Gene Kelly isn’t dead. . . he’s just changed his style. I’ve watched this Volkswagen ad about sixty times in the past month, and I just can’t believe how well-done and fun to watch it is. Three different dancers reconstruct the famous dance scene from Singin’ in the Rain in a prosthetic Gene Kelly mask. *I’m reeeaaady for love…*

Does the dancing style look familiar? You’ve probably seen the main dancer in this super-popular YouTube clip from a dance competition called Kollaboration 2001. The third dancer, the one that comes on at 0:35, is David Elsewhere. For a really interesting interview and article about how they made the video, and what Elsewhere’s role was in it, check out Jason Kottke of kottke.org’s post from February 2005.