Good Clip!
This is something every dancer, or any kind of artist has encountered and understands. The difference is opinion of what comprises this "essence", what makes it "real". And opinions differ
In visual art you have abstractionists yipping about whether representational i.e., realistic art has "it" or is just technique and the representational artists yip about whether non-rep has "it" or if it's just bad technique. Few ever concede that it's possible to have both even if it's a different vision.
The arguement is a never ending one that is only worth pursuing if you enjoy the arguement itself - other than that, to me, it's do what you like, call it what you like. You either find an audience or not, then you can either change it or not.