I swear the neighbors kids upstairs practice this dance every Saturday morning at 6am.

This is very interesting. It requires huge amount of strength in the legs but also balance. He also creates the illusion as if he was literally floating the entire time - especially when he did the forward moonwalk. Very fascinating.

That was not only statisfying, it was insanely hypnotizing.

0:54 it’s almost like a moonwalk but going forward. This is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen. Phenomenal footwork.

People underestimate the sheer amount of raw strength you need to do this, you’d need insane legs and a good upper body to remain so still whilst constantly doing little hops. Amazing.

One of the best Zaouli dancers I've seen, what moves, wow! Buttery glide on his bare toes in gravely dirt. Incredibly elegant foot moves, just wow!!! I love this dance. Can't get enough of it. It imitates wildlife, birds, and animals with those leg moves. Just mind blowing. You better have strong arches for this dance.

Michael Jackson: Moon Walk This guy: Dirt walk

Me, 10 seconds in: "well, it's not that much different than tap dancOHMYGAWD! What the?" Speechless. Epic moves.

At first I was laughing, then the more I studied all the fluid movements of one leg while the other leg keeps the constant hopping pace up and down, the way he seems to float from one place to the next, I gotta say Im super impressed! This takes muscle endurance and stamina like no other dance out there. If you did this dance a few times a week you would never be out of shape in your whole life.

And thats just one fraction of all the mesmerizing beauty of African culture

Goosebumps when he hovers forward

Oh this is easily one of my most favorite finds on the internet and I could watch Zaouli Dance videos for hours and hours. it's crazy hypnotic stuff.

So impressive! Looks as if he he has jet packs in the soles of his feet...kicking up the dust just adds to the effect. Incredible skill and athleticism.

WOW HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS FLOATING ON AIR JUST HIS LEGS AND FEET MOVE. WOW.

Honestly to remain so perfectly still in his upper-body while hopping like that, that dude is a fucking monster at exercising

The fact his upper body doesn't even budge is what blows my mind...

That occasional burst of speed moving forward is sublime, even that is done with such smoothness, easing, and grace. words fail me

I haven't found this boss in elder ring yet

You can't see on this video, but Zaouli has 6 or 8 breaks that are performed by the musicians and the dancer. Some of those breaks are very complex and the dancer performs them with amazing synchronization. I've also seen some other videos where the music is played faster, which is incredible. I love Zaouli.

Toujours émerveillée face au Zaouli. Trop fière de ma Côte d'Ivoire natale. 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

It's like drumming with your feet while defying gravity. Very cool and absolutely amazing.

He's moving so quickly, but with so much control. Looks so smooth

Never seen a foward moonwalk that was crazy Michael Jackson aint got nothing on that

This is insane to watch. Like I see him gliding forward but still can't figure out the physics -even in theory- of how that's possible and the way he hopped on one leg while sliding the other across, raising dust was 🙌🏼

You can tell that this is incredibly difficult by the fact that he makes it look easy. The mark of a master.

I keep watching this, it's mesmerizing and the music hypnotic. He has springs in his legs!

It's not the feet moving that makes it difficult - It's keeping the body still while moving the feet.Wow - Insane!

The amount of control that dance requires must be insane. I bet he'd be a great roller derby player. Bravo 👏 👏 👏

Incredible rhythm response, I’m most impressed by how fast he goes on accelerated burts. That’s at least 90bpm.

WoW! He made it look so effortlessly elegant and gracious. He was weightlessly floating. So much of effort , passion and practice is hidden behind this performance.

This dance is just out of this world, what a dance!

The legs are hypnotising but if you look at his head it literally doesn't move which I think is just as impressive as the footwork. That's a banging tune as well

I love it when the algorithm chucks me something really incredible to watch ♥️ The strength needed to perform in this way is mind blowing and not something I’ve seen before. Great video.

Dude was levitating smoothly, this is raw talent for sure. Amazing traditional dance.

