Anyone actually do the Jesus pose?

Well it is a classic, nothing to lough about.
If you have a well timed light show, know the song and there is this awesome break up flare. Add an uplighting flash and possibly a pyro effect, then by all means the pose is justified as people will go nuts if all is timed right.

Of course if you lightshow is total bull***, your music selection is boring and you usually do not move and want to awe people by throwing in the jesus, then it is laughable and sometimes even hilarious to see DJs do it.

Do I do it?
Well on the wedding gig or a small gig with limited resources, no. I dance and I make gestures to the audience to animate them, but the jesus? no.
However in this big italian club I had a residency waaaaay back, the DJ booth was actually mobile, it would roll back and underneath was a swimming pool with fountains spraying uplighted water.
Well when it was time to roll the DJ booth back to give them the pool with fountains and I threw in that mega-hit, people went totally mental… then yes I did it, I admit and I do feel it was OK for that time.

Why are all of you watching the DJ in the first place? 😉

I tend to do the Slipknot mosh when I get going, ie: head banging but keep the neck and back straight, and pivot from the hips.

Jesus pose is too egotistical in my book. Plus I’ve never had a big receptive crowd so into me that they would get off on it.

I’m usually bouncing, dancing around, clapping my hands, hand in the air in a more subtle version of the fist pump, occasionally slapping a high-five with someone who does like what I’m doing.

You know, I’m thinkin’ – Jesus prolly never did the jesus pose…
But of course, it works very well in the Monty Python movies 🙂

I do any crazy think that springs to mind as I’m DJ’ing if I feel like Jesus posing I do it. If I get into a cold booth I definitely won’t be cold leaving it.
If someone is laughing at how someone else is preforming based on their moves, it might very well be the laughing persons limitations or insecurity. But that is also good for that person because it shows him/her their limits or how far they are willing to go. As Terry said a well times Jesus pose can be a highlight of a drop. Not much is happening with music as it building up the room/stage gets dark and the drop with explosion and bright lights all eyes are focused on the DJ’s Jesus pose. you know what at that time the DJ might have been God for all that matters. 😀

I also do the egyptian, it is a classic…