whatever, the outdoor shopping plaza bubble, back in your car bubble, back in your apartment bubble. There wasn’t a lot of exposure to the outside world … it’s really insulating."[2][3] Quitting his job he traveled the world from 2003 to 2004, known by his friends for a particular dance, and while video recording each other in Vietnam in May 2003,[4] his travel companions suggested he add the dance. The videos were uploaded to his website for friends and family to enjoy. After completing a second journey to Africa in 2004, Harding edited together 15 dance scenes, all with him center frame, with the background music "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest. The original song uses samples from a dying Solomon Islands language which was recorded in 1971 by a French ethnomusicologist at the Solomon Islands near Papua New Guinea. The song, "Rorogwela" was sung by a young woman named Afunakwa. According to the video "Where the Hell is Afunakwa" by Matt Harding, Afunakwa died in 1998.

The video was passed around by e-mail and eventually became popular, with his server getting 20,000 or more hits a day as it was discovered, generally country by country due to language barriers, before the launch of major video upload sites.

Harding created a second version of the video in 2006, with additional dancing scenes from subsequent travels, called "Dancing 2006". At the request of Stride, a gum brand, he accepted sponsorship[5] of this video, since he usually travels on a limited budget. Harding states:

"I went in very wary about working with a corporate sponsor but ... they didn’t want to make a commercial for their gum out of it. They’ve got commercials; you can see them on TV all the time. But they’d seen what was going on on the internet – and by that time YouTube had taken off and it was becoming a big deal … and a lot of companies they want to be a part of that. But it’s very very difficult, too, because as soon as a company gets in there and starts making things, we as viewers, a switch flicks in your head and you know you are watching an ad and you interpret it differently. So they said, ‘We want to help you make it, but we’re not making it.’"[2]

The video, with more than 18 million views, shows Harding dancing for 3 to 7 seconds apiece in 36 locations mostly in front of distinct landmarks. The evident advertising only comes with two Stride logo watermarked scenes halfway into the video and a final credit.[3] In August of 2008, Harding gave a talk at the Ignite conference in Seattle where he described how dancing by himself had become “boring” whereas dancing with others was far more interesting. For his newest video Harding had developed a listserv for every country from which he received an email, created a digital sign-up sheet for visit requests, and notified people when he would come to their country. Released on June 20, 2008, the third video is the product of 14 months of traveling in 42 countries. The background music/song of this video is known as "Praan" composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Palbasha Siddique, with lyrics adapted from the poem "Stream of Life," a part of the Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore.[6] As well as the Youtube videos, a wide Visa advertising campaign appeared across 8 countries including in cinema advertising in 2008.[7]

As of August 2008, Harding is represented by Creative Artists Agency.[8] His videos are viewable on YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo and his own site wherethehellismatt.com. His "Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)" video has been watched over 43,700,000 times on YouTube since 2011 and Harding's YouTube channel is ranked "#83 - Most Subscribed (All Time) - Directors" as of December 22, 2010.[9][10]

On June 20, 2012, 4 years after his third video, Harding released "Where the Hell is Matt? 2012". The video features Matt and many others dancing in 71 locations, comprising 55 countries and 11 US states. The video uses the song "Trip the Light", composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Alicia Lemke.[11] The song was made available on iTunes, along with "Praan" and the song titled "Dance Outtakes Song" used in a video released on July 11, 2012, that features outtakes as well as locations which did not make the final video.

Drawing on the practice of Culture Jams, the Situationist International movement and the practices of incorporation and excorporation, Milstein and Pulos conclude that "while some of Harding’s videos are tied to corporate sponsorship, the arc of his projects also argues for the possibility of reorienting oneself with others to keep one step ahead of incorporation – even, ironically, while actively sponsored. This sense of possibility is essential in contemporary society as even not-for-profit public institutions – including universities and philanthropic organizations – seek out sponsorship from multinational corporations."[3]

On November 2015, Harding launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a new video.[12] Backers were allowed to vote on places where they would like him to go to for his new videos and he raised $146,075 out of a $125,000 goal. Via social media, he also broadcast the places where he would be dancing and invited netizens to participate in the making of his new video. By October 2016, he had finished his global dancing tour and was finalizing the edit of the video.

