Youtube clips for all!
Seriously, you can imagine this talent show going down. I had a lot of fun thinking up acts.
My personal favorite has to be #5—Sulu and Co. breakdancing. If you don't watch anything else, at least watch the first video I give for his act.
1. Glowsticking (mostly stringing): youtube (dot) com/watch?v=s_97E5PtKZU, youtube (dot) com/watch?v=KVa8LvQsmMk, and youtube (dot) com/watch?v=WHdytgDUcVQ
"Moscow Never Sleeps" by DJ Smash: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=B6c7ajAYsJk
"All the things she said" by t.A.T.u (Russian Techno Remix): youtube (dot) com/watch?v=XgrM434pgxE
2. Rhythmic gymnastics ribbon routine by Eugenia Kanaeva to "Moscow Nights": youtube (dot) com/watch?v=zZM02Xo0-yU
3. Didn't have anything particular in mind. Type 'freestyle rap battle' and watch some of the clips. These mofos are insane.
4. Inspired by this video: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=RQQQtJlZBKQ
Note—this is the flashy, showy, extremely impractical side of martial arts. No way that Jim is going to run up a wall and do a backflip to get an enemy.
5. Breakdance and beatbox to Pachelbel's Canon in D remix: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=99BtoQDz-7I, youtube (dot) com/watch?v=JVF1UVpMPEQ
6. American Sign Language Rendition of "Fergalicious": youtube (dot) com/watch?v=P43SwyaRjNs
"Stronger" by Kanye West: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=3jzSh_MLNcY
Kanye West Hands by Barats and Bereta: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=nKcLKDJf-c4
7. "Air on the G String" by Johann Sebastian Bach
String orchestra with score: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=E2j-frfK-yg
Sarah Chang on violin with piano accompaniment: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=qOVwokQnV4M
8. Step dancing done in true Hollywood style. I chose the French dubbing because of video quality: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=QzCCYnTBpcA
Irish step dancing—not your typical showy stuff: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=CKccXHUAKKI
9. Use your imagination.
10. "Vesti la giubba" sung by Luciano Pavarotti at the Met: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=Ky271W94VHA
Lyrics translations available on wikipedia: wikipedia (dot) org/wiki/Vesti_la_giubba
11. "The Lady is a Tramp" by Ella Fitzgerald: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=R21196Yf7Ho
And just because Ella Fitzgerald is amazing: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=8KtlO5MDyAY
12. "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes, part of a compilation of bagpipe music: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=zmwoeBJpcDs
"The Rowan Tree on bagpipes: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=Q09qxBWMCbE
13. Men's gymnastics floor exercise, Beijing Olympics (2008), Alexei Nemov: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=q6M0dTy08B8
14. "St. Crispin's Day Speech" from Henry V
Kenneth Branaugh's movie production: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM
Laurence Olivier's 1944 version: youtube (dot) com/watch?v=P9fa3HFR02E
Act IV, scene iii text: shakespeare (dot) mit (dot) edu/henryv/henryv.4.3 (dot) html