--- title: Dancing Man Body Shaming: Pharrell Ellie Goulding Want LA Dance Party description: Celebrities and others across the internet are planning to turn an instance of online bullying into a giant dance party canonical: https://time.com/3736511/dancing-man-body-shaming/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-08T14:27:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:55.796Z og:title: How the #DancingMan Became an Internet Phenomenon og:description: Pharrell, Ellie Goulding and others join campaign against body-shaming og:url: https://time.com/3736511/dancing-man-body-shaming/ 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: How the #DancingMan Became an Internet Phenomenon twitter:description: Pharrell, Ellie Goulding and others join campaign against body-shaming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How the 'Dancing Man' Became an Internet Phenomenon > Sponsored content. 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The post called Sean a “specimen” and noted that he looked distraught after other club goers laughed at him. > [](https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/573617663655571456) After the post received attention for its mean-spirited nature, Twitter user Cassandra Fairbanks took up the cause on the social media platform and sought to find the man in the post. The word spread quickly as people around the world tweeted in search of the dancing man and launched a #dancingman hashtag. The man, eventually identified as Sean in London, launched a Twitter account of his own to thank his many supporters. > [](https://twitter.com/Dancingmanfound/status/574139543231795200) Now, Cassandra and others have [raised](http://www.gofundme.com/neverstopdancing) more than $30,000 to fund “the dance party of a lifetime.” The party, which will benefit an anti-bullying campaign, has also received the support of celebrities including Pharrell and Ellie Goulding. > [](https://twitter.com/Pharrell/status/573908276569489408) > [](https://twitter.com/elliegoulding/status/574478246173110272) > [](https://twitter.com/AndrewWK/status/574337128689086464) The Los Angeles Coliseum even volunteered to host for free. > [](https://twitter.com/lacoliseum/status/574356873937190912) ### The 15 Most Bizarre Moments From the Consumer Electronics Show  A brand ambassador tests Samsung's Gear VR headset at the Samsung Galaxy booth on Jan. 6, 2015. Jae C. 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