Dancing Vs Acrobats - Page 3

Originally posted by: -HelloHiByeBye-

@khushi lets get back to the original topic.. Bigboss was one hilarious thing last yr. Dw il be there this time.. And u knw me before hand thru here n ipk ;)

Anyway..
I hope this thread doesnt start a warzone..

Originally posted by: Khushi.

Are you serious?:O Man, i have got this Ghajini effect or what. Ok , i definitely chatted with you in this forum before. In the Isha-Salman AT and other topics also..i remember. And was i ever active in IPK forum? i left seeing that show ages before.But anyways , I know you now- Ache se😃

oh yeh we have before u stopped coming n am hardly there.
Am serious.. At the start of the show we were active then stopped

Originally posted by: -HelloHiByeBye-

oh yeh we have before u stopped coming n am hardly there.
Am serious.. At the start of the show we were active then stopped

Agreed! It does seem like certain dance forms are given preference over others in these shows. I remember I had loved Jayati Bhatia's Orissi dance on "Daiyya re daiyya" and was really surprised at the marks she was given. Everything was bang-on, the way the Scorpio theme was executed, the expressions, the grace... Maybe it was the "acrobatics" that were missing?

For me, dance is a form of expression, so it should convey a certain image, story, thought or emotion. I love Indian classical dance, because I've been learning kathak since I was six, so slight bias there.. but mostly, what really draws me in the dance is what it is conveying. Forms like paso doble and lyrical hip-hop, I find absolutely enthralling! And it's not necessarily about whether the performance has a storyline, it's about what the dance itself says.. about how the dancer understands and uses the potential of the different parts of his/her body to express so many different things, as well as how well he/she is able to understand and respect the essence of different dance forms.

I have nothing against the acrobatics. They are beautiful and very difficult to execute.. I admire them greatly, but it makes little sense to me to have them there just for the sake of it. If they're part of what the dance is conveying, then great. But otherwise, to me at least, it just all seems very mechanical. No heart in the performance. To actually have those as criteria for what a good dance performance is, would be even more senseless.. because dance is so much more. Madhuri Dixit, of all people, should know.

Then again, this is a reality show, and I don't have high expectations from reality shows anyway. Everything seems to be faked and orchestrated. The very fact that the judges almost always agree on the scores is kind of dubious, the whole public voting thing, even more so. It is highly unlikely that the ultimate results represent anything about the true calibre or talent of the participants. At most, it will come down to how popular the celebrities are, for whatever reason.

Absolutely agree... Let me add these innumerable props and ariel, pole, trampoline etc also to the list!!
Can people really stand on the floor and dance individually with their own body and expressions anymore???

You are absolutely right. These days dance has just been rediced to lifts, acrobats and gymnastics. Gone are those days of classical, folk dances. If you have judges like Remo who only promote western dance forms where would the participants go... I really liked Rashmi'sdance today but the judges did not

A beautiful topic has been ruined by some lunatics... so sad.

Now on topic: I think we should look at the dance in totallity. Look at the dance from other angle too. In India has its own indegieneous dance forms, that does not mean those dance are the only dance form on the earth. All dances are highly influenced by the local culture. To me all are dance form although they are different. I respect all dance forms whether it is indian, africa, latin or american. Even in India there is tribal dance forms apart from mainstream. I really like the dance show to bring all form of dance to our knowledge. We need to look at if we are branding a dance as gymnastic or we really mean it. Bottom line with all dances is the requirement of grace, body parts movement etc.