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Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Unfortunate Evolution of Dance./ 10:40 PM
The Unfortunate Evolution of Dance. I'm sure you've all heard of the shuffle, jumpstyle, breakdance or such other dances. And they are all very popular among our generation. But what happened to tango, cha-cha &ballroom dancing? Why are they not as popular among our generation? Yumeh investigates. An example. Remember when para-para was so 'in' ? Para-para involved random and sudden movements of the hands, to follow the arrows shown on the screen. Ofcourse, doing that in public would seem 'retarded' or 'mental-problem' to the normal people. But, many would queue up in arcades just to play ParaPara to beat other's scores or impress the chiobus that were screaming, "WAH! Sooo pro! >_< ", in delight. These people actually found these spastic movements of hands 'pro' . I bet you did too. Dont lie. Yumeh interviews a teenage girl in Orchard Road. Candy Tan Xiao Tang, 16 : " Huh? Dance? Oh, parapara arh? I still play lor. Veli popular de. Can show off to the shuaiges there. Veli shuai sia they. Some also veli pro. Where got retarded!? Tell me who say one! Tell me! I send all my brothers whack them arhs. " And then here comes.. Tektonik. At first glance, I thought " WTF. Are they on drugs? ". Although they look like they are, that's not the case. The thing is; this new invented dance is becoming the next craze after the shuffle/jumpstyle etc. What is happening to the ideas of 'good dancing' to our society? Sure, not many can do the Tektonik. But I wouldnt want to look like someone who looks retarded, swinging arms widely, and moving very gay-ly. I guess our generation has grown to like spastic movements more than skilled dancing. Not convinced? See the difference between ballroom dancing and Tektonik. I'm not saying that's its wrong or whatever; everyone has different tastes. But we should realize that our tastes are growing towards these type of 'dancing'. I am personally a fan of jumpstyle. Which is far, faaarrrrrrr better than Tektonik, kthx. aspdjapsjdashfiahfvnaidhidnciahdfnADfip[sajd-qojfkndvidhvndf- Yumeh.
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