What's That Weird Hand Dance Video? Meet Irish Dancers Cleary & Harding.

This wacky and mesmerizing video has been rapidly climbing the viral charts since its debut on YouTube four months ago. A strange song accompanies a man and a woman at a table in front of an oddly decorated wall engaging in a choreographed 'hand dance.'



What is it? Who are these people? If these questions have plagued you like they did me, read on.



It turns out that this video, We Speak No Americano, is from Up & Over It, self-described as "Irish Dance for the Post-pop generation." A collaboration between Suzanne Cleary, Peter Harding and Jonny Reed, Up & Over It aims to stretch the concept of Irish Dance to its limits.





The duo spent four years with Riverdance, after which they toured with Magic of the Dance where they were quickly appointed artistic directors. They now perform as Up & Over It for live audiences and has created a series of videos of their performances as well as some multimedia films produced by Puck Productions. Here's a few more of their videos for you.

Cleary & Harding live in Cardiff 2010, Music: Frankmusik - 3 Little Words:


A multimedia production for Up & Over It Spring 2010:


Here's a reel of behind the scenes, outakes and 'bloopers' if you will. Compiled by Johnny reel they call it their "Best Bits" and it really endears you to Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding:

Up & Over It

What's That Weird Hand Dance Video? Meet Irish Dancers Cleary & Harding.

This wacky and mesmerizing video has been rapidly climbing the viral charts since its debut on YouTube four months ago. A strange song accompanies a man and a woman at a table in front of an oddly decorated wall engaging in a choreographed 'hand dance.'



What is it? Who are these people? If these questions have plagued you like they did me, read on.



It turns out that this video, We Speak No Americano, is from Up & Over It, self-described as "Irish Dance for the Post-pop generation." A collaboration between Suzanne Cleary, Peter Harding and Jonny Reed, Up & Over It aims to stretch the concept of Irish Dance to its limits.





The duo spent four years with Riverdance, after which they toured with Magic of the Dance where they were quickly appointed artistic directors. They now perform as Up & Over It for live audiences and has created a series of videos of their performances as well as some multimedia films produced by Puck Productions. Here's a few more of their videos for you.

Cleary & Harding live in Cardiff 2010, Music: Frankmusik - 3 Little Words:


A multimedia production for Up & Over It Spring 2010:


Here's a reel of behind the scenes, outakes and 'bloopers' if you will. Compiled by Johnny reel they call it their "Best Bits" and it really endears you to Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding:

Up & Over It

The Hi-Can. A High Fidelity Canopy Multimedia Bed.

The Hi-Can (short for High Fidelity Canopy bed) is another one of those modern decadent hedonistic multimedia beds we've been seeing more and more of these days.



This particular bed was designed by Italian designer Eduardo Carlino for Hi-Interiors, a spin-off from design company Detamobili.



There's not much the bed lacks, except maybe for a built in espresso maker.



The bed has blinds that can enclose around you created by Somfy, a state of the art sound system by JVC, reading lights, a built in PC by Microsoft, and a full multimedia complement with game and entertainment console (XBox 360) connected to a projector so you can enjoy hi-definition images, games and movies on the screen that slides up and down at the foot of the bed.






The bed itself, mattress and mechanics is said to be one of the finest and are made by Nottinblu. The bed does adjust (of course, how else could you sit up to keep the popcorn from getting in the sheets?) and all can be controlled by one remote that can be customized to control other appliances in your home as well.



And, the Hi-Can bed is available in eight different colors:





Price: €42,000 euros or $62,349.00 USD and that doesn't include, tax, shipping or installation.
To order your own hi can bed, go here.



Other luxury multimedia beds:

•The Yoo Pod, modern multimedia bed.

•Karim Rashid's Exclusive Shere bed for Hollandia