Human Dancers In Moscow Passed Off As Robots Dancing In Shanghai Disneyland

A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter alongside a claim it shows lifelike robots performing a classical dance in China’s Shanghai Disneyland theme park. The claim is false: the video features actual human dancers, and the clip was filmed in Moscow, Russia. AFP did not find any reference to a show with robot dancers on the Shanghai Disneyland website.The video was shared here by an India-based Facebook user on March 11. The 49-second clip shows a man and woman dancing while spectators watch and film on their phones. The post’s caption states in part:…