here's the link to the dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFH1moy62VQ&feature=related
Sunday, April 24, 2011
So You Think You Can Dance: Props
My friend from high school was a competitive dancer and participated in multiple ranges of dance from jazz, to hip hop, to lyrical. She loved So You Think You Can Dance. This was one of her favorite dances, she said it was so amazing they could use a table or even think to and attempt to incorporate it into their dance. It led me to think many of the dances we have learned about had props you hold, clothes you wear, or places where the dances are appropriate. But using the table was very cool and a really unique way to attempt to express their dance. Dancing and then also finding ways to do moves they could never normally do by using and playing with the table was really interesting. Can you think of any other types of props like the table that could be interesting to try and use? I thought about the Britney Spears "Stronger" video with her chair she danced with, the 90's had lots of chair dancing- table dancing never really took off the way dancing with chairs did!
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I danced competitively from fourth grade until twelfth grade with Mariann's School of Dance in Oradell, NJ. My choreographers and dance teachers loved to use props. Some of our funniest props included wooden boards that we used during a "Flood" dance and a hotel cart for "Hotel California". Props made dances that much more difficult to coordinate and make sure everyone was together. We had to do a lot of propography to make sure the props lined up together and created the right angles. Competition judges happened to be very particular. I loved dancing with props but it was extremely challenging!!
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