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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 358951" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We had this topic discussed on Australian morning TV too. We had the child psychologists on, the social workers etc. There was nobody to defend the teachers or parents position, I think because we're further removed from it here. But a couple of points were made:</p><p></p><p>1) The girls are clearly talented dancers. These kids are really good!</p><p></p><p>2) They are definitely enjoying what they are doing and are totally oblivious to the provocative nature of their dance.</p><p></p><p>BUT - IT IS WRONG. And such a pity, because these girls ARE talented, that ARE enjoying it, the teacher should be (figuratively) shot for doing this. The moves are clearly sexual when viewed from an adult perspective, and another point the panel made when discussing this - when your kids are in a dance troupe and they are getting ready for a big show or contest, they PRACTICE in the school playground, in the living room, waiting in line at the canteen - anywhere. With absolutely no idea of the ramifications.</p><p></p><p>Whoever choreographed that piece (and to me it looks like they just watched Beyoncé's video clip and copied it - again, morally questionable artistically) is the person who needs to be given a reality check.</p><p></p><p>My girls (and difficult child 1) did dance school. The girls went through several dance schools, actually. One of them in particular was trending towards this kind of performance and parents complained. The costumes were often too skimpy and again, the girls complained or the parents did. A sad problem we had with two dance schools especially, was that the enthusiastic 'follow-through' of movement we see in this video clip, was dumbed out of the performances in our girls' dance school because of the attitude of "we mustn't show off". So talented dancers learned to pull back on their performance and not give their all.</p><p></p><p>I do remember one of the last dance concerts my girls did - easy child did a song and dance number with "I'm a Believer" and easy child 2/difficult child 2 tarted it up big time with "Cabaret". easy child 2/difficult child 2 was 17 at the time, one of the youngest in her group and they all agreed on the choreography and costumes. What they wore and did was sexy, definitely, but they were all decently covered and slinked around the stage, not gyrating with pelvic thrusts.</p><p></p><p>I was once in a local play where I had to do a strip-tease on stage. It was important to the plot. I was in the early stages of pregnancy with easy child 2/difficult child 2 at the time and managed to do this striptease without actually showing anything more than a one-piece swimsuit would show - I had glammed up the underwear to a black and red corset with black fishnet stockings. A church elder in the front row still left very noisily, and gave me heaps about it publicly at church next day. I pointed out that we live in a town with a beach and he saw more of my flesh when I met him and his wife at the beach for a swim. Also, he had left before the final, moral, ending of the play in which the woman I played reconciles with her husband.</p><p></p><p>But I was an adult, playing an adult. My girls in tier dance concert were either adults or close enough to it in our legal system plus were not overly provocative.</p><p></p><p>But these kids - that's a real worry. What are they going to go through as they get older and learn about sexualisation and sexual identity? They have already been taught how to move provocatively, and will not forget it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 358951, member: 1991"] We had this topic discussed on Australian morning TV too. We had the child psychologists on, the social workers etc. There was nobody to defend the teachers or parents position, I think because we're further removed from it here. But a couple of points were made: 1) The girls are clearly talented dancers. These kids are really good! 2) They are definitely enjoying what they are doing and are totally oblivious to the provocative nature of their dance. BUT - IT IS WRONG. And such a pity, because these girls ARE talented, that ARE enjoying it, the teacher should be (figuratively) shot for doing this. The moves are clearly sexual when viewed from an adult perspective, and another point the panel made when discussing this - when your kids are in a dance troupe and they are getting ready for a big show or contest, they PRACTICE in the school playground, in the living room, waiting in line at the canteen - anywhere. With absolutely no idea of the ramifications. Whoever choreographed that piece (and to me it looks like they just watched Beyoncé's video clip and copied it - again, morally questionable artistically) is the person who needs to be given a reality check. My girls (and difficult child 1) did dance school. The girls went through several dance schools, actually. One of them in particular was trending towards this kind of performance and parents complained. The costumes were often too skimpy and again, the girls complained or the parents did. A sad problem we had with two dance schools especially, was that the enthusiastic 'follow-through' of movement we see in this video clip, was dumbed out of the performances in our girls' dance school because of the attitude of "we mustn't show off". So talented dancers learned to pull back on their performance and not give their all. I do remember one of the last dance concerts my girls did - easy child did a song and dance number with "I'm a Believer" and easy child 2/difficult child 2 tarted it up big time with "Cabaret". easy child 2/difficult child 2 was 17 at the time, one of the youngest in her group and they all agreed on the choreography and costumes. What they wore and did was sexy, definitely, but they were all decently covered and slinked around the stage, not gyrating with pelvic thrusts. I was once in a local play where I had to do a strip-tease on stage. It was important to the plot. I was in the early stages of pregnancy with easy child 2/difficult child 2 at the time and managed to do this striptease without actually showing anything more than a one-piece swimsuit would show - I had glammed up the underwear to a black and red corset with black fishnet stockings. A church elder in the front row still left very noisily, and gave me heaps about it publicly at church next day. I pointed out that we live in a town with a beach and he saw more of my flesh when I met him and his wife at the beach for a swim. Also, he had left before the final, moral, ending of the play in which the woman I played reconciles with her husband. But I was an adult, playing an adult. My girls in tier dance concert were either adults or close enough to it in our legal system plus were not overly provocative. But these kids - that's a real worry. What are they going to go through as they get older and learn about sexualisation and sexual identity? They have already been taught how to move provocatively, and will not forget it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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