* First Video:
You Have Certainly Watched this Video: "Thriller", which is a viral video featuring the dancing inmates of a high security penitentiary.
In 2007, the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison in Cebu, in the Cebu Province of the Philippines, imitated the zombie dance featured in the music video of Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
The footage, uploaded onto video sharing website YouTube, became an immediate internet hit and viral video. The idea behind the dance came from the prison's chief, Byron F. Garcia. According to wikipedia, Garcia first conceived the idea of exercising as an enjoyable way of keeping the prisoners mentally and physically fit. Music was then added to provide additional motivation. The convicts marched and danced to several songs, including "In the Navy" and "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
The video has been uploaded several times and has been watched by over than 4 millions person arund the world.
Now the group is back with the name "Dancing Inmates", and dedicate another briliant tribute to their beloved star: Michael Jackson
* Second Video:
The "This Is It" choregraphy is performored by more than 1500 inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (under the direction of MJ's choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid) perform a dance number to Jackson's 'They Don't Care About Us.'
Sony Pictures' Fritz Friedman told USA TODAY, "We thought it would be a great idea to pay homage to MJ on the occasion of the release of 'This Is It' by going to Cebu and having Travis work with the dancers to create this piece which is from the film."
The video promise a sensational success on the internet.
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