Yet Another SYTYCD Post
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ladyspriteOkay. I'll admit that Contemporary/Lyrical is not my favorite dance style, so I may be coming into this a bit biased. That said....
Some lyrical routines are beautiful. I accept that. But do they all need to be turgid and depressing and serious and A Story About Something Tragic? We have dances about breast cancer, and dances about dead fathers, and dances about addiction, and tragedy, and loss, and people rolling around on the floor flailing their misery to the four corners of the earth and making us cry....
Is there a law against happy lyrical dance?
Just once - ONCE - I want to see a lyrical routine about a puppy and a kitten playing outside in the sunshine. Or about two siblings in a healthy, functional family, dancing about how awesome life is. Or just about anything positive and upbeat.
Please?
Some lyrical routines are beautiful. I accept that. But do they all need to be turgid and depressing and serious and A Story About Something Tragic? We have dances about breast cancer, and dances about dead fathers, and dances about addiction, and tragedy, and loss, and people rolling around on the floor flailing their misery to the four corners of the earth and making us cry....
Is there a law against happy lyrical dance?
Just once - ONCE - I want to see a lyrical routine about a puppy and a kitten playing outside in the sunshine. Or about two siblings in a healthy, functional family, dancing about how awesome life is. Or just about anything positive and upbeat.
Please?
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Date: 2010-07-15 12:39 pm (UTC)Just.... after so many weeks and so many routines all calculated to be Dramatic and Sad and Emotional, and to push buttons and make viewers weep, it starts to lose some of the impact, and seem less sincere and more rote. They look more and more the same, and I want some variety....