Jerusalema Dance Challenge: The Bad Heilbrunn Specialist Clinic dances

At times like these there is little to laugh about.

This is all the more true for the staff in clinics.

Christina Guffanti (27) and Anja Griesbeck (28), both physiotherapists at the Bad Heilbrunn Specialist Clinic, therefore thought about how they could bring joy to their colleagues' everyday lives - and in the end half the house danced.

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Last year the pop song “Jerusalema” by the South African composer Master KG went around the world.

The trigger for this was that some young Angolans had shot a dance video and put it online.

And suddenly everyone wanted to dance along.

Thousands of videos have been created since then.

One of them - also recorded in a clinic - landed on the cell phone of a colleague of the two physiotherapists.

“He was sick at home and sent us the video with the words: 'I want to see you dance,'” says Guffanti.

There is dancing everywhere: in the hallways, in the therapy rooms and even in the swimming pool.

She and Griesbeck immediately started planning and motivated the colleagues to participate.

HR manager Maximilian Roth only briefly considered whether such an action could be carried out in times of a pandemic.

"Then I said: do it, but watch out for the hygiene rules," he says and laughs.

These are adhered to in an exemplary manner in the six-minute long video.

The dancers keep their distance - if possible - and wear masks.

There is dancing everywhere: in the hallways, in the therapy rooms, in the entrance hall, in the cafeteria and even in the swimming pool.

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There was also dancing in the swimming pool - in the water and on the edge of the pool.

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The two initiators had sent videos in advance so that everyone could practice the steps.

“The doctors have been training particularly hard.

It's super cool that they also took part, ”says Guffanti.

The film was then shot between December 18th and January 4th - especially during lunch breaks and sometimes after work.

The individual dance groups were of course observed with interest by the patients.

“That was the highlight.

Due to Corona there is no longer a leisure program.

Then something finally happened again, ”says HR manager Roth, who incidentally has a little solo in the video.

Who the Latino dinosaur is will not be revealed

Around 80 employees can be seen in the film.

Everyone is obviously having fun.

When he saw the film that Griesbeck and Guffanti had cut for the first time, "I almost came to tears," admits Roth.

"I think it's great that the employees did it on their own."

On the YouTube page of the m & i clinic group Enzensberg, to which the Heilbrunn specialist clinic belongs, the “Jerusalema” video is by far the most-clicked film.

There was only positive feedback, say the physiotherapists.

“And those who didn't take part are now regretting it,” says Roth.

This is another reason why Griesbeck and Guffanti are already working on a new project.

To what?

That won't be revealed.

Speaking of which: do not reveal.

The identity of the employee who is dancing in an inflatable dinosaur costume is secret.

"Everyone has the assumption: But it's not me," asserts Roth.

In the meantime, however, the prehistoric creature has a name: "Latino-Dino" - in relation to the smooth movements.

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