How to learn napoleon dynamite dance
'Napoleon Dynamite' Turns 10 So Here's a Step-by-Step Guide For His "Canned Heat" Dance Routine
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by Kristie Rohwedder
10 years ago, moviegoers were introduced to the eponymous hero of Napoleon Dynamite, and he changed the way we looked at chicken feet forever. (They are not feet. They are talons, GOSH.) We watched Napoleon stockpile tater tots in his cargo pant pockets, hunt for a fresh tube of Chapstick, play tetherball, feed Tina the llama, and bruise Kip's neck meat. He's a strange cat, but I'll be damned if many of us didn't grow to love him. And yeah, you read that right: As of June 11, Napoleon Dynamite is a decade old. Whoa. And in honor of this anniversary, Twentieth Century Fox Studios unveiled a Napoleon Dynamite/tetherball statue. Flippin' sweet.
Though I knew I could not compete with a life-size Napoleon statue, I wanted to celebrate ND's birthday somehow. After weighing all of my options (I could make a Vote For Pedro t-shirt! Or attempt to put my very short hair in a Deb-esque side ponytail! Or adopt a llama!), I ultimately decided to pick out all of the life-changing moves from Napoleon's dynamite (sorry not sorry) dance routine set to Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat." I may not be able to build a statue, but I can definitely handle watching a video of a dance routine over and over again.
It's been a hot minute since I've seen the movie, so I'd forgotten just how intense the choreo is. Every millisecond is screengrab worthy/a slice of magic. But! I hunkered down, analyzed the tape, and chose the best of the best. It was a grueling task, but I gave it my all. Heck yes I did.
The Hands In Pockets
The audience has no idea what they're in for.
The jump out with hands in pockets
BAM.
The Throw of the Hands
UH OH.
The Backwards Wolverine Claw Shuffle
Quite possibly one of the more intimidating moves out there.
The pelvic thrust
It's a classic dance move for a reason.
The Shoot That Basketball Without Looking
Confident.
The arms over head rocking to the side
Get into it.
The Bird Flap
Feel the wind beneath your wings.
The squat + hip swivel + arm isolations
So much power to behold.
The pose to end all poses
Only those who can truly handle this pose may strike it.
The “I see you, audience” point
Show 'em who's running this.
The overarm side clap
Go on...
DAMN.
The hands have a mind of their own move
This is their dance routine now.
The Swat the Bee
IT'S ON YOUR SHIRT!
The Elvis/umpire “you’re outta here” move
A move steeped in nuance and complexity.
The Somersault
You've been dancing for two minutes? You're getting winded? Too bad. Can't lose steam now. Gotta kick it up a notch.
The Jazzy Slither
Like a snake with legs.
The I'm Done
When you're done, you're done.
Watch the masterpiece in its entirety here:
Don't freak out: At around the 2:17 mark, the choreo reverses. Like a mirror. That's why the routine seems longer than you remember. It's weird, yeah, but it was the clearest video I could find. Such is life.
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How to Do The Napoleon Dynamite Dance
How to Do The Napoleon Dynamite DanceThe movie Napoleon Dynamite showcased the kid’s dance in which he presents how a nerd can dance as he shows his moves over the climactic school assembly. The actor, Jon Heder, shows the world how he can dance on three different songs. However, all those three songs were mashed together as one. You can always impress your friends by copying the dance he does and showing how you can be as goofy as he was.
You should just keep your knees and arms smooth and loose. From then on, you will just need to practice a little and you’ll be good to go.
Instructions
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First, face the audience and keep your hands in the front pockets. Start nodding your head as soon as the music begins. Only try to bring your thighs and knees together so that they see how stupid you can get while dancing.
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As the lyrics of the song start, take your hands out of your pockets. And sing with the person who is singing the song. Start nodding your head and as soon as the violin part finishes say: “The boogie is for real.”
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Now it’s time for you to raise your hands and palms.
Then start clapping while looking up in the air. Drop your arms back onto the sides and start swirling towards the audience. Cycle your arms around and pretend as if you are jogging while you are stepping back. -
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Now get straight back up. Now walk forward at the same pace and then stop with your legs far apart. Then punch your left arm up in the air. Keep repeating this with both the arms, one-by-one. Right at the end, use your index finger to point at the floor.
