Versatility

The emphasis on versatility is overdone. Why would anyone want to be a jack of all trades and master of none? If you want mastery of something, you have to focus on it and refine it for years and years. If you want to be everything, you'll just be mediocre at everything.

Yes, for a TV audience it would be boring to see someone do the same dance each time, but that doesn't mean a hip-hop person should force bharatnatyam.

Is Remo willing to get up there and do some kathak in full costume? We'll see how good he is. Is Geeta willing to get up there and do an aerial act? We'll see how good she is. Is Terrence willing to get up there and do some hardcore hip hop? We'll see how good he is.

i agree...ya trying to attempt a new form once in a while is fine, but wats wrong wit doing ur own style max amount of time.

Versatility would matter more if this was a competition to pick an actor/actress, but it is not - it is a dance competition and none of these people is really going to make it in acting so why judge them on that.

Well I think versatility is important in a dance competition also. If the contestants keep doing the same thing again and again it's boring for us and for them too I feel. In a competition, if you want to shine and stand out, you gotta push the envelope, test your boundaries.

versatility does matter coz it's a dance show, dance including all styles

Should Michael Jackson have been asked to sing ghazals to prove his greatness?

Originally posted by: zaabemard

Should Michael Jackson have been asked to sing ghazals to prove his greatness?

you cannot compare a legend that had his own style and had a profession to a youngster thats still learning how to dance and is in a dance competition ... funny😆

EDIT ... Should a surgeon prove to a medical student that he's a doctor by taking the same exams and practicals the student is taking? or should the student not know anything they learn in a medical career coz he just wants to do master in surgery? why can't people do medical masters withoout doing general medicine first ? uhmmm wonder why

just another funny comparison added to yours😆

Actually, I want to see Anup Jalota battle it out with Jay-Z and Kanye West in free style rap.

Originally posted by: chocolover89

Well I think versatility is important in a dance competition also. If the contestants keep doing the same thing again and again it's boring for us and for them too I feel. In a competition, if you want to shine and stand out, you gotta push the envelope, test your boundaries.

Versatility has nothing to do with attemting different styles. Versatility is all about doing different styles WELL. Well being the key word.

If dancer A presents something new every week and performs beautifully and dancer B does the SAME thing every week (but is damn good at what he/she does), I think dancer A has the upper hand over dancer B and deserves to win more than dancer B.

Anyways this season, hardly any dancers can be called versatile. Most of them have stayed in their comfort zones.

EDIT: I don't mean to say versatility is the end-all be-all of dance and that you're a bad dancer if you're not versatile. Some people just aren't. Its okay..not the end of the world.

versatility is important but is not determining ... a person should always try atempt new things otherwise they become complacent .. Actor is a good one if he can attempt various emotion and roles .. singer becomes good when they can be at least attempt different styles and tempos .. a musician may not know all how to play differnt instrument but must able understand music in all different forms ..