That was what dance is: a reinterpretation of ideas and emotions through the body. The fusion of styles was fascinating and original. Judges were idiots (or else lacked courage themselves).
Clearly, I should never watch this show. It's well-nigh impossible for experts from one folk form to critique another folk form without extensive experience watching and performing it. One simply can't get a proper perspective on the individual performance, instead letting the form itself overshadow what the dancer is actually doing with it.
Don't know if I even made sense there....
Anyway, I think the best way to look at Nyamza's performance is to watch the audience: the rapt expressions, the children with dropped jaws, the genuinely enthusiastic cheering afterward. Those people can't critique the dance in terms of its style, but they can confirm that Nyamza did an incredible job as a performer. The audience's reaction is, in the end, the focus of all performing arts.
/climbs off soapbox
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Clearly, I should never watch this show. It's well-nigh impossible for experts from one folk form to critique another folk form without extensive