Nationality American Name Judson Laipply Website MightAsWellDance.com | Years active 2006–present Other names Jud Laipply Role Motivational speaker | |
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Born March 22, 1976 (age 48) ( 1976-03-22 ) Ohio, United States Notable work Evolution of Dance (video)
Evolution of Dance 2 (video)
Might as Well Dance (book) Residence Lakewood, Ohio, United States Education Bowling Green State University, Bluffton University Known for Motivational speaker, Comedy, Dance Profiles | ||
Man in the box motivationalist part 1 with judson laipply
Judson Laipply (; born March 22, 1976) is an American motivational speaker and dancer from Bucyrus, Ohio. He served as the state president of The Ohio Association of Student Councils from 1993 to 1994. He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance viral video clip. He has worked as a public speaker since 2000.
Contents
- Man in the box motivationalist part 1 with judson laipply
- Judson laipply speaking sample and the struggle bus opening
- The Evolution of Dance
- Evolution of Dance 2
- Evolution of Dance 3
- Popular culture
- References
Judson laipply speaking sample and the struggle bus opening
"The Evolution of Dance"
In 2001, Laipply originally performed "The Evolution of Dance", at which time it consisted of 12 popular dance songs of the late 20th century. Five years later, he uploaded a video of the six-minute performance to YouTube. The clip received 70 million views in under 8 months. At that time, it was rated on YouTube as:
It has since been surpassed by other videos.
Evolution of Dance 2
The Evolution of Dance 2 video was released in January 2009.
Evolution of Dance 3
This was announced by Judson on June 16, 2010. He stated that it was in its early stages and that it was too early to give any details. In a YouTube comment he claimed he was trying to incorporate much older music and possibly include a second dancer. It was uploaded in April 2016, to accommodate the 10th anniversary of Evolution of Dance.
Popular culture
In December 2007, Judson appeared in an advert on the BBC for the 'dance season' during the Christmas Holidays. "Evolution of Dance" was #1 on the show Rude Tube hosted by Alex Zane and Laipply was interviewed on the show. Judson was also featured in the music video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans" along with several other Internet celebrities.
In February 2010 the video was used as a question reference on the game show Jeopardy! in the 2010 college championships. In "The Delivery" episode of The Office, Andy Bernard does the dance sans music as a pregnancy distraction for Pam. In 2011, Judson also appeared on Tosh.0, hosted by Daniel Tosh.
He did another video, called "The Evolution of the Touchdown Dance", which included memorable NFL touchdown dances, like "The Ickey Shuffle", Joe Horn's cell phone celebration, and famous celebrations from Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco.
In December 2015, he appeared in YouTube's annual YouTube Rewind.