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Dak Dances To Anything refers to video remixes of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott's pre-game warmups prior to his teams 2019 match against the Minnesota Vikings. During the game, NBC showed footage of Prescott's pregame warmup routine in which he practiced quickly swiveling his hips so he could be prepared to throw in any direction. Twitter users set the footage to music, making it appear as though Prescott was doing a strange dance.

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On November 10th, 2019, the Dallas Cowboys faced the Minnesota Vikings. Prior to the game, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott warmed up by practicing quickly swiveling his hips so that he could be prepared to throw in any direction downfield. NBC caught footage of the warmup and played it during the game (re-upload shown below).

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After the moment aired, Twitter users were quick to poke fun of it. Twitter user @iamhectordiaz set the footage to "Suavemente," gaining over 11,000 retweets and 33,000 likes (shown below, top). Twitter users then began adding other music to the footage, sharing their videos under the hashtag #DakDancesToAnything. ^[1] Sports site The Checkdown tweeted an invitation for fans to send their variations, gaining over 490 retweets and 2,400 likes (shown below, bottom).

Other popular examples include a post by @CJToledano that gained over 840 retweets and 3,300 likes (shown below, top) and another by @Bryndon, who gained over 300 retweets and 1,300 likes (shown below, bottom). The jokes were covered by Daily Dot^[2] and SB Nation.^[3]

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