British exchange student Jonnie Wesson, an 18 year old spending a year here in Brooklyn Heights attending Packer Collegiate Institute, is the mastermind behind the massive “silent rave” held in Union Square Park Friday night:
New York Times: For 1,000 Solo Dancers: Silent raves are popular in Europe, especially London, where he grew up, Mr. Wesson said. “The basic premise is that a hundred or a thousand or a few thousand people all turn up in a public place, turn on their own headphones and dance.”
He added: “It’s always fantastic and weird to see thousands of people dancing silently. It’s always in a public space, but it’s not meant to cause disruption, but only because it’s the last place you’d expect that sort of thing.”
How bizarrely awesome.
ummm….what’s with the music? Isn’t it supposed to be silent??
turn the sound off. Then it will be silent.
Happy 420 everyone!!!!
Lots of white people.
Yes, Beavis, his friends are from Packer! duh…
Exactly my point.
Come on people! Not ONE Obama sign?!!
These crazy kids and their wacky Pop Tart flavors!
Thanks for using my vid :)
I was dancing around and stuff, but I think it kinda added the excitement of the event more than just standing by and shooting – which I really didn’t want to do.
Yes, I added the music that was playing in my headphones!
But the crowdnoise was also mixed in!
some things never change, the exchange students were trouble when I was in High School too.
Hey!! that’s me with the black T- shirt!!