--- title: Baby in Modern Dance Class: Viral Video description: Baby takes a modern dance class. canonical: https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-02T14:42:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:14.946Z og:title: Watch a Baby Teach a Modern Dance Class og:description: The dancers follow the little one's moves og:url: https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Baby Teach a Modern Dance Class twitter:description: The dancers follow the little one's moves twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Baby Teach a Modern Dance Class  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 2, 2014 2:42 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 2, 2014 2:42 PM CUT Watching a youngster named [Ivo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151162821301905 "undefined") “teach” a modern dance class is kind of like observing a game of “follow the leader.” (h/t [_Daily Picks and Flicks_](http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/06/01/baby-boy-inspires-a-modern-dance-choreography-video/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/"},"headline":"Watch a Baby Teach a Modern Dance Class","datePublished":"2014-06-02T14:42:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:14.946Z","description":"The dancers follow the little one's moves","url":"https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2809132/watch-a-baby-teach-a-modern-dance-class/","name":"Watch a Baby Teach a Modern Dance Class"}}]}] ```