Dance World Records  

Record Setter performed 12 side battements in 15 seconds.

Lauren R. led 21 dancers from Mountain Eire Irish Dance School in performing a traditional Irish jig dance at an altitude of 14,110 feet on the summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado. They set the record to celebrate their school's one year anniversary.

132 Durham Scouts danced in a conga line while wearing identical shirts.

32 Durham scouts danced to Captain Pugwash while wearing pirate costumes.

Wendy B. organized a can-can line featuring 13 dancers with fake mustaches. #BM2007

In an impressive showing of speed, dance, and sychronicity, Nicholas Fritzhand, Ronnie Gensler, and Jon Heilman complete 63 triple time steps[] in one minute, a new world record. The performance took place at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City on January 7, 2009. It was held at Pianos, a bar on the Lower East Side. Corey Henderson and Rob Birdsong were present to witness and document the feat. [#WRAS02][]

Heather O’Neal tap danced at an elevation of 5364 meters. She performed the feat at Mount Everest’s South Base Camp in Khumbu, Nepal. #RecordSetterBook01

A total of 157 TaskUs employees danced the Running Man simultaneously. They performed the feat during their 2011 Christmas party.

K. Sri Kanth put classical dance make-up on 100 different artists in 100 minutes.

Dancer V. performed 31 dance illusions in one minute.

At the Australia vs. England Twenty20 Cricket Match, 31,910 people performed the Chicken Dance, the most ever at a sporting event.URDB official Ella Morton traveled from New York City to witness the feat, which was created by KFC. Read more about the event here.

48 members of Texas 4000 donned fake mustaches and danced in a conga line. Each mustache was made using Break Cancer stickers.

Peter Shaffern performed the Berries amp; Cream Dance twice inside a Pizza Hut restaurant.

18 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Hot Pink did The Cabbage Patch Dance[] in a Whole Foods while a crying, bearded man watched. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.URDB World Records co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. [#FD28][]

Kelly Reeves performed 42 clogging ‘#1 steps’ in 30 seconds. Reeves learned the dance form while growing up in Georgia, and performed onstage at the Grand Ole Opry many times. The record was set at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. #WRAS16

James Medina and Paul Bryan led a group of 208 people dancing to music playing from a Ford Fusion. They set the record as part of Fusion 41, a nationwide world record challenge created by the Ford Motor Company. tag:RecordSetterBook01