Who else could get people to dance to the dark "Psycho Killer" and the gospel "Take Me to the River"?

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Here, he deftly balances the dark urgency of small-town youth with the slithering, energetic release that dance provides.

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Mostly men in their 40s, decked out in the black leather, dark sunglasses and pompadours of American 1950s greasers, they blast Japanese rockabilly tunes from a boombox and dance coolly in pointy-toed shoes.

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