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"Among today's modes of online communication, we\u2019re well-versed in the use of text, images and video. But what about dance?\nIn a campaign for its new Sync fragrances, Puma is proposing a new form of digital expression through movement rather than words. The sportswear brand has set up an interactive platform dubbed Dance Dictionary, where users can communicate with each other by encrypting specific sentences into physical dance moves. Its slogan: \u201CDon\u2019t say it, move it.\"\nPhrases like \"Will you be my girlfriend?\" or \"Mondays make me want to scream\" are translated into a series of choreographed gestures by 25 of the world\u2019s better-known dancers, including Storyboard P, King Charles, PacMan, Ron Myles AKA Prime Tyme and Krumpers Big Mijo, Outrage and Worm, and LA choreographer Super Dave. Each word has a different move. Certain words in each sentence are interchangeable (try swapping 'be' for 'retweet,' and 'girlfriend' for 'cat' for amusement), resulting in 10,000 different combinations by Puma's count.\n\nWhile each piece can be shared via Twitter, Facebook or e-mail, the aim from Puma is something higher. \"Choreographing a new language,\" might sound like a lofty ambition \u2014 and certainly one that is unlikely to have mass application for you and me \u2014 but within its target 16 to 24-year-old demographic, it\u2019s not unreasonable to imagine these moves being practiced in real life.\nBeyond being a social tool, the Dance Dictionary is designed to be an inventory for any would-be freestyler to learn from. Words like \"celebration\" and \"spaceship\" are broken down into their own videos incorporating definitions and easy-to-follow demonstrations. A campaign that's shareable both online and offline isn\u2019t a bad aim, and that\u2019s what makes it smart.\n\nAnchoring the whole initiative is a music track called \"First Time\" from Dre Skull featuring Megan James and Popcaan. Its video, directed by Daniel Wolf, will also appear as a TV commercial in Europe. Grey London, the agency behind the initiative, is schooled at such a method \u2014 its 2011 Lucozade spot featuring \"Louder\" by DJ Fresh became what was then the highest pre-ordered download in global iTunes history, according to the agency.\nThe trick with both, says Grey London Executive Creative Director Nils Leonard, was bringing in genuine talent, whether that be the dancers, the music act or the film director. \"Everyone involved with the Puma Dance Dictionary is from those worlds. They\u2019re not in advertising; they\u2019re famous in their own right. To make it credible that\u2019s where we have to go, the audience can smell it out otherwise.\"\nImages courtesy of Puma."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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