His ending is priceless.
We’ve all seen videos of great youngsters from around the world on the internet. Are you ready for another video that will knock your socks off? One of the most brilliant young dancers to hit the internet is seen here.
William Stokkebroe, from Denmark, was just two years old at the time of this March 2012 video, but he was already wowing audiences across the world. His dancing skills are so fantastic that this show has gone viral on the internet.
At a grand opening, William was able to display his wonderful footwork. You might be surprised at how talented he is at his age. His parents, Peter and Kristina Stokkebroe, trained him to dance. They are also dancers who have been performing for many years at their own studio, Studie43.
The video shows William performing the jive, a difficult dance for someone his age! But when William gets down and dirty on the floor, you’ll notice how expertly he hits the movements. Can you imagine how fantastic he will be when he grows older with more practice?
Fortunately, six years after William’s jive dance went viral, the Studie43 YouTube channel posted another of the wunderkind’s performances in 2018.
Not only has William matured, but he also appears to have altered his dancing technique. Instead of doing the jive, which started in the 1930s in the African American community, the 8-year-old boy does a breakdance routine with the Specific Kidz. They dance to DJ Fleg’s song «Victory Ron» and make a lot of noise.
William’s fellow dancers, all of whom appear to be in high school, tower over him as they begin their routine by running in a circle and hyping up the audience. As the group completes its introduction circle, one of the five dancers leaps into the center and begins demonstrating his footwork talents, leaping back and forth to the strong bass. The crowd, which appears to be made up of other students, claps in unison, occasionally cheering when the first dancer descends to the ground and begins spinning on his back. In the end, the first dancer steps back and lets one of his group members do a solo in front of the crowd.
About halfway through the routine, William gets his chance to show off his solo abilities. We can see one of his dance partners giving him a pep talk just before he hits the stage. He stands out in front of his team, takes a shot, and the audience goes crazy. The 8-year-old dancer holds his own among his older peers, doing famous breakdance movements like the worm and displaying incredible synchronization for such a youngster.
But Williams’ most memorable moment comes later in the routine. As the ensemble finishes their performance, William leaps to the front for his last solo, and we can see from the applause that his actions are a major success for the audience. After repeatedly demonstrating his footwork, William quickly flips backward, performing a backflip that transitions into a handstand. As if one backflip wasn’t enough, the 8-year-old dancer executes it again, garnering another round of applause from the audience. Many of the commentators discovered the breakdancing video after seeing his viral jive routine and were equally enthralled by 8-year-old William’s new dance abilities.
One spectator said she was hoping for the two-year-old who danced so beautifully. Thank you, William, for making me smile in these difficult times.» Never, ever stop dancing.
«William (continues to) dance…from jive to break.» Keep up the good work, young man! «, wrote another user.
Given that breakdancing is a very American dance form, it would have been surprising to see a young Dane into it before the internet was widely available. According to Britannica, breakdancing was born in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, combining a wide range of inspirations such as gymnastics and martial arts. Breakdance pioneers at the time were African Americans and Latinos, resulting in the dynamic and improvised dance form’s development in popularity in the United States. Britannica says breakdancing will be included in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Michael Jackson was responsible for one of the breakdancing’s major breakthroughs in the 1980s. According to Britannica, Jackson not only included breakdancing in his music videos but also popularized the moonwalk, a dance move that was immensely popular among youngsters at the time. In 2017, William, who appears to be a big lover of breakdancing, referred to the pop star legend’s moonwalk.
In preparation for the Danish Carnival festival that year, the little dancer, then approximately 7 years old, dressed up as Jackson and delivered an impromptu show in his living room. Fortunately, the entire performance is captured on camera, as one of three by William on his parents’ Studie43 YouTube account.
Even though William is very good at dancing, it’s likely that his parents, who are also good dance teachers, had a lot to do with his success.
According to Peter and Kristina’s website, the husband-wife duo’s dancing career spans more than 21 years, with both beginnings to dance at Dorit and Erik Hybel’s Dance Institute in Odense before the age of 5. Since then, the duo has won five global championships, and in 2011, they opened their own dancing facility in Risskov, Denmark.
If his dancing performances are any indication, William appears to be on a similar path. He became an online star at the age of two for dancing the jive in the video below. At the age of seven, he was moonwalking through his living room dressed as Michael Jackson. And, at the age of eight, he wowed spectators all around the world with his breakdancing abilities. Only time will tell what William will achieve as he grows older, but the future appears promising.