Around the World in a Song (rr vs. D by AU)

Dances from around the world to the song rr vs. D. by the band Au. Check out this cool band http://www.au-au-au.com/ This is my personal video, inspired by the wonderful music. I heard this song first on NPRs All Songs Considered. Bob Boilen introduced it by saying: What I love about this music is that you never know where it takes you next. This stuck in my head and I always pictured some kind of high speed journey full of fun when I heard it. For this clip I took a journey through YouTube which took me to pretty amazing places. The clips used here are: First a traditional Bavarian dance. When I saw that it was filmed at the centennial of the Trachtenverein (traditional costume club) of the city of Au in Germany, I knew it had to be in the clip. If you watch closely you can read it in the banner over the stage. The female dancer twirls like a mechanical doll which was perfect for the opening and the Lederhosn slapping foreshadows the clapping of the second segment. Dirndl Drahn 2007 Au posted by Sokrates001 There are many versions of Cueca, the national Chilean dance, on the Internet. Some more are in my playlist Things I like. The one here is posted on Google Videos. I love the fun and high spirts of the event. Cueca at Colegio Dario Dalas, Chillán, Chile posted by ??? Next are two snippets of a song and dance called Poi E by the Patea Maori Club. This was actually the first clip I knew I wanted to use in this piece. I travelled in New Zealand in 1984 and this song was everywhere. But it took 24 years for me to find it again on the Internet! Next is a short snippet of a Mariachi Band. When I was in Mexico in 1988 I took back a cassette of Mariachi music which no one had ever heard of back in Germany. I played it endlessly. Sadly I haven´t been able to convert it to digital yet. mariachi posted by brettsmac Then some Inuit ladies doing a traditional dance (or maybe it is an aerobic class?) Kicaput Dancers and Singers #5 posted by MenefreghistaX27 Then the centre piece of the film which I like a lot because it perfectly matches the music: Vogue battling, Philly style. I stumbled across this while I was looking for an Inuit dance called Duck Dance. I clicked on a clip called You better duck walk your ass off - and never looked back. I was absolutely stunned at the wild, wonderful, crazy stuff I saw. Made me feel really old, too! Tia vs Katarin --- OVAH battle Posted by Jayon922 Then a traditional Korean dance, the dancers in a kind of mechanical looking strut. Korean Farmers Music and Dance posted by ihaveseoul Then, a absolutely delightful discovery: an Iranian girl in black headscarf dancing in a classroom. I love this little scene. The video is called sweet iranian school girl dancing and sweet it is. Posted by Sellim76 Finally I was looking for some clapping and searched for flamenco. I found this: Mongolian Dancer dancing a Spanish Dance. Not much clapping here but just perfect for my round the world in song video. Posted by