isha dance with one arm...not fake - Page 13

Originally posted by: music_masti

as "Me anonymous" said...i dont know y judges is not pointing it...

last year in roadies they had a task in this pole aerobics...they clearly mentioned its not pole dance its pole excercise...mallakhamb is the indian version of pole excercise/aerobics...

and rope mallakhamb ...i dont know i think it got entered in the contemeperory style of dancing may be...u call contemperory style and add all the gimmicks then it will be contemperory dance...:)

and as chandramukhi said...abt isha's version were dance is expressed in various ways...

so gymanstics, yoga,karate comedy etc etc..everything can be expressed thru dance...
but then where is the real dance...why dance cant be expressed thru dance itself...

Originally posted by: -Chandramukhi-

^^^ Aji, You did research and came empty handed 😲

Here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallakhamb

And the rest repeated from the other post of mine

"I agree Rope mallakhamb isn't a dance form. But it has been also been used in DID for the performance, as per wikipedia . And as far as the definition of dance is concerned, I believe it is very subjective from person to person. So from what I have seen on JDJ, judges do not mind contestants to try and expand the definition of dance. As Isha had mentioned once, dance is an expression and it could be expressed in any means. And thus she is trying to introduce her talent in the form of dance on such stage. Whether she will be successful or not, we'll find out on the weekend.

I also agree with your last paragraph. I think many on this forum wanted to see an episode dedicated to different Indian dance forms. But too bad, judges didn't think of it. Even the contestants who tried some dance form, they simply brushed on it. I haven't been happy with any Indian dance form which has been performed on this stage including the Bollywood."

Originally posted by: -Chandramukhi-

@ I am glad to see you include Karate and comedy in your list 😆 From what I have seen on JDJ, it has become more of gimmicks or the special effect along with the emphasis on make up and costumes. I think that is what JDJ is looking for especially for the audiences who are looking for those Wow moments than the technicality of any dance forms per se. For example, Rashmi's five puppet act which we will see on Sunday, I think that's a wow factor, as per dance, we can only comment after the act and the same with Isha's rope malamalkhamb. So as for your question, I think you are looking at the wrong platform for technical dances. DID is a much better platform that is more or less based on dance and only dance and they cater to those audiences who want to learn more of different dance forms. I don't think JDJ can be be compared to that of DID level. This is what I have learned and seen on JDJ.

Originally posted by: Me_Anonymous

Yes, I did come up empty handed (guess I was in the selective reading zone😛😉). May be I need to brush up my research skills. I always take wikipedia info with caution. Never rely on it too much (the lecturers and professors go mad when someone does😆). Anyone can edit it. Even I have edited the JDJ5 wikipedia page (and have removed some pretty hilarious biased-bashing sentences/lines/paragraphs too😆. Recalling some of them still makes me 🤣) Yeh don't remind me of professors and their obsession with not using Wikipedia. But I love Wikipedia, it's my everything in day to day studying 😛

You are right it's very subjective and I in fact liked the fact that Isha pointed out after her Solstrom act that Solstrom is not a dance form but that she wants people to recognise it as such. I still don't see most of it as dance - some bits, yes, I could feel the rythm but the rest, not so much. Solstrom, yes very little of dance, and I think it was more of postures and rhythm. So for that dance, I am sorta in the middle. For me, I like when dancers experiment and expand that definition of dance. Even I think dance should be what you feel from within when you hear a piece of music. So judges liked it while others didn't, so to each his own.

But, performing it on dance competitions like DID and JDJ does not necessarily make it a dance form, does it? The Judges should point it out in their comments that it's not yet recognised as a dance form. To the audience watching it on TV and those who aren't aware of it will never know. They'll keep thinking that it is a dance form (people like me😳). I had mentioned this in the past, I wish Remo could take out 2 mins before each act and mention briefly what is the basic necessity of the dance form being performed. This way audience will be looped in with the performance and they can judge for themselves.

See, I was sort of okay with the Rope Mallakhamb (dance or sport) in Isha's first act as less than 20 seconds of her act was done on the rope and more than 90% on the floor with sort of Bollywood dance but had a Contemporary feel to it (do I see Contemporary everywhere now?) I saw the promo for her Sunday performance, I think she is doing some parts on the rope and some on the floor. Let's see how it works out.

I didn't enjoy RD's Aerial Silk act either and neither did I enjoy Gia's Aerial Freestyle act. Perhaps my judgement about Aerial acts is being clouded by my not liking Aerial acts as much. That's also one of the reasons I refrain from posting on things which I know I have a bias against (in some way). I love aerial acts, they make the stage look so magical. So I'll take an aerial any day.

They should have had an Indian dance forms episode like they had that Dance Attack episode. Most of them were Ballroom dances with only 2 being Indian dance forms - Lavani and Tandav. I enjoyed that episode. Got to see some real dancing back then. I hope the production team does that now but it's too late in the competition to really explore it. I feel the same that it is too late for such theme.

How come I missed your post (the quoted one)😕? I had written that in the other thread. May be my resolution of not coming and posting on JDJ5 forum as much is working👏. Hopefully very time soon, I'll stop posting altogether (InshAllah). Btw, it's really late - I shall PM you when I wake up (it's 6:30 am here😳). Okies and damn, didn't know you are a night owl as me 😛

Originally posted by: music_masti

and rope mallakhamb ...i dont know i think it got entered in the contemeperory style of dancing may be...u call contemperory style and add all the gimmicks then it will be contemperory dance...:)

so gymanstics, yoga,karate comedy etc etc..everything can be expressed thru dance...
but then where is the real dance...why dance cant be expressed thru dance itself...