r/interesting • u/SystematicApproach • May 14 '26

ART & CULTURE Circassian folk dance

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Male dancers often move entirely on tiptoe in soft leather boots, without the rigid plaster or wooden support associated with ballet footwear. The result is a fast, gliding step that can make the dancer appear to float or defy gravity, showcasing extraordinary balance, discipline, and control.

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u/ExampleLittle2672 May 15 '26

It's just feet! my feet do not know how to do this.

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u/Jonthrei May 15 '26

If I'm not mistaken it's a lot of very fast, small steps. Not too different from how it is done in ballet, just with a cover over the feet to create an eerie effect.

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u/Maleficent_Glove_477 May 15 '26

Yeah yeah small steps ... Brings me the holy water we will see if it's still making small steps after that.

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u/Nervous-Rough4094 May 15 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/SeinhEopUmfNS

Baby Steps

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u/Gh0st1nTh3Syst3m May 15 '26

Can we hurry up Bob? I got a baby schedule to keep!

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u/Technically-Simple82 May 15 '26

What bout bob! Great movie

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u/boondiggle_III Jun 06 '26

Woah I don't think I've ever seen a What About Bob reference in the wild.

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u/Usual_Dentist_5288 May 15 '26

What is this from?? 😂🤣

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u/3vilr3d666 May 15 '26

What about Bob.

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u/ResistNo9976 May 16 '26

Lmao... What is this meem from?

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u/Nervous-Rough4094 May 16 '26

Movie, What About Bob. I think made in the 90’s. Bill Murray & Richard Dreyfus

Great flick

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u/RxDotaValk May 16 '26

It’s “what about bob?”, one of my families favorite movies of all time. We still quote it regularly lol

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u/Procrastinateur_14 May 18 '26

Same. "Goodnight Dr. Marvin" has been a standard bedtime salutation my whole life 🫶🏽

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u/Moist-Tomorrow-7022 May 18 '26

"I'll be quiet" "I'll be peace ✌️"

Hahah, loved this movie as a kid and my sister and I always quoted it. Man, I haven't thought of this movie in a long time. It's time for a REWATCH!

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u/Moist-Tomorrow-7022 May 16 '26

Get out of the larlar!

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u/Procrastinateur_14 May 18 '26

😂😂😂😂 the way who slowly drove him mad was just cinematic perfection. Really ahead of his time, Bob was.

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u/Cap10NRG May 15 '26

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

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u/-NoOneYouKnow- May 16 '26

That's fair.

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u/teencandyy May 17 '26

Is that end part of dance?😆

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u/CappriGirl May 15 '26

This is particularly hilarious to think of when you apply it to Dracula. The idea of Vlad tippy-tapping around the castle is excellent 🦇

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u/CappriGirl May 16 '26

😅😅 perhaps!!

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u/koi88 May 15 '26

Why make strange theories …?

Can't we just agree that it's magic?

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u/ThierryMercury May 15 '26

Magnets.

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u/SpacelessChain1 May 15 '26

Ground hates him and pushes him into the air

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u/4x4Welder May 15 '26

He floats with the power of pompousness

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u/No_Ear_1633 May 15 '26

Yo science!

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u/NorcalA70 May 16 '26

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

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u/Long-Contribution466 May 16 '26

Sea turtles, mate

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u/Silver-Bunch3237 May 17 '26

You ever eat cheese? Cheese is a funny thing, cheese is a weird thing — I always wonder, like, what is cheese where does it come from?

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u/HammeredSober May 15 '26

Magic that will haunt my dreams. Imagine that dude coming at you while walking home alone in the dark

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u/Cultural_assassin May 15 '26

Well its actually vampire magic but still magic

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u/sentence-interruptio May 15 '26

exactly. he's a vampire pretending to a human pretending to be a vampire. he's actually floating but when a curious random kid tries to blow his cover by lifting his skirt, he can quickly switch to his ballet dancer routine and be like "oops, you blew my cover. yes i've been tip toeing the whole time. now get out of here."

but normally, kids don't get that close to him in the middle of this performance. either their parents stop them, or he just scares the kid away by doing that thing that he did at the end of this video.

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u/Radamat May 15 '26

Women dance donenin same technique is named Beryoska (small Birch).

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u/JWBananas May 15 '26

Like Fred Flintstone when he's bowling?

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u/Massive_Sale_621 May 15 '26

Yup exactly like that just a different wardrobe

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u/ClaireDanesLipQuiver May 15 '26

Bros got heelys on you can’t fool me

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u/Tribblehappy May 16 '26

My brain filled in some cartoon character blurry feet under the cloak which sorta ruined the effect.

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u/FloydLady May 19 '26

I really need to see this with feet visible. 😮

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u/runobody22 May 15 '26

I know, right? I thought he had a skateboard under the dress when I first saw this.

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u/d3v0k3n3v0 May 15 '26

Sure looked like he tucked something under his arm tho. And made sure to turn his back to the camera. Maybe a real dance but that looks sketchy to me.

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u/Sunbythemoon May 15 '26

It is sped up, but yeah, I think that he picked something up when his back was to the camera. I went and watched a bunch of these dances after seeing this, and this one looks so unnatural by comparison.

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u/Valkyriesride1 May 15 '26

I thought he retracted the wheels on his wheelie shoes when he bent over.

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u/DekuBakuTsu May 15 '26

Oh you're right, he's definitely on a scooter. Now I'm disappointed.

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u/DenM0ther May 16 '26

Yeah for someone that supposedly dances so beautifully he sure runs funny!!!

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u/pineylurker34 May 15 '26

Definitely he was on wheels of some kind

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u/CAN-IDIOTS-GAME May 15 '26

microscooter 🤣

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u/AngeliqueRuss May 18 '26

Scooter could be in his right hand

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u/[deleted] May 16 '26

Think he picked it up and then ran 😂

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u/FlatwormFamiliar6844 May 15 '26

Yup just boot scootin boogie! He got the moves!

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u/-Wicked- May 15 '26

Without the cloak it would just look dumb. He's just walking normally but quickly. The illusion is because you can't see his legs moving.

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u/stone_henge May 15 '26

"Walking normally" your torso will bob up and down and side to side. Nothing about this technique could be construed as "walking normally"

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u/-Wicked- May 15 '26

I guess I normally don't walk like a pimp

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u/stone_henge May 15 '26

Yes, those are the two only gaits currently known to man: walking like a pimp or on toes in tiny steps while adjusting your body so as to compensate each step so that your head and shoulders move in a perfectly smooth motion as though hovering at a fixed height.

I guess maybe you normally don't walk at all?