Since being created in 2005, YouTube has been on of the most successful sites in regards to displaying, sharing, and promoting professional and amateur videos. It's a vessel for those with a creative mind to get their talent (or sometimes lack there of) out into the world and become known for it. It's also a site where you can see a lot of crap. Yes, most of us keep our eyes out for the latest Dejan Tubic video or what Lady Gaga is about to affect the world with. But there is so much more within the dance world than just commericalized movement.
I typed the word "dance" into the Youtube search and was disappointed with the initial results. Evolution of dance. That was from 5 years ago..snore. A flashmob for t-mobile (wish I had found Mberg's first one)..then that wedding dance we all know....
Alright, so then I decided to type in "modern dance".
Well if you're interested in learning about Modazz, press play below.
I certainly hope you enjoyed that. Well along with this interesting video, came several hundred studio/competition dances that many of us have watched from time to time. Some=amazing. Some=mediocre. It really is a matter of opinion, but either way, we're watching, right?
In regards to dance, the most appalling thing I've seen, something many of us dancers know of, is Expert Village. Poor dancing, poor "instruction", lots of false information. I refuse to even put an example of one of their videos on here because I will not advertise such a poor demonstration of movement. Youtube is free and unfortunately that leaves it open for a lot of bad material and promotion of inaccurate information, but with good education, we know what to avoid.
Through some digging, I found some videos that I find to be pretty brilliant. Some you've seen, some you may have not. Yep, there's a Beyonce video in there. What I want is for you to go searching. Look for inspiration. Create your own videos. Put your material out there. Someone will watch it :]
Dance, dance, dance!
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