Nope, I’m not talking about Michael Jackson or Bruno Mars. I’m talking about Elaine Benes, whose moves on the office-party dance floor in the episode “The Little Kicks” are classic.

The episode, now 20 years old, reairs on Wednesday at 7 p.m. during TBS’s daily two-hour “Seinfeld” infusion. But I’m watching Elaine do her dance over and over again right now, thanks to the obsession-fueling rabbit hole that is YouTube. I can’t get enough of it; it is the best worst dance ever.

The office party scene, set to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Shining Star,” is one of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s finest moments — and that’s saying a lot, since she’s had so many fine moments across her career. It’s a vivid reminder of how sharp Louis-Dreyfus can be with physical comedy, as she rocks her big hair like a crazy lady.

The dance is just so oddly spasmodic, with a touch of rhythm in the context of no rhythm whatsoever. Elaine has her thumbs in the air as she jerkily throws her head back, and she delivers the foot kicks of the episode’s title.


The best part may be her facial expression, gleeful because she’s being a leader and proudly trying to get everyone to dance and yet completely ignorant of how ridiculous she looks.

George captures it best when he tells Jerry that Elaine’s dance is “like a full-body dry heave set to music.” Reportedly, Louis-Dreyfus modeled the dance moves after those of “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels.

Upon seeing Elaine dance, George makes one of the great exclamations in TV history, really the only sane reaction to the enormity of the dance: “Sweet fancy Moses!”

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