Fancy Footwork: Masters of the Feet

James Brown

Watch this video of the Godfather of Soul as he shows you how to get your dance on. He actually busts out the robot on this one.

Rodney Mullen 1

Rodney Mullen is a skateboarding innovator with mind boggling flatland tricks. We should all thank Rodney for doing Christian Slater’s tricks in “Gleaming the Cube” for him.

Rodney Mullen 2

Rodney Mullen is so amazing that it requires at least 2 videos to truly appreciate what he’s capable of.

Rock Steady Crew

Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles and the rest of the Rock Steady Crew display why they are so highly respected as B-Boying pioneers.

BreakSk8

You may have seen those cats BreakSk8 on America’s Best Dance crew. This is their old demo footage from them performing at basketball games and it’s set to the song “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force.

Umbrella Foot Juggling

I’ve seen a lot of juggling with tables and chairs but this umbrella juggling by Zoe Robbins is uniquely impressive.

Jackie Chan

Unable to just find a wall scaling scene from Jackie Chan, I’m posting this video instead. There is snowboarding, roller skating, running down buildings, moving vehicles and more.

Matt Hoffman

This is early footage of the BMX master in 1987.

Doubletime

Trailer for a documentary about and international Double Dutch jump rope competition

Vasek Klouda

This guy is a 6 times world footbag champion.

Michael Flatley

Just because this isn’t particularly “my bag” it doesn’t mean that they aren’t skilled.

Pele

They best part of this “Best Of Pele” montage, for me, is watching how elusive he was while people literally toppled around him.

Savion Glover

Gene Kelly

This clip from the legendary dancer is from “It’s Always Fair Weather” circa 1955. In this one he mixes a little tap-dancing with roller skates.

Tip: Skip about 2 minutes and 18 seconds in to see him really go to it.

Talking Heads: Crosseyed & Painless

I know that everyone is going to be wondering why Michael Jackson isn’t on this list and I’ll tell you. Before her “Hey Mickey” work, dancer Toni Basil was sleeping with David Byrne and producing Talking Heads videos. She was working with a man named Poppin Pete and his LA break crew The Bugaloos who are featured in this video. The video was never featured on MTV because it was considered “too black” back then, but you will see footage of the Bugaloos pulling off moves like The Moonwalk, years before Michael Jackson ever tried to market them as his own.