I've got to agree that it's not a good sight - but I also reflect that in ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom, latin and so on they all get dressed up to the nines with the makeup and sexy moves and everything.
What I think would be nice is to have girls dressed more modestly with perhaps a choli top and full skirt or something - and definitely none of those awful video's that are on YouTube of wee girls doing the undulations and all. Firstly I'm not sure that they have the muscle development to do undulations and back bends and things safely, and secondly I think they need time to perform the dance with the appropriate depth of feeling.
So while I don't think my little voice will make a difference, AND I know that there are lots of kids dancing out there in other dance styles, perhaps on here we can avoid posting exploitative kiddy videos?
No way are we prudes - just older, wiser and a bit more careful...
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