It’s not every day that you get to see a stage filled with some teen boys dancing to a beach ball-inspired choreography.
Beach balls wouldn’t be popularly known by many people if not because of the beach-themed films of the 1960s like Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, which starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
They vary in size, but the multi-colored design is their distinctive trademark among beach-goers. A beach ball becomes more noticeable of course on the beach where all you can see is a horizon of the ocean’s color and the sand.
However, the use of beach balls is not limited to being just tossed and passed around. With a punch of creativity, it can also be used on stage, let alone in a “ballet” performance.
A group of teen boys, a stage, and seven beach balls.
That’s all it took for the crowd to go roaring during the Mr. Big Chief 2016 which was held at the Dallas Baptist University.
While for most teens, performing at the stage before a huge audience is a nerve-wracking experience, these guys shamelessly took the challenge and entertained everyone with their simple yet hilariously creative number.
And if you are thinking about these lads performing to some lively song or pretty much something that would match the beach vibe, you are terribly mistaken. With all the songs out there that would tailor-fit their routine, they chose Bonnie Tyler’s hit, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’.
Now, that is something… unexpected?
They have truly mastered the element of surprise, haven’t they? First, one guy stands on stage as the music starts, and you know the lyrics of this song, right?
“Turn around…”
And so does the gentleman- he even flashes a goofy smile to the audience, that’s so much character right off the bat. Pretty soon, another guy approaches him, and that’s where the show actually starts.
They join together with the beach ball pressed towards their chests, not letting it fall, not letting it go, keeping it balanced at all costs. It looks like that’s the sole purpose of having beach balls as props.
Watch them move like “ballerinas.”
The two guys begin moving their hands gracefully, so much like a real ballerina, then there goes their choreography which involves nothing but that multi-colored ball between them.
They move backward, sideward, forward, almost in every direction of North, East, West, and South, all the while keeping the ball between them in every movement. The audience couldn’t help but crack on their seats because of the comic performance in front of them.
If you have noticed, even the two performers are holding their laughs.
The first guy then dives down and goes between his partner’s legs, and yes, they are keeping the ball “alive”, they sure know the show is going to be over once they drop it.
The cavalry is here!
Six more gentlemen enter the scene and join the first two guys, each of them holding a beach ball. They line up and form a colorful trail of gents and balls. There are some slips from their routine but it doesn’t really matter at all, what’s important is that everyone’s having a good time.
The “Beach Ball Ballet” performance of these guys are definitely going on the books of their university. Thanks to them for manning up in doing this brilliantly choreographed “ballet” routine, it’s another go-to video when you want to have some good laughs.
Watch their entire performance in the video below.
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