NEW YORK — The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards have promised to take over New York City, and the invasion seems to be well under way!

Last night at around 8:30 p.m., a group of dancers shut down a couple of lanes of 6th Avenue traffic as they rehearsed for Sunday night's big awards show. In addition to the impromptu choreography, a fake New York City taxi rolled up to the curb so that a couple dancers could practice their moves on the hood.

After five or six run-throughs, a girl was added to the mix. She stood in front and pantomimed singing into an invisible microphone before climbing onto the roof and whipping her hair around. The stand-in led passersby to believe that this was a test run for either Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga — Beyoncé is also confirmed to perform Sunday night.

It didn't take long for tourists to gather and snap pictures. Many focused their attention on the lead female stand-in, mistaking her for an A-list singer. But some photographers clicked stills of the male backup dancers instead.

Traffic on 6th Avenue slowed to a snail's pace as curious cabbies, delivery men and drivers rubbernecked the same way they would if there was a car accident on the side of the road. A double-decker bus full of tourists erupted with cheers as it drove by.

After practicing a dozen times for about 75 minutes, the dancers and the prop cab disappeared. And just as quickly as this impromptu rehearsal began, it was over. ...