Leeroy Thornhill (born 7 October 1969,
Barking,
East London) is an
English electronic music artist and formerly a
rave dancer and occasionally
keyboardist for the British breakbeat band
The Prodigy. He is an international inspirational dance legend, known worldwide as 'The Prodigy Dancer.' Leeroy is a master shuffler and one of the great innovators of 'The Running Man' dance step, which he developed and took to the next level after first studying
James Brown, and later
Rosie Perez in the opening credits of
Spike Lee’s 1989 film
Do The Right Thing. His style of dance can be described as a 'technical running on the spot'. This style of dance has reportedly had a major influence in the development of the
Melbourne Shuffle underground rave dance style, and thus Leeroy Thornhill was interviewed for the underground dance documentary
Melbourne Shuffler]to talk about his dancing.