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White features Matt Gibbons and Jesse Steel, two dancers heading out on the town to do some street performance with their trusty ghetto blaster. It is Christmas Eve 2006 in central Auckland and there are a lot of anxious shoppers running about scarcely paying attention to Matt and Jesse and their ‘Dance With Us’ sign.

After much hi-jinks along K Rd and Queen St they eventually find some new friends to dance with and the video ends with all the drinkers in the Occidental coming out and dancing on Vulcan Lane.

The video celebrates the special friendship between the two main characters and is an observation of how people react when asked to participate in something a little out of the ordinary. The fact that Jesse has Downs Syndrome is also challenging for passers by who may not be used to meeting people with this disability.

Both Matt and Jesse are experienced contemporary dancers and good friends and have danced together before in several productions with New Zealand’s acclaimed mixed ability dance troupe ‘Touch Compass’.

The video was directed by James Solomon (Solly Films) who has also recently made videos for Holllie Smith, Káren Hunter, Tim Guy and Batucada Sound Machine.

From the album Binary Pop Songs by Onelung.