Major media coverage edit

Harding's video clips have appeared on television shows including:

In 2007, Jawed Karim, one of the founders of YouTube, stated that Harding's video was his favorite on YouTube at that time.[13]

On July 22, 2008, and again on July 25, 2010, and July 10, 2012, and June 14, 2020, NASA featured Harding's videos on the APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) Web site. Text accompanying these videos, under the heading "Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth", claims that humans worldwide share a common love of dance, stating that "few people are able to watch the above video without smiling."[14] Harding himself has joked that he is impressed by his appearances on APOD, especially since his videos have nothing to do with astronomy, nor are they pictures.

Hoax edit

On 11 December 2008, Matt Harding sarcastically "revealed" at the Entertainment Gathering that "everyone knows how easy it is to 'fake things' on the internet."[3] According to this "confession," the videos were an elaborate hoax, Harding was not a game designer but rather an actor hired by a viral marketing New York ad agency, and the videos were made using animatronic puppets and extensive video editing.[15] His presentation included a pie chart of supposed expenses, such as $1 million for “robot uprising insurance." Harding’s hoax was lost on many when his talk was posted online, with a larger public perceiving the prank as an actual confession. A month after his presentation, criticism was so widespread that at the Macworld convention Harding revealed the "hoax about the hoax" and joked that many people took it seriously. He explained he came up with the prankster idea when he himself felt duped by a viral video titled “Bike Hero,” which turned out to be a marketing campaign.[3] He also made it very clear that the videos he made were indeed real.[16]

Videos edit

The titles in the five major videos are all titled Dancing without the year in the videos; Harding labels them as Where the Hell is Matt? (year) on YouTube. The 2012 YouTube titles have also been titled Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth as well as Happy New Year! Peace on Earth in 2013.

Dancing [2005] edit

Duration: 2:45 Dancing [2005]

  1.   Beijing, China. July 2003
  2.   Hanoi, Vietnam. May 2003
  3.   Delhi, India. June 2003
  4.   Spasskaya Tower & Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. July–August 2003
  5.   Soi Cowboy, Bangkok, Thailand.
  6.   Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
  7.   Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.
  8.   Angkor Wat, Cambodia
  9.   Bengal Jungle, India.
  10.   Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California. May 2004
  11.   Suhbaatar, Mongolia.
  12.   Kilimanjaro Summit, Tanzania. September 2004
  13.   Trans-Siberian Railway, Siberia, Russia.
  14.   Monte Albán, Mexico.
  15.   Tsavo, Kenya.
  16.   Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.
  17.   Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
  18.   Home, Westport, Connecticut. August–October 2003
  19.   Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington.
  20.   Times Square, New York, New York. August–October 2003

Dancing [2006] edit

Duration: 3:43 Dancing [2006]

  1.   Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. January 2006
  2.   Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan.
  3.   Machu Picchu, Peru. January 2006
  4.   Venice, Italy. May 2006
  5.   Tokyo, Japan. March 2006
  6.   Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
  7.   Brisbane, Australia.
  8.   Luang Prabang, Laos.
  9.   Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
  10.   Area 51, Nevada. August 2005
  11.   Tikal, Guatemala.
  12.   Half Moon Caye, Belize.
  13.   Sossusvlei, Namibia.
  14.   Routeburn Valley, New Zealand.
  15.   Monument Valley, Arizona.
  16.   South Shetland Islands.
  17.   Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.
  18.   St James's Palace, London, England. May 2006
  19.   Very Large Array, New Mexico. August 2005
  20.   Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt.
  21.   Moai statues, Easter Island, Chile. February 2006
  22.   Haute-Picardie, France.
  23.   Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey.
  24.   Brooklyn Bridge, New York, New York. September 2005
  25.   Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, China.
  26.   Guam.Matt journal post see June 23, 2008 on junked cars.
  27.   Mokolodi, Botswana.
  28.   Thierry Noir, East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
  29.   Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sydney, Australia.
  30.   Ski Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  31.   Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau.
  32.   Mulindi, Rwanda.
  33.   Neko Harbour, Antarctica.
  34.   Kjeragbolten, Norway.
  35.   Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Aug 2005
  36.   Fremont Troll, Seattle, Washington.

