With sportsmen taking to different dance forms during their celebratory moments

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With sportsmen taking to different dance forms during their celebratory moments, here’s a sneak peek into the popular ones

    While they’re on field, their emotions run high, the adrenaline is pumping and in that moment of celebration, the antics go a little over the top. And expressing and celebrating the joy by breaking into few dance moves has always been a popular choice. In the latest tide of G a n g n a m dance, we bring you other dance forms that took the sportsmen’s fancy on the field. 

 
CARLTON DANCE For those who followed the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air wouldn’t need an introduction to this dance, as Carlton Banks (Alfonso Ribeiro) made it a phenomenal success grooving on Tom Jones hit It’s Not Unusual. The dance went viral when Alphonso Smith (American Football) did a quick Carlton style celebrating his touch down. This was followed by another exhibition of an exuberant performance by a ground’s team member of Tampa Bay Rays. Hit as it already was, these performances took it to another level of fan frenzy. 

 
GANGNAM STYLE They danced their way to victory, and quite literally so when West Indies won the T20 World Cup recently. In a never seen before celebration, the West Indies went crazy doing the Gangnam dance with Chris Gayle leading from the front. And so has been the craze of this recent phenomenon, that the dance has seeped through various sports arena. Novak Djokovic celebrated his China Open win doing a sloppy Gangnam imitation, Korean GP winners sprinkled champagne all over while grooving to it and even Kevin Pietersen managed to shimmy and shake to the same. 

 
SPRINKLER DANCE So what’s the one thing to look forward to during the Ashes (Test series between Australia-England)? If you thought arch rivalry then you might have missed a point. Because in the 2010 edition of the series, it was nothing but the Sprinkler dance that was the talking point all the way through. With Greame Swann and Paul Collingwood heading the troupe, the England team celebrated their Ashes win sprinkling all over the ground. It was even reported that Stuart Broad sustained a stomach injury dancing over enthusiastically during the practice sessions. Quite a sprinkler that proved to be! 

 
AI SE EU TE PEGO
Literally meaning ‘When I lay my hands on you,’ this song became a record hit across Europe. Originating from Brazil, the Michel Telo version of this song become a veritable international anthem with footballers taking fancy to it. The year 2011 belonged to this song with football stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo and Neymar celebrating goals in an animated dance choreographed with their fellow strikers. So was the impact of the song that Michel Telo was invited by Real Madrid to pose with the team members and have a step or two with them. 

Tampa Bay Ray worker in the act

Alphonso Smith doing the Carlton dance

Chris Gayle matching movies to
Gangnam Style

PSY doing the Gangnam Dance

England cricket team trying out Sprinkler dance after the Ashes 2010 series win

Real Madrid team members dancing to Ai Se Eu Te Pego