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Viral Dance
Viral Dance

Class

Class with Mr Thong Wai Keenwith Mr Thong Wai Keen

High school biology teacher by day, Mr Thong had chosen this dance
rhumba dancer by night. On the 27th and due to its popularity among the tech-savvy
28th of May, Mr Thong Wai Keen held his teens and its medium difficulty. “Rhumba
‘Viral Dance Class’ in conjunction with the dances are too advanced,” he said. The dance
school’s Lively Holidays Carnival. This just requires some above average flexibility,
goes to show that our teachers live their own but the warm-up exercises Mr Thong had
glamorous lives as well. everyone do were specifically picked to help
in improving that area. In the end though, the
The punny name, combined with the dance was still simplified so that everyone
snazzy dance routine and charismatic teacher could do it together one last time with their
pulled in an initial attendance of around a cameras on.
hundred students. The aforementioned snazzy
dance routine happened to be Jennifer Lopez’s In an interview following the class, Mr
choreography from this year’s Superbowl Thong told us the reason he decided to host
event, which had recently become a trending this class. As it turned out, some teachers,
Tik Tok dance challenge. aware of his experience, had approached him

regarding the carnival. He thought it would be fun for everyone to relax and learn some dances,
so he took up the challenge.

It was quite tiring behind the scenes, as he had to multitask a lot. He had to constantly
replay the music, act as his own cameraman, admit late students into the Zoom classroom mid-
session, on top of teaching and dancing for a full hour in order to fill the time slot. The verbal and
physical workout was, predictably, taxing.

However, despite the technical difficulties, it certainly was another colourful addition to
the carnival that livened up our holidays!

Reported by Ng Yan Wen (Sr1ScF),
Ng Choon Hau (Sr2A)

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