Dancing Outtakes [2006] edit

"Here's some stuff that didn't make the final cut..." Outtakes. Duration 4:28 Dancing Outtakes [2006]

  1. #1 Kjeragbolten, Norway
  2. Los Angeles, California
  3. Nakun [sic Nakum], Guatemala
  4. Dead Vlei, Namibia Should've gotten closer.
  5. Gulung [sic Gunung] Mulu, Malaysia The jungles of Borneo. Could've done better.
  6. Tokyo, Japan Got kicked out before I could get it right.
  7. Giza, Egypt Pyramids. Didn't quite do them justice.
  8. Singapore Lame shot. Sorry, Singapore.
  9. #1 Chuuk, Micronesia Dancing underwater is hard.
  10. Peterman [sic Petermann] Island, Antarctica ...snow too.
  11. #1 Mulindi, Rwanda
  12. Haute-Picardie, France
  13. Rock Islands, Palau Bad dancing... big shark.
  14. Grand Canyon, Arizona
  15. Mokolodi, Botswana Tip: Get to know the elephants before you start dancing.
  16. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Sydney, Australia A lot of folks think this is fake... ...nope.
  17. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Neither is this.
  18. Routeburn Valley, New Zealand Wedgie pick!
  19. #2 Chuuk, Micronesia Dancing on the ocean floor... lesson learned.
  20. Easter Island, Chile Phony tourist photo op? Why, yes. Yes, it is.
  21. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Marine iguanas... they don't really do much.
  22. #2 Mulindi, Rwanda
  23. Cuverville Island, Antarctica Penguins! Too small.
  24. New York, New York
  25. Luang Prabang, Laos ...umm... Li'l awkward.
  26. Sossusvlei, Namibia
  27. Redwood National Park, California Do not look at the man-boobs. Ignore the man-boobs.
  28. Athens, Greece Don't try dancing at the Parthenon. They don't like it.
  29. #3 Mulindi, Rwanda
  30. Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
  31. #2 Kjeragbolten, Norway 1000 meter drop. Dumb.
  32. Fremont Troll, Seattle, Washington

Dancing [2008] edit

Duration: 4:29 Dancing [2008]

  1.   Mumbai, India April 2008
  2.   Paro Taktsang (The Tiger's Nest), Paro, Bhutan
  3.   Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
  4.   Stone Town, Zanzibar
  5.   Lancelin, Western Australia, Australia
  6.   Dune and Bulb Region, Lisse, Netherlands
  7.   Christmas Island red crab, Christmas Island, Australia
  8.   Kuwait Water Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  9.   Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
  10.   Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
    1. (Quick scenes of transition from dancing alone to with others)   Dublin, Ireland
    2.   Boston, Massachusetts
    3.   Toronto, Ontario
    4.   Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
    5.   Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal
    6.   Vancouver, British Columbia
    7.   Alamo Square, San Francisco, California
    8.   Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
    9.   Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    10.   Senate Fountain, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
    11.   Cloud Gate, Chicago, Illinois
  11.   Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
  12.   Antseranana [sic Antsiranana], Madagascar
  13.   Brisbane, Australia
  14.   Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland
  15.   Caminito, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  16.   Chakachino [sic Mfuwe], Zambia
  17.   Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
  18.   Wainivilase [sic Suva], Fiji
  19.   National Gallery, London, England
  20.   Sergels torg, Stockholm, Sweden
  21.   Auki, Solomon Islands
  22.   Sana'a, Yemen
  23.   Ala Archa Gorge, Kyrgyzstan
  24.   Tagaytay, Philippines
  25.    Demilitarized Zone, Korea
  26.   Timbuktu, Mali
  27.   Sigismund's Column, Castle Square, Warsaw, Poland
  28.   Stevie Ray Vaughan's memorial statue, Auditorium Shores, Austin, Texas
  29.   Maid café, Tokyo, Japan
  30.   Huli people, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
  31.   Miami, Florida
  32.   Monopteros, Englischer Garten, Munich, Germany
  33.   Tongatapu, Tonga
  34.   Cloud Gate, Chicago, Illinois Sept 2007
  35.   Thimphu, Bhutan
  36.   Gurgaon, India
  37.   Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
  38.   Statue of Joseph I, Praça do Comércio Lisbon, Portugal
  39.   Namdaemun gate, Seoul, South Korea
  40.   Soweto, South Africa
  41.   Bethesda Terrace, New York, New York.
  42.   Tokyo, Japan
  43.   Humpback whale, Vava'u, Tonga
  44.   Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  45.   Container ship, Panama Canal, Panama
  46.   Wadi Rum, Jordan
  47.   Lemur Island, Madagascar
  48.   Albert Park, Auckland, New Zealand
  49.   Batik [sic Aït Benhaddou], Morocco
  50.   Statue of Multatuli, Torensluis bridge, Singel canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  51.   Fountain of Rings, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia
  52.   National Palace, Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico
  53.   Brussels, Belgium
  54.   Alamo Square, San Francisco, California
  55.   Taipei, Taiwan
  56.   Inuksuk, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia
  57.   Senate Fountain, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
  58.   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  59.   Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
  60.   Merlion Park, Singapore
  61.   String section, Alhambra, California Garry Schyman music notes
  62.   Fire and Water Fountain, Tel Aviv, Israel
  63.   East Jerusalem, West Bank
  64.   Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
  65.   Montreal, Quebec
  66.   Reduced gravity aircraft (ZERO-G), Nellis Airspace, Nevada
  67.   Pacific Park, Los Angeles, California
  68.   Monument to the Independence of Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
  69.   Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington

