The military coup in Myanmar took an absurd turn on Monday when a video spread on social media of a woman dancing in front of armored vehicles.
The aerobics video appears to have been filmed Monday morning while the coup took place, capturing a surrealistic scene of a military takeover of a live electronic rhythm. The woman, named Khing Hnin Wai, dances for three minutes, apparently unaware of what is going on behind her. According to her Facebook profile, she is a physical education teacher employed by the country’s education ministry.
Online people have called the video “the first great art of the 21st century“and a”insane 2021 atmosphere. “
The video was so incredible that viewers began to wonder if she was dancing in front of a green screen. They point to the shadow behind the woman, part of which disappears in the video.
But the video is unlikely to be fake. A search for the location shows that she was dancing on the steps of a roundabout not far from the Myanmar parliament, and therefore the shadow appears to have been cut off. Images from the street posted by Bellingcat researcher Aric Toler also confirm the location.
Later that day, the PE teacher herself posted other practice videos filmed at the same location. She did not immediately respond to a request from BuzzFeed News for an interview.