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Juan Carlos, also known as the Montrose Rollerblade Dancer, is a dancer and rollerblade known for performing for rush hour traffic drivers at the intersection of Allen Parkway and Montrose Boulevard in Houston, Texas. He has been the subject of numerous viral videos and has appeared on the television series America's Got Talent.

History

Juan Carlos moved from Colombia to Houston, Texas in 1989. Working as a hairdresser, Carlos began rollerblade dancing at Montrose in 1999.^[1][2]

On June 26th, 2011, YouTuber joyfulnoise55 published the first known video of Carlos dancing. Within nine years, the video received more than 4,100 views (shown below).

On April 26th, 2013, YouTuber Alex Luster published an interview with Carlos. The video received more than 50,000 views in less than seven years (shown below, left).

The following year, on June 22nd, 2014, Carlos appeared on America's Got Talent. That day, a video of his appearance was posted to YouTue. Within six years, the video received more than 550,000 views (shown below, right).

On October 5th, 2019, TikTok ^[3] user @keith.chapman1 shared a video of Carlos. Within four days, the video received more than 1.3 million views, 190,000 favorites and 17,000 shares.

That day, Twitter user @AlyssaBaltierra shared the video. Within one week, it received more than 5 million views, 282,000 likes and 69,000 retweets (shown below).

The video was later featured on The Daily Dot, ^[4] Digg^[5] and more.

I can’t stop watching this pic.twitter.com/MNYH2rxdW1

— Alyssa Baltierra (@AlyssaBaltierra) October 6, 2019

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