Posted on 01/23/2019 5:24:46 AM PST by dennisw
Everyday he's shuffling! Zhang Pengfei, 40, is a primary school principal in north China's Shanxi province He would lead 700 students in a 'ghost shuffle' routine on campus every day The principal learned the dance for a month before introducing it to his pupils He wanted to get more students interested in exercising and being active
The school's new 30-minute dance routine has replaced the government-imposed broadcast callisthenics programme, a short workout that has been a requirement at every primary, middle and secondary school in China since 1951.
The rigid routine, which involves students stretching, jumping and bending under recorded instructions, aims to improve strength, agility and flexibility.
'I thought we needed a change because the students have been losing interest in doing the broadcast callisthenics routine,' Zhang told Southern Metropolis News.
The dedicated principal said he came across a group of people doing the ghost shuffle routine at a public plaza last summer and decided to learn the dance himself.
'I thought the dance would be great for kids,' he said. 'The music is full of energy and it really gets the happy feeling flowing.'
A primary school principal in north China has become the latest internet celebrity for busting some cool moves during a morning exercise routine with his students.
Every morning, 40-year-old principal Zhang Pengfei at the Xi Guan Primary School in Linyi county, Shanxi province would lead about 700 pupils on the playground in a synchronised 'ghost shuffle' routine - a dance that incorporates contemporary jazz steps with heel, toe and arm movements.
The bold headmaster thought the fun and energetic exercise routine would better encourage students to get active instead of 'being glued to their mobile phones'.
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One of our local schools did some sort of monster dance that had something to do with Michael Jackson or the Jackson 5 or something.
It was some sort of coming of age thing at the JR high for a while.
Personally I remember when kids did things with their talent and not lip sync and copy celebrities.
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