YouTube Lets Ballerinas DIY

Natalie Portman 'can't move,' squawks dancer-double Sarah Lane

(NEWSER) - Uh-oh. The black swan is emerging in the ballet dancer who doubled for actress Natalie Portman. Sarah Lane, a performer with the American Ballet Theatre, now says she performed some 95% of the "full body shot" dances in Black Swan. "I would say 5% are Natalie," says Lane. "From a professional dancer's standpoint, she doesn't look like a professional ballet dancer at all, and she can't dance in pointe shoes. And she can't move her body—she's very stiff." Ouch. Lane says she was warned by the producers not to talk about how much she danced, reports ABC News . More»

Cory busts a move

(NEWSER) - Oh baby, it's so hard not to move watching Beyoncé tear up the screen in her Single Ladies video—even if you are wearing a diaper. Baby Cory knows. With a couple of squats, a few leg jiggles and a wag of the head he's gone viral with his dance prowess on YouTube. Cory's video was uploaded to YouTube in January, but views have skyrocketed in the wake of Beyonce's MTV Video of the Year win. Who knows? Little Cory might be up for his own award next year and get to meet Kanye West. More»

Nope, Kevin and Jill weren't the first

(NEWSER) - Jill and Kevin Heinz made a splash when their wedding-entrance dance video went viral—but they weren’t the first couple to surprise guests with their groove. E! runs down some of the most popular YouTube wedding dance clips:

• Thriller: Brian and Sandy Lundmark managed to impress the King of Pop himself, landing on his list of favorite clips.

(NEWSER) - A YouTuber has unearthed the only footage of famed early 20th-century dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in existence, the New Yorker reports—sort of. Actually, it’s more like he created it himself. “These films are animations of photographs,” Christian Comte said. “I work as an alchemist in animated cinema.” The “animation” of Nijinsky’s Afternoon of a Faun, his first ballet, does not sit well with some. More»

Singer forgot some of his old moves

(NEWSER) - Michael Jackson hasn’t performed in so long, he’s almost forgotten how. Thank goodness for YouTube, which Jacko has been using to brush up on his trademark moves before returning to the stage in July, the Sun reports. “It’s over a decade since he performed a full-length show,” a source tells the tab. “He’s watching all the old performance footage he can find in a bid to be on the form of his life this summer.” More»