Ok, now that's out of the way, on to the next one, we as you may have guessed, or not, are masters of the blame game. I remember a couple of years back (in my dancing days), there were talks that South Africa's dance industry wasn't up to 'standard', or so it went down the grape-vine. I really started believing that until yet again it changed, now Hip Hop dance was up and and the music was faulty.
Well I guess now Hip Hop music is up to standard, but dance_not on point. Etv recently played season 2 of it's "street dance" show, and I found a number of problems which dissapointed the hell of me, as a viewer.
Firstly, the stage was too small, I mean any form of dance is about telling stories through movements and music- how effective would stories told on tiny dance floors prove to be?
Secondly, the Judges.
In season one I though " The King of Kwaito" Arthur was a last minute judge and should there be season 2 be replaced with someone who actually knows about dance, like uhm I don't know_Lorcia Cooper!
Something else that greatly puzzled me was how they claimed it was a STREET dance competition, yet wanted crews to be dressed in a proffessional manner, (I mean really!)
If anything, I thought that Step Up or Step Out would be crews battling it out on stage against each other, with a challenge thrown in every now and then just to keep it interesting, but what I saw was anything but.
BOO BOO BOO!!!
I honestly believe that South Africans got the moves, but lack places to unleash them.
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