(I highly recommend you finding the video on YouTube so you could get a better drift of my words unless perhaps you had heard the story on the morning news)
A group of five girls at the age of seven performed a "controversial" jazz number to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' at the World of Dance Competition. Starting off on a good note, you could see they had fantastic talent and potential in the dancing career. Personally, I absolutely loved they're flawless pirouette's. It's just too darn bad these girls COMPLETELY TRASHED THEMSELVES at an international gathering. I have been a jazz dancer since I was five and trust me, this was far different from any routine I ever performed at the age of seven, mind you. This is literally what they were wearing:
1. Dance kick pant w/ promiscuous ruffles
2. A spaghetti-strap mid-drift bra
3. And a pound of makeup.
The makeup however, I can understand. Dancers are required to wear a lot of makeup because if you don't, the stage lights completely block you out. But people: those darling little girls could have pulled off an (ahem) less revealing costume and still would have done amazing. But as if the costume weren't enough, right? Well apparently, whomever choreographed this dance needed to add some gyrating and down-right dirty moves for these seven-year-old girls to perform at the World of Dance. Now, I don't blame the girls. They probably didn't have a clue that what they were doing was wrong. You can tell they are having fun onstage, which of course is what dance is all about. I blame the people *cough parents cough cough* who encourage them to perform this way, leading their potentially spectacular dancing future into all the wrong directions. What bothers me the most is that this routine was performed at the World of Dance Competition, meaning different types of dances from around the world, all beautiful in their own way with talent bursting from the performers. And then we have this little number. Again I say, they were amazingly talented (in fact, I was quite jealous of all their non-stripper/porn star moves) but... there's a line when it comes to basic human modesty. Considering their age and everything else I mentioned, I do believe that the line was crossed. I hope this is not what the world thinks of when they hear "jazz dancing" nowadays. Jazz dancing can be absolutely wonderful and razzle-dazzle, without all the ass-poppin' and what not. So all I need to say is, this is certainly NOT the way dancers should be turning into for the youth of our country.
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