bboyz and ballerina.

BBOYZ AND BALLERINA(S) WAS SIMPLY AWESOMEEE.

hoo boy.

the BBOYS are circus monkeys! they can do ANYTHING ohmygoodness.
and the HIPHOPPERS (especially my favourite one with the cool bush of a hair) are POPPING MACHINES. they can do locking, popping, house, mtv, ANYTHING.

but one thing weiting and i were disappointed about was how the hiphop girls did only sexy girl choreo during the show. i quote her,
"a short sexy part should be what spices up the routine, and not what constitutes the entire routine."
"i mean, girls hiphop isn't all just sex."

it would have been cool if they could do some NY or LA hiphop like the guys during their solos.
but still, they were HOTTT. like REALLY hot.
*remembers golden jiaying* XD

everytime i go for a performance or an event like this, i'm reminded of how much i adore the bboy/hiphop culture. like it's really an avenue to express yourself, to be who you are, or to take on a new character once in awhile to temporarily let out the inner being in you. maybe it's a raging angry being, or a really sensual one, or maybe it's simply a confined spirit that longs to be set free and EXPRESSED. and what better way to express than through dance? :)

that's what i love about bboy and hiphop. it isn't all just techniques and nothing else, like jiayi said. it's not just pia-ing the basics. yes, it's true that pia-ing the basics strengthens your techniques, it pulls your dancing a notch higher and gives you a comparative advantage. BUT it's not going to be what makes you a great dancer. what makes a great dancer is so much more than that.
it's about style, feel, passion, emotion, expression, groove, energy, drive and maybe even more.
it's so precious that it's hard to define in words.
(or maybe i just can't find any other word for it besides DANCING. :P)

when people watch these koreans dance, they can feel the energy, the passion, the longing to express. it just made me want to keep screaming and yelling support for them throughout the entire show! it kept me so high because i felt like i could understand them, like they were doing what i've always wanted to do, like i was A PART of the dance. i felt
immersed,
intrigued,
overpowered,
overwhelmed.
wow.
it's an amazing feeling that i don't ever want to forget.

it makes you not want to take your eyes off them.
to hate yourself for having to blink every now and then and miss a fraction of a second of the performance.
to ignore the butt cramps from perching precariously at the edge of your seat for half an hour on end...

...to want to improve yourself.
...to want to grow to be like them.
...or at least half as good.
...or maybe just a quarter...?

...is it too impossible? are we just that far away from them?

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why must there be a mentality here that dancing will get you nowhere? yeah i guess in a way it is a short-lived career cuz you can't possibly dance the same way at the age of 19 and 90. but it'll be fun while it lasts. and meaningful too. and who says you have to give up dance completely at 90, right? :P

imagine: having your own crew like the gorilla crew in bboyz & ballerina, travelling the world, doing the thing you love most with the people you love most.

wouldn't it be amazing? :)

...i'm just fantasizing, aren't i.


10 years down the road, where will i be?
will i still be dancing?
or would i have given up going against my family and the norm and just stuck to conforming?
i don't want to conform!
but will i end up conforming?
i don't know.

but i hope i won't. :x

yesterday, su said something like,
"why live a boringly safe and stable life when there is little meaning in your life?"
"there's no point."

there IS simply no point. but why do people still do it? hmm.

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i'm in a ranting mood today. :)

i feel inspired. i've been wanting to dance so badly and this has only strengthened my craving for dance.

i need to solo train after blocks. beef up my technique. polish my gliding, my waves, my popping.

i want to improve. and i don't want to be all talk and no action.

i'm going to do this.

i'm not gonna be guilty for choreo-ing something during the exams period because i get inspiration under pressure. i will embrace it and make the best of it.
i'm not gonna stop training just because i can't find anyone to train with.
i'm not going to be demoralized and discouraged.

i'm going to do this.

i'm going to DANCE.