If you’re obsessed with all things dance, you’ll love the Urban Dance Camp. This annual workshop event has been running in Germany for 16 years, and is known as one of the best dance education camps in Europe.
Dancers, choreographers and teachers come from all over the world to participate in the camp every year, where they can take part in more than 77 classes over a period of 3 weeks.
Even if you’re not a dancer, you can enjoy the Urban Dance Camp, because many of the dancers’ performances are shared on the official Urban Dance Camp YouTube channel.
Considering UDC showcases some of the top dancers of the decade, you can bet their videos are always viral-worthy.
Most videos get at least 100,000 views, and when you acknowledge just how much talent and practice goes into each performance, it’s easy to see why.
No two UDC routines are the same. Each dancer brings their own style to their choreography, resulting in something totally unique from anything you’ve seen before.
One video that proved especially popular – and by popular, we mean 11 million views – is simply titled “Happy”.
It features Keone & Mariel Madrid dancing to “Happy” by C2C (not the Pharrell Williams tune that most of us know!), and it is out of this world.
This incredible husband and wife duo are world-renowned dancers, award-winning choreographers, directors, global instructors – oh, and parents, too!
They flew from the US to take part in UDC 2014 – and it’s here that they showcased their insane dance skills.
When Keone and Mari step out to the opening beats of their song, they’re met with cheers from their crowd of fellow dancers, who probably know exactly what a treat they’re in for.
As soon as they hit their starting positions, the pair are off, dancing in a wacky, energetic, perfectly crazy way that only they do best.
The beauty of dance is that it’s exactly what you make of it, whether you want to have fun or take it more seriously.
Keone and Mari certainly just want to have fun with their performances – and that’s probably the reason why their videos are consistently so popular.
They don’t care about looking cool or sexy, as you can tell by their expressions!
The fact that Keone and Mari are an actual couple brings chemistry to their performance that other dance partners just don’t have.
They start their routine with a double-handed hi-five, and spend the whole dance smiling goofily.
You’ve never seen dancing quite like Keone and Mari’s. It’s hip-hop on steroids, especially when paired with the fast pace of a beat that they somehow manage to keep up with.
It turns out that busting about 5 moves per second makes for impressive viewing, and the couple’s audience seems to agree.
The pair pick up the pace as the lyrics kick in, and the crowd goes wild, cheering and egging their fellow dancers on.
Their legs and arms move almost as if they’re not connected to their bodies, stamping, clapping, jumping, twisting – and never a second off-beat.
While both Keone & Mari are equal in their dancing abilities, it’s Marie we can’t take our eyes off.
Her funny expressions, enthusiasm and undeniable talent make her the ultimate star of the performance.
This is the most unique dance performance you’ve ever seen – we promise you! Click “play” below to watch it now.
Please SHARE this with your friends and family.
