Werk: Best Dance Moves in a Music Video

Some scenes, like MJ's Smooth Criminal lean, are timeless.

Werk: Best Dance Moves in a Music Video
Werk: Best Dance Moves in a Music Video - Dance, like vocals and beats, has been a way of carrying on tradition, and sometimes the movements produce some of the most memorable moments in our collective consciousness. Where were you when you first saw Michael Jackson's anti-gravity lean? If a woman flips her hand back and forth, does it not mean "put a ring on it"? Click on for some other unforgettable music video dance scenes.(Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images, Samir Hussein/WireImage,Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
Chris Brown, "Run It" - This is not your average high school dance. The Scott Storch beat and a Juelz Santana feature set the pace for a male vs. female battle in the video for Chris Brown's debut single. By the end, the baby-faced hip hop dance prodigy had won our hearts.(Photo: RCA)
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” – Beyoncé - Six months after marrying Jay Z, Bey dropped this now classic song for her single fans. Along with the ditty came the iconic music video, which spawned a million viral video parodies, including Justin Timberlake's famous one on Saturday Night Live.  (Photo: Columbia Records)Usher, "Yeah!" - The club-floor choreography in this Usher video not only brought light to stateside movements like the A-Town Stomp, it also drew from Caribbean dances like the Thunderclap and sparked a huge anthem for Fat Joe and the Terror Squad, who picked up the Rockaway dance for his "Lean Back."(Photo:Arista Records)

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Werk: Best Dance Moves in a Music Video - Dance, like vocals and beats, has been a way of carrying on tradition, and sometimes the movements produce some of the most memorable moments in our collective consciousness. Where were you when you first saw Michael Jackson's anti-gravity lean? If a woman flips her hand back and forth, does it not mean "put a ring on it"? Click on for some other unforgettable music video dance scenes.(Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images, Samir Hussein/WireImage,Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)

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