Dancing in South Africa [2010] edit

Website title: Where the Hell is Matt in South Africa. In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Matt Harding created a special video to celebrate the occasion in which he performed the Diski Dance in locations across South Africa. He uploaded the video to YouTube on March 5, 2010. The following locations were shown in the video in the order listed. Some locations were visited several times. Duration: 1:40 Dancing in South Africa [2010]

  1.   Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
  2.   The Pinnacle, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
  3.   Hout Bay, Cape Town
  4.   Table Mountain, Cape Town
  5.   Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
  6.   Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
  7.   South African Airways
  8.   Boulders Beach, near Cape Town
  9.   Soweto Cooling Towers, Soweto. Johannesburg
  10.   Robben Island
  11.   Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
  12.   Table Mountain, Cape Town
  13.   Cape of Good Hope
  14.   Camp Jabulani, Hoedspruit[17]
  15.   Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
  16.   Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
  17.   Bourke's Luck Potholes, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga[18]
  18.   Soweto Cooling Towers, Soweto. Johannesburg
  19.   Hout Bay, Cape Town
  20.   Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
  21.   Mac Mac Pools, near Mac-Mac Falls, Mpumalanga
  22.   Lesedi Cultural Village, near Johannesburg
  23.   Camp Jabulani, Hoedspruit
  24.   Bourke's Luck Potholes, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
  25.   Lesedi Cultural Village, near Johannesburg
  26.   Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
  27.   Table Mountain, Cape Town
  28.   Johannesburg
  29.   Boulders Beach, near Cape Town
  30.   The Pinnacle, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
  31.   Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
  32.   Soccer City, Soweto, Johannesburg
  33.   South African Airways

Dancing [2012] edit

The fifth video was released on 20 June 2012. In 2012 Matt works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step.[1] Duration: 4:53 Dancing [2012]

Note: 13 cities have 2 segments. #1 & #2 on left side of city means same location; #1 & #2 on right side of city means different locations in the city.

