Music and dance in unexpected places make me smile. I especially love watching peoples’ faces as they suddenly realize what’s going on around them — from confusion to understanding to (usually) pleasure.

And yes, one day, I would like to find myself in a middle of a flash mob.

Choir in a parking garage:

Musicians perform Mozart spontaneously during a delayed flight:

Mambo in a train station:

Michael Jackson around Seattle (not the best dancing, but giving my hometown a hat tip):

And this Sound of Music one is always worth another watch:

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Weekly roundup of mostly-arts-related chatter around the web:

• Because 88 isn’t enough: A craftsman in Australia has developed a 101-key piano.
• Best Letterhead Ever: Just another reason to love Harpo Marx
• Still singing strong: singer Charity Tilleman-Dick tells her inspiring story of how double-lung surgery saved her life…and voice
• Becoming Human through Cooking: Theological reflections on preparing food.
• Two very different dance videos. First, how to dance in church:

  Then, how to dance in a window display:
  

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Wow. Really enjoyed looking through Jordan Matter’s gallery Dancers Among Us, a photo series capturing dancers on the streets of New York:

View the entire gallery here.