lauren taft was the professional dancer girl from the 2014 shut up and dance video.
lauren taft was the professional dancer girl from the 2014 shut up and dance video.
professional dancer girl from the 2014 shut up and dance video?
lauren taft
walk the moon performed the song at the 2015 mtv video music awards pre-show on august 30, 2015, where the band had played on a circular, multicolored stage prior to the show's start.









































the band also performed the song at the 2016 nba all-star game on february 13, 2016 in toronto, canada.









































section::::music video.









































the music video, a 1980s club-themed movie-style music video, was released on youtube on october 23, 2014. it stars professional dancer lauren taft alongside petricca.









































section::::track listing.









































bullet::::- digital download









































bullet::::1. "shut up and dance" – 3:17









































bullet::::- uk promo cd single
shut up and dance (walk the moon song)
guests, faculty, and performing arts companies have hailed from dancer carmen de lavallade, international performing artist and dean of dance at rit thomas warfield, peaceart international, professional dancer roxanna young, broadway giant garth fagan, international dancer and choreographer gregory livingston, senator michael nozzolio, assemblyman gary finch, congressmen mike arcuri, senator hillary clinton's office, peaceart international, resident photographer for the national museum of dance mark andrew, dance photographer rose eichenbaum, german dance photographer merit ester engelke, rochester city ballet and artistic director jamey leverett, founding member of multi-platinum band rusted root, jim donovan, drum the ecstatic international tour, danceart hong kong, broadway star noah racey, denver choreographer and dancer jacob mora, denver colorado's moraporvida modern dance, broadway producers jon and jeanne cutler, laurie lubeck (american ballet theatre), professional dancer and choreographer matthew clark, carol bryan of the stamford center for the arts and formerly of american ballet theatre, betty chamberlain formerly of american ballet theatre, unlv professor and choreographer victoria dale, new york city professional choreographer and dancer doug shankman, international performing artist and music producer brian morey, world fitness champion and professional dancer tina thompson, tina thompson dance theatre, philadelphia dance educator chauntee andrews, world-traveling director and shakespearean laureate joe siracusa, guitar virtuoso and music producer emmett van slyke, nyu musical director and off-broadway composer paul l. johnson, nyc tap dance sensation alexander cowings, original cast member of broadway's "the lion king" mark davis, african hand drummer and new dance personality jerami kipp, nyc casting director michael cassara, nyc & metropolitan opera professional dancer jacqueline scafidi, van couver british columbia choreographer, professional dancer and educator brenna mclaud, african drum master from accra, ghana etsé nyadedzor and adanfo african drum and dance ensemble, elie kihonia drum master from the democratic republic of the congo, middle eastern drumming master daveed korup, professional dancer jennifer cleary, nyc's break dance company gnt entertainment, broadway performer susan derry, nyc professional stage and screen actor kevin t. collins, professional dancer ann whitbeck, the chinese dance company.
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