  1. Prelude
    1.   #1 Kigali, Rwanda
    2.   Fountain Giralda, Seville, Spain
    3.   Ballroom #1 Vienna, Austria
    4.   Cheerleading #1, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuyhill Haven [sic Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
    5.   Dance studio #1 Damascus, Syria The dancers are blurred for their safety. 2011–2012 Damascus clashes
    6.   Huli people #1, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea Matt journal post
    7.   lobby, Pyongyang, North Korea #1
  2.   opening dance of West Side Story, Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon
  3.   Agora #1, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece
  4.   Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
  5.   Yaowawit School, Kapong, Thailand
  6.   Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
  7.   Dance in Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia
  8.   Fire Drill Field, League City, Texas
  9.   Scuba diving, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia
  10.   Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Al-Muzahmiyya, Saudi Arabia Behind the Dancing Matt Videos
  11.   AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, California #1
  12.   Horace E. Dodge Fountain, Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan
  13.   Mongolian horse, Terelj, Mongolia
  14.   Music of the Maldives, Rangali Island, Maldives
  15.   Dance in Zimbabwe, Ruwa, Zimbabwe
  16.   Elisabeth Bridge, Budapest, Hungary #1
  17.   Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  18.   Robot (dance), Erbil, Iraq I found Matt
  19.   Fire dancing, Polynesian Village Luau, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
  20.   City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
  21.   Jeepney, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
  22.   Cheerleading #2, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuyhill Haven [sic Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
  23.   Dance studio #2, Damascus, Syria The dancers are blurred for their safety. 2011–2012 Damascus clashes
  24.   Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus, Kabul, Afghanistan
  25.   Alegría (Cirque du Soleil), Saint François de Paule church at Place Louis Blanc and Cours Lafayette, Toulon, France
  26.   Waltz, Ballroom #2, Vienna, Austria
  27.   Chinese New Year, Beijing, China Matt journal post
  28. Salsa (dance), Jaffa Gate near Tower of David, Jerusalem
  29.   Mass Dances, Pyongyang, North Korea #2 Matt Reddit excerpt
  30.   Himba people, Opuwo, Namibia
  31.   Capilla del Cristo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  32.   children Ballet, Belgrade, Serbia
  33.   Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho
  34.   Scottish highland dance, St Anthony's Chapel, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  35.   Rocky Steps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  36.   Robben Island, South Africa
  37.   Fountain, Trinity Square, Toronto, Canada
  38.   Frauenkirche #1, Dresden, Germany
  39.   Place Bellecour, Lyon, France
  40.   F/A-18 Hornet, USS Abraham Lincoln, Pacific Ocean (Colored jersey guide), Nat'l Geo behind scenes, Mayhem Weekend on the USS Abraham Lincoln AirCraft Carrier, flight deck signals
  41.   Willams Waterwall, Houston, Texas
  42.   Old Town Main Square, Bratislava, Slovakia
  43.   Graffiti - tekno in the light, Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Australia
  44.   Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt #1
  45.   Kowloon Public Pier south of Clock Tower, Hong Kong, China
  46.   southern tower Viru Gates east of Town Hall Square, Tallinn, Estonia
  47.   Sibelius Monument, Helsinki, Finland
  48.   Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
  49.   Free Stamp, Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio
  50.   Kalafasia [sic Honiara], Solomon Islands Matt journal post
  51.   Plaza de la Luz (Plaza Cisneros), Medellin, Colombia
  52.   Hitch hike (dance), Huli people #2, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
  53.   Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  54.   The Poznań Celebration, Queen Victoria Monument, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  55.   Jehangir Kothari Parade, Karachi, Pakistan
  56.   Parterre of Ledeburg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic WtHiM in Prague WtHiM Prague
  57.   Agora #2, Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece
  58.   Qasr al-Nil Bridge(?), Cairo, Egypt #2
  59.   Polyterrace of ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  60.   Frauenkirche #2, Dresden, Germany
  61.   Piazza del Popolo #1, Rome, Italy
  62.   National Theatre, San Jose, Costa Rica #1
  63.   Stephen I statue, Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary #2
  64.   near Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy
  65.   UNRWA's Summer Games, Rafah, Gaza Strip
  66.   Taoyuan City, Taiwan
  67.   Carnival, Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad Carnival Diary
  68.   Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  69.   Friendship of Nations fountain, All-Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
  70.   Clyde, California sea lion, SeaWorld, San Diego, California
  71.   Piazza del Popolo #2, Rome, Italy
  72.   Baltimore Crab Dance, Pagoda, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland Welcome Matt
  73.   Baile Folklorico, San Jose, Costa Rica #2
  74.   The Dancers, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, Colorado
  75.   Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
  76.   Gazebo, Lake Merritt, Oakland, California #2
  77.   #2 Kigali, Rwanda
  78.   Nuclear family, Home, Seattle, Washington

Dancing Outtakes [2012] edit

"I always shoot more than I can use. Here's some stuff that didn't make it in." Outtakes. Duration 3:45 Dancing Outtakes [2012]

