If you don’t know the video “Dancing,” you probably haven’t spent much time with me. Roughly three years ago, someone sent this link to me a of a random guy – Matt – who ended up going around the world (42 countries) and dancing with strangers while capturing it on video. The music, “Praan” is sung in Bengali and is an adaption of a poem, “The Rhythm of Life.”

All in all, it’s my all-time favorite video and one of YouTube’s most watched videos in internet history.

The video makes me giggle, it makes me cry, and I’ve introduced nearly everyone I know to its power of watching the globe dance badly to a beautiful song sung by a teen girl with the voice of a angel.

I love it so much that I signed up to be in the next video if one was ever going to be made and in driving distance to Cleveland.
I got the email 3 days ago that Matt was coming to Cleveland and dancing downtown in front of Cleveland landmark.

On one of the hottest days of the year, I drove downtown and danced badly with a group of 30 or so. Participants will get a heads up if and when the Cleveland video is used when the final edit is finished and released on the internet. To date, the dancing vid above has over 37 million views.

Afterward, I hung around, bought a tshirt that reads: I Danced with Matt, World Tour 2011 and then talked with Matt afterward. I thanked him for dancing badly with the world and I used the video as a joyous link to encourage my friends and family to get up and dance as I announced that I was pregnant over 2 years ago. He told me that he is now a dad and travels with his 3 month old. we swapped infant stories and snapped a picture. I didn’t want to be a draping dance groupie so I kept it brief but thanked him for the dance.

So, world, wait for the next video. If there’s one thing I believe in it’s dancing, and if there’s something I believe in even more, it’s dancing badly.