Hairspray!

Oh yes! Hairspray is outrageous. “You can’t stop the beat!” they sing at the end in a large group of people dancing. Heels snapping back and forth, bodies turning on both feet like spinning tops, arms in the air, from one hit here to a full swing of the elbow, there was so much variety! Then they formed that semi circle while still stepping and one by one people enter. It reminds me of its African origins, where people enter into a semi circle and dance. Much like what I experienced with the Ovahimba in 2008.

Queen Latifa sure can shake it and so can another white mama. I call her mama because she jiggled she shook her bust and her booty, the arms, all unbridled and uninhibited. Indeed, its about “you can’t stop the beat”

It became more outrageous as people jumped high, even with the bent leg in the air behind the back – the attitude, or with both legs to swing back bending at the knees, ankles to buttocks. It was outrageous, but co-ordinated as it moved through space.

That is dance that draws you in especially since the song tells it to you, “you just can’t stop the beat.” That was the intent. So that is the piece, where people were invited from the audience to dance and they just let loose.