Click here, the action begins at 4:35. (You can stop around 6:50.)
The girls are learning how to "tell stories with their bodies," as certain movements mean certain things. There are basic moves that they're taught: love, strength, determination and sadness. Love has amorous, slow, and sensual movements - drawing attention to the body; strength is danced with clenched fists held high. Fear is danced with the head turned away from the arms and the body is turned as to back away, while determination turns around and faces the opposite direction head on. Sadness reveals the hands falling downward and the face turned away from sight in a crying motion.
The hip-hop fusion is interesting, and would obviously be classified as hula 'auana - the modern, westernized style of hula that can involve fusions such as these ones.
I thought the clip was interesting, not only in terms of fusion, but the fact that the girls are learning about the importance of movement and body language in modeling.
I think the way of showing emotions through dance is really important. I love America's Next Top Model and they usually do this a lot, Tyra teaches the models how to use their body movements and dance skills to convey certain emotions. It is extremely difficult to show emotion using dance moves, especially when they are going to be photographed and have only one image to show an entire emotion.
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