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Face left and place the left foot in front of your right foot. Now pull your arms right into your body.
Then raise them both out and then start circling them clockwise. Slap your thighs as well. -
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Bend your knees a bit, and then start rolling your shoulders back. Separate your hands and then slide them into the air once again. Pretend as if you are trying to fix your hair, but don’t touch them. Then toss your head back and then put your fists down while you’re making fists.
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Pretend you are playing a guitar in the air. And right when it is time for chorus, bend your knees and step out. And while you are doing that, keep pointing at the floor whenever necessary.
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Dancing with the stars: learning to dance like Beyoncé, Shakira, Uma Thurman and other pros
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Dancing everywhere: in movies and music videos, on television and on the Internet, at home and on the streets. To keep up with the trend, we learn from the best of the best - Pharrell Williams, Shakira, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Uma Thurman, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Maddie Ziegler, Jeff Bridges and Tom Cruise.
classics
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The 1983 film Flashdance still inspires choreographers and singers: Geri Halliwell's demonstration performance was repeated by Geri Halliwell in the It's Raining Men clip, and Jennifer Lopez's spectacular workout in video I' m Glad.
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Madonna Vogue's cult video brought the eponymous hand dance into fashion. nine0003
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In the video Whenever, Wherever, Shakira was born from the foam of the sea and taught the world how to make waves with her stomach.
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We mastered hip-hop moves and danced like boys to Ciara's Like a Boy video.
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Lady Gaga remembered Michael Jackson's Thriller and brought back broken zombie plastic
in the Bad Romance video.
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Young Maddy Ziegler in the video of the singer Sia Chandelier gave a master class in contemporary dance. nine0003
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You can learn how to move to music without leaving your computer: open YouTube and download dance videos from your favorite music videos.
To find them, type in the search bar the name of the clip and the training channel.
Young choreographers teach you how to move your ass like Nicki Minaj in the Anaconda video and analyze the main mistakes of beginning twerking queens.
Eleven million people have learned Megan Trainor's dance from the All about That Bass video from the lessons of dancer and DJ Mandy Giroux (who, by the way, is friends with Miley Cyrus). nine0003
Movements from Eric Prydz's Call on Me video are ideal for morning exercises. Fitness instructor Dian Berry will help you learn them.
Girls from Bronx Dance School repeated the trio of Single Ladies from Beyoncé's video and collected more than two million views.
daily routine
To dance from morning to night, without stopping from work, you just need to find the right soundtrack.
before work
Charlie's Angels: Straight Forward: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu warm up to MC Hammer's hit Can't Touch This.
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before a date
A still from Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction: Uma Thurman tuned in romantic to the languid ballad Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon performed by rock band Urge Overkill.
before the party
Nine: Hot dancing with Kate Hudson to an ode to the Italian cinema Cinema Italiano is a great warm-up before the club.
at any time of the day
"24 Hours of Happiness": in every fragment of the Pharrell Williams video for the song Happy there is a dancing person, sometimes there are two or three of them. In the full version, at 16:40, a minion from the cartoon "Despicable Me" appears. nine0003
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Following Mark Twain's "Dance like no one is looking at you", these star guys get into character and give themselves completely to the music. Let's take an example!
SHOT FROM THE BIG LEBOWSKI
Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski (**Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped in).
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Hugh Grant, Love Actually ( Pointer Sisters - Jump ).
Tom Cruise, Risky Business ( Bob Seeger - Old Time Rock and Roll )
John Heder, "Napoleon Dynamite" (Jamiroquai - Just Dance) .
Omar Sy, "1 + 1" ( Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland ).
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Dancing with the Stars was invented in the USA ten years ago: 20 years ago seasons, more than two hundred celebrities took part in it, including Kelly Osbourne, Kim Kardashian and Nicole Scherzinger. The Russian version is only a year younger, but comes out less often: the ninth season ended in the spring, where Irina Pegova and Andrey Kozlovsky won. nine0003
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You don't have to be a star to dance on TV.
