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Para ParaPara Para (Japanese: パラパラ; also "Para-Para" or "ParaPara") is a Japanese form of modern dance. Unlike club dancing, there are specific, preset movements for each song, and everyone does the same moves at once. Para Para is said to have existed since the 1970s, but did not achieve much popularity outside of Japan until recently. Today, Para Para dancing is known throughout the world, especially the Pacific Rim. Para Para is performed using mostly arm movements; very few lower body movement is involved save for perhaps moving one's hips or stepping in place. It has been speculated that it is a descendant of the traditional Bon Odori dance. The dances are performed to fast, upbeat music such as techno and Eurobeat. Fans of Para Para dancing often call themselves "paralists." There was a huge boom in Japan in 1998/99 when pop idol Takuya Kimura of SMAP dance it in televsion. It was such a great impact that even Mickey Mouse dance it in Tokyo Disneyland. Note that Mickey and friends once appearred in television dancing it with Takuya Kimura. The Japanese video game company Konami has released a series of video games called ParaParaParadise as part of its Bemani series of music-based games. The game features an octagonal platform with motion detecting sensors above it. Players must trigger the sensors by moving their arms (or other body parts) under the sensors when a corresponding arrow reaches the top of the screen placed at the front of the platform. There is also a Chinese movie called Para Para Sakura, starring Aaron Kwok, which has some para para dance in it. It is more of a romance movie though. External links
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