Originally Posted by jenc

I really don't even think that is true. I know that everything evolves BUT Fashions in ART come and go, let alone BD. Not everything stands the test of time. And I HAVE seen some truly dreadful things in the name of FUSION.

If she means ATS, tribal fusion, Gothic etc. some forms of these do seem to actually be moving away from BD. Yes they have large numbers of fans, but they seem to me to be approaching the status of separate dances. In some instances I say, very skillful, but it leaves me cold. I feel I'm entitled to my opinion.

In other instances, we have also seen innovatin for the sake of innovation, where it seems to more important to be the originator of XYZ fusion, than to have seriously considered how well the idea works in practice (let alone in public).

If we follow Neon and never say anything critical about new things, we wil have to sit through more and more awful stuff, especially when embarassment makes us clap harder than we should!!!

It is a fact of life, but I have learnt a lot from seeing criticisms of other people!!!