This year, two channels at once launched new competitions for talents from the people. Alla Dukhovoy's favorite Alexander Mogilev won at the First, and Ilshat Shabaev won at TNT (not without the help of Yegor Druzhinin and Miguel).
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Life is cool. At the time of the start of the project, I was 24 years old and I understood that in this world there are a lot of things that I have never tried, or did them not consciously enough. There was no time, desire, money, mood ... In general, I always found an excuse to avoid some crazy deeds or pleasant hobbies that my friends were fond of.
I decided to improve and made a list of 100 things to bring them to life in the near future. nine0003
The idea to make my own list came while watching My Name Is Earl, but at the time I didn't know what the list would contain.
A little later, I came across Leo Babauta's blog - every month he tried to get out of his comfort zone and give up things he was used to. Well, just recently I saw the ProjectOneLife YouTube channel, where a dude records all sorts of crazy things on video that he decides to bring to life. The coolest thing, in my opinion, is a repetition of the dance from the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" 🙂
Inspiration is the mother of movement, so I created my own list.
- Throw your shoes on the wires
- Ride on the roof of a vehicle
- Make a real tattoo
- Learn to skateboard nine0162
- Play at the casino
- Shoot in commercials
- three days without speaking
- Watch Star Wars
- Complete any game nine0162
- See the house where I spent my childhood
- Come up with a song on the ukulele
- Learn to ride a bike without hands
- Take part in sports competitions nine0162
- Take part in the development of the application
- Ride a motorcycle
- Walk down the street with a boombox
- Ride a snowboard
- Master the music program and record a beat nine0162
- Learn to knit
- Do not shave your beard for six months
- Walk 50 km in one day
- Master Photoshop / InDesign or another professional program
- Go to a striptease nine0162
- Go to ballet
- Read "War and Peace"
- Voice the series
- Learn to juggle
- Ride the roller coaster nine0162
- Hitchhiking
- Take part in the creation of graffiti
- Listen to the entire Beatles discography
- Be a donor
- Cycle for 75 km nine0162
- Learn to cook something
- Walk in shoes, jacket and trousers for a whole week
- Visit a major open air
- Survive a week without internet nine0162
- Come up with a project with foreigners I meet
- Go to your university
- Learn to drive
- bungee jumping nine0161 Spend the night outdoors
- Write a letter to an idol
- Participate in a tea ceremony
- Go to a classical music concert nine0161 Throw a party
- Learn to meditate
- Ride a horse
- Ride the surf
- Visit the birthplace or grave of a cult figure nine0162
- Travel with a backpack for several weeks in unfamiliar places and cities
- take a vacation
- Read a book on a topic you've never been interested in
- Launch a kite nine0162
- Try a raw food diet
- Be a vegan
- learn origami
- Tell 5 friends about the list and ask them to do the same nine0161 Travel first class
- Learn sign language
- Participate in a costume party
- Wake up at 5 am
- Stay under a waterfall nine0162
- Write a note, put it in a bottle and release it into the open sea
- Go to an unfamiliar city for the whole day
- Attend a football match in a giant stadium
- Ride a camel or an elephant nine0162
- Read the original "Harry Potter"
- Read the Bible
- Go for a massage
- Run on jollyjumpers
- Bathe in clothes nine0162
- Ride a Segway
- Watch Twin Peaks
- Go to the Bazhov Museum
- Try standing up
- Listen to a style of music you never liked nine0162
- Paint a picture
- Watch "The Godfather"
- pet the cow
- Make a bet
- Go to a concert by a musician you never loved nine0162
- Donate some of your belongings to the poor or needy
- Find an old photo with your friends, collect them again in the same place and make the same
- Live a day without electricity at all
- No alcohol for a month nine0162
- Shoot with firearms
- Learn to drum a popular song
- Swim in a boat
- Learn to bowl
- Try archery nine0162
- Learn to play poker
- Learn tricks
- Learn how to make a cocktail
- Taste three exotic fruits
- Play the lottery nine0162
- Solve the Rubik's Cube
- Launch an airplane from a high altitude
- Order your portrait to the artist
- Write a book
After I started the project, I told everyone about it everywhere.
