--- title: Watch This Man Dance With 1,000 People Around the World description: YouTuber Matt Bray went on a mission to dance with 1,000 people in locations around the world. Here's his proof. canonical: https://time.com/5505761/1000-people-dance/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-17T16:21:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:59.599Z og:title: Man Who Danced With 1,000 People Around the World Is Epic og:description: A YouTuber set out to dance with 1,000 people in locations around the world og:url: https://time.com/5505761/1000-people-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt462b2117b3101dba/698943807cdbac1d6fd5ee5b/screen-shot-2019-01-17-at-10.52.04-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: matt-bray-dance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Who Danced With 1,000 People Around the World Is Epic twitter:description: A YouTuber set out to dance with 1,000 people in locations around the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt462b2117b3101dba/698943807cdbac1d6fd5ee5b/screen-shot-2019-01-17-at-10.52.04-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # One Man Was Determined to Dance With 1,000 People Around the World and This Is the Epic Result  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 17, 2019 4:21 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 17, 2019 4:21 PM UTC Matt Bray had a goal: dance with 1,000 people around the world. And as a new video he uploaded to YouTube proves, he’s accomplished it. Bray, who’s been making YouTube videos for about six years according to [his Patreon profile](https://www.patreon.com/ProjectOneLife/posts), pretty much defines the carpe diem spirit with his feel-good content, which is all part of what he calls “Project One Life.” In his 1,000 person dance video, Bray tapped a seemingly endless series of strangers to serve as backup dancers in set choreography. They’re filmed everywhere from the courtyard of the [Louvre](http://time.com/4554381/hollande-war-treasures-louvre-isis-syria/) in Paris to the front of Sydney’s famous [Opera House](http://time.com/5418254/australia-sydney-opera-house-advertisements/) to a viewpoint overlooking Peru’s [Machu Picchu](http://time.com/4036442/trips-take-before-30/item/machu-picchu-in-peru/). “The whole purpose of this channel is to enjoy the one life we are given and live life to the fullest,” his Patreon further explains. “So that means in my videos I will travel, meet strangers, cross things off my bucket list, and just straight up have fun.” Besides his Patreon, Bray also ran a [GoFundMe campaign](https://www.gofundme.com/projectonelife) to raise money for his project; he received $3,575 in donations to help fund his travels and video work, according to that page. In a comment added to the video — which was just uploaded this week — Bray seemed surprised by his own success. “Wow, can’t believe this video is finally done. Thank you to every single stranger I meet along the way who danced, helped film, let me crash at their place,” he wrote. 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