  1. Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California
  2. Al-Muzahmiyya, Saudi Arabia
  3. Market House, Fayetteville, North Carolina
  4. Waimea Bay, Hawaii
  5. Gigantor statue, Wakamatsu Park, Kobe, Japan
  6. Elephantstay, Royal Elephant Kraal & Village, Ayutthaya, Thailand
  7. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England September 2011
  8. Pioneer Plaza, Dallas, Texas
  9. Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee
  10. Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China
  11. National Monument of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
  12. Hula, Maui, Hawaii
  13. Free Stamp, Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio
  14. Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela
  15. Hong Kong Island skyline viewed from Kowloon Public Pier, Hong Kong, China
  16. The Great Salt Lake, Utah
  17. ASIMO, Tokyo, Japan
  18. Jewish dance, New York, New York
  19. AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, California
  20. Djabugay people, Caravonica, Australia
  21. Memorial Union Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin
  22. Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York, New York
  23. Fuji Television headquarters, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
  24. Fountain Hills, Phoenix, Arizona
  25. Statue of the Victor, Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia
  26. Friendship of Nations fountain, All-Russia Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
  27. Clown, Erbil, Iraq
  28. ?near Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
  29. Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing, China
  30. Nuclear family, Home, Seattle, Washington
  31. Berlin, Germany
  32. Huli people, Poria [sic Tari], Papua New Guinea
  33. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon
  34. Polyterrace of ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  35. Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
  36. Taoyuan City, Taiwan
  37. Clyde, California sea lion, SeaWorld, San Diego, California
  38. Carnival, Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad Carnival Diary
  39. Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
  40. Watts Towers, Los Angeles, California
  41. Spoonbridge and Cherry, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota July 2011
  42. Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
  43. Cairo, Egypt
  44. Fountain Giralda, Seville, Spain
  45. Erbil, Iraq
  46. Afghan Mobile Mini Children's Circus, Kabul, Afghanistan
  47. Lesedi Cultural Village, Lesedi, South Africa
  48. Fire dancing, Polynesian Village Luau, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Dancing [2016] edit

Duration: 2:54 Dancing [2016]

  1.   Matanzas, Cuba
  2.   Dhaka, Bangladesh
  3.   Seattle, Washington
  4.   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  5.   London, England
  6.   Amarapura, Myanmar
  7.   Almaty, Kazakhstan
  8.   Las Vegas, Nevada
  9.   Leeds, England
  10.   Al Amarat, Oman
  11.   Arlington, Virginia
  12.   Columbus, Ohio
  13.   Portland, Oregon
  14.   Zaandam, Netherlands
  15.   Los Angeles, California
  16.   Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  17.   Boston, Massachusetts
  18.   Bagan, Myanmar
  19.   Paris, France
  20.   Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  21.   Colorado springs, Colorado
  22.   Cienfuegos, Cuba
  23.   Chicago, Illinois
  24.   Stanford, California
  25.   Denver, Colorado
  26.   Toronto, Ontario
  27.   Brooklyn, New York
  28.   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  29.   Brookline, Massachusetts
  30.   Huntington Beach, California
  31.   Orlando, Florida
  32.   Hamburg, Germany
  33.   London, England
  34.   Queens, New York
  35.   Las Vegas, Nevada
  36.   Kraków, Poland
  37.   Muscat, Oman
  38.   Rzeszów, Poland
  39.   Cape Town, South Africa
  40.   Boulder, Colorado
  41.   Hamburg, Germany
  42.   Dhaka, Bangladesh
  43.   Matanzas, Cuba
  44.   Medie, Ghana
  45.   Düsseldorf, Germany
  46.   Dublin, Ohio
  47.   Kraków, Poland
  48.   Washington, D.C.
  49.   Almaty, Kazakhstan
  50.   Inglewood, California
  51.   Chicago, Illinois
  52.   Vancouver, Canada

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Where the Hell is Matt?" Lecture Part 1 of 3, retrieved 2015-09-20
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  5. ^ "Meet Matt". Stride gum. Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2006-12-16. We really liked the idea of a ridiculously long dance round the world. So we supported him on his second tour.
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  7. ^ "Sydney Morning Herald". December 2008.
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  17. ^ - Camp Jabulani Official Website
  18. ^ Bourke's Luck Potholes

External links edit

  • Official homepage and blog