That is so much fast footwork that’s really precise, yet the dancer could almost balance a book on the head at the same time without dropping it. I have never seen Such a balance strength and athleticism in any dance. I do believe we just saw where the original moonwalk came from though.

The foot movement is incredible but i always find it amazing that from the waist up the body doesn't move, like it doesn't go up, down or anywhere for that matter. Just hypnotic in every way.

It looks almost as if he is ice skating on dirt. thats some crazy stuff right there.

This guy is floating in the air. It's amazing to watch. Kudos to these people who are keeping their culture alive with little to no support from their governments.

Greetings from Ireland. Brilliant dancing and music. Just goes to show you what beautiful music there is in the world. Mainstream western pop music wouldn't come near this music. Thanks for sharing

I swear, people in the third world can do any unremarkable thing and people in the west start salivating at their mouths to show how cultured they are by praising it endlessly . Yet, most of the truly incredible things accomplished by our own people and our ancestors get derided, deconstructed, and overlooked. Imagine knowing someone practices this dance for hours a day, every day, for years, but still having your jaw hit the floor when you learn they are able to do it competently.

This is just amazing and the leg muscles must be strong enough to crack coconuts. Beautiful.

He makes this look so easy! I can’t fathom doing this. Wow incredible.

A dance for people above and beyond expert level. 👍

Это удивительно! Великолепное владение телом. Можно смотреть бесконечно и продолжать изумляться.

The feet are impressive, but the biggest thing I see is the upper body isolation. Maintaining an isolation like that when the feet are going crazy is insanely difficult. I've been a dancer for 16 years, and isolations are one of the hardest skills to master. It isn't just a matter of "keeping one thing still". The only part of your body that is trivial to keep still is your feet. Above that, if you're taking steps, the difficulty is to have one movement cancel out another. Think about hip isolation. Without doing anything fancy, anyone can rock their weight from one foot to another. To make it an isolation, you have to bend your spine to neutralize the hip movement so your rib cage stays in place. You essentially have to figure out how much articulation of multiple vertebrae will offset movement generated by the knees. He's bouncing his butt up and down, which means he has to bend his spine in time with the bounce created by his legs and ankles. He's essentially twerking while also doing something akin to a Charleston or shuffle dance with his feet. Crazy.

I feel that if a dancer can look like their feet aren't touching the ground then they're doing something particularly cool ...this dance transcends "cool" by several orders of magnitude, so much so that we need a new word to define how awesome it is

“Pay special attention to the fee.” Thank you for the tip. That detail was easy to miss 😀

The skill, balance and stamina is quite staggering..wonderful to watch...

Полагаю Майкл Джексон учился танцевать у этого парня!? 5 раз пересмотрела.... браво!

Astounding! It doesn't seem like the human body could move and not move like that. Brilliant.

Really a great control over his body. A Master! Happy new 2022, and thanks for sharing 🙏☺️

Okay you say "Watch the Feet", my question is: How can you take your eyes off of them? This is not a dance, this is art which transcends its principles & elements to become pure magic. 👏 👏 👏

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing 🌺🙏🏽🌺

It’s like magic. His torso is on the same spot all the time whilst his legs are jumping up and down so quickly

Not only did he move his feet so fast he should have smoking heels but the fact that he kept his head still throughout all the movements is just crazy.

I love this tradition in Africa love from Italy

Another amazing thing about the dance is the musicians play to the dancers moves. Not dancing to the music. Awesome 👏👏👏👏

This guy took the moon walk and developed into sky walk, even Michael Jackson in his prime got no chance, love MJ by the way rip 🙏

I'm absolutely addicted to this dance. There's a video on KZfaq with the most intricate parts of this dance on loop set to trance music. It's mesmerising.

So powerful but elegant. These dancers warm up the crowd and play with them before the amazing dancing, they are humble.

As someone who's played football and boxed throughout a large majority of my youth, I can tell you for sure that you need to be a pretty good athlete to get this down. Reminds me of running tires.

BEAUTIFUL dance. From the Pacific Islands, thank you so much for sharing this video. I loved it.

