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Old 01-10-2008, 04:43 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jet Phoenix View Post
Wow! Those girls can dance!

I think the reason I didn't feel yucky is they didn't seem to try to be 12 year olds going on 22. They "felt" like (to me anyway) kids who just love to dance and move.

The first one didn't read as a child at all. On the other hand, I got no "sexy" feeling from her, either. What an amazing dancer she is!

The second one did come off as young, and also not "sexy". She is MUCH better than I am, but not professional-level like the first one.

If we see this dance as a real art (and I do), we need to be OK with kids and teenagers performing it (and I am).

The costumes were OK for a BD competition, maybe even for a mixed-dance competion. But for a "general public" performance, I would not be OK with the costumes in the United States. Maybe other countries, it would be OK. Here there are too many unpleasant assumptions that might hurt the girls.
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