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U(Tube) Can't Touch This!

Posted Dec 5, 07 3:59 PM CST in Technology,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Dance is lighting up small screens all over—witness “Dancing with the Stars,” “So You Think You Can Dance?,” and Jud Laipply's “The Evolution of Dance”—currently the most viewed clip on YouTube. But it's going to be Hammer Time again, as dance-icon MC Hammer seeks to tap this phenomenon with DanceJam, a YouTube-style site focusing only on dance videos.

Hammer says DanceJam will allow dancers to share new styles and ideas. “You'll be able to see the emerging dances as they're happening," he tells NPR. His vision is to utilize the “global language” of dance to foster a worldwide community: “[Look at Bollywood,] dance drives every movie—so imagine the international implications there.”
Source: NPR

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MC Hammer performs at the 2005 MTV VMAs. Hammer plans a YouTube-style website dedicated to dance videos.   (Getty Images)
M.C. Hammer   (Archive Photos)
MC Hammer   (Archive Photos)
Emmanuel Lewis and MC Hammer get down at the WB Network's 2003 Winter Party. If MC has his way, it'll be Hammer time once again on a YouTube-style network for dance videos.   (Getty Images)
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