If Michael Jackson was still alive, he would be drooling over this. It's like the moon walk but at a different level. Totally amazing to say the least.

It's like the entire upper half of his body isn't moving at all! He got moves. Movement so quick yet so smooth! It looks like he's just gliding across the ground. Any faster he could fly!

Love the control... keeping his hips stationary... looks like he's hovering.

The dust he lifts makes it's dance look cooler.

The mind & body coordination is off the charts.

This is wild! It's an optical illusion at the same time as a dance.. It's difficult to even discern much movement to his top half, as if he's floating. That's some talent! 👏👏👏

Me waiting for my brother to get out of the bathroom

he has a built-in body stabilizer his feet move so fast but his upper body remains steady, really amazing.

Dude like he's riding a hovercraft or something.

I'll tell u this. They are so amazing when they dance like that. I would definitely break my legs lol but their so cool. I just love to watch them. Keep up the good dancing guys. God love you. 🙏

seen this before. it's insane. unbelievably difficult.

My neighbour loves when I play this , he even threw a brick through my window to hear it better

Este baile es muy impresionante🙂 mis respetos para esta cultura 👌 que exelente cordinación😮

The “I have to pee” dance has crossed many cultural barriers and has been perfected over many generations.

I've seen a Bird of Paradise do that!.. AMAZING

Couple of interesting things I noticed. At one point, he turns one of his feet upside down, "resting" on the tops of his toes. I suspect that this demonstrates that there is no actual weight on that leg at all, as it should be impossible to do that. Similarly when the foot is sweeping dust, and the other foot is taking the dancers entire weight, while bouncing at the same time.

Whomever this man is He is my Absolute Favorite Your skill is Sooooo impressive and mesmerizing Long live this Dance

Wow, the muscles to keep up that foot work. Amazing. I hope the traditional dance is passed it. Thank you for filming and sharing

I love how everyone is like a hundred feet back, just incase this black magic is real and starts raising the dead.

Looks impressive. But like any physical activity, start young, start simple, start slow, build up over years, and you perform in a way that would break bones and tear muscles of anyone else.

I am Native Alaskan; we have some dances that are similar and Iv seen another video of this and I was so happy to see yours. I am always fascinated by how Music and how we dance from ever corner of the globe is so similar. Music surly is the Language of the sole to be so easily felt and shared no matter the words. I can go to Japan and we love the same beet the same tempo and it makes us move and dance in the same ways. Surely this must be universal. Love it, thank you for sharing this.

Africa the continent of enchanting mysteries. Long live the people of Africa. 🙏🏿

Absolutely incredible, almost supernatural strength and skill.

Uber impressive! As a drummer for 30 years i know just a fraction of the skill it takes to do this. WOW

Keeping your top body still while sliding and balancing and tapping on beat and moving hands is impressive

This is hands down one of the coolest dances I've seen. 💯🤙

Very cool. Even with the feathers partially hiding his feet you can see how demanding it is.

The combination of a stiff upper body, raised dust and ankle decorations, it creates an illusion of the dancer floating/gliding along the surface. This is pure art.

Wow, the control. Dragging then standing on one foot, while the other keeps dancing. Truly spectacular and difficult, while looking effortless.

Is this an indigenous mating call? Truely remarkable. How they seem to mimic the bird-of-paradise courtship dance is rather fascinating.

👏Круто! Не возможно оторваться, очень завораживающий танец. Привет Африке из России✋

I wanna see these men in a marching band because that foot movement with a completely unmoved head is a thing of beauty

It looks like the costume helps a lot. The structure around each foot can bounce and be manipulated to really create an awesome effect. Very impressive no matter how it is done.

This looks like typical breakdancing footwork I've seen my whole life, just with fancy ankle dresses

It s a spiritual dance

Maybe I'm just old but why? I studied avian behavior and this type of imitation leaves me to believe that this guy is fixin' to get the "flock" outa there!

Dude this is impossible, hes basically floating

I feel like I'm watching the human equivalent of a bird of paradise.