Template:Did you know nominations/The Times Are Racing

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:48, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

The Times Are Racing

  • ... that a portion of the 2017 ballet The Times Are Racing is inspired by the video game Dance Dance Revolution? Source: "When he was a teenager, studying dance at the School of American Ballet, he and his roommate Robbie Fairchild — who would go on to become one of the most celebrated principal dancers at the N.Y.C.B. — would play Dance Dance Revolution late into the night. Each of them had a background in tap, and the video game, in which they hit colored pads with their feet to visual cues, became a jocular way of competing. The tap duet Peck created, a set of moves with such precise synchronicity that the two dancers almost merge, was a homage to that time in his life and was to be the basis for the rest of the choreography." (New York Times Magazine)

Created/expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: epicgenius (talk) 15:02, 27 August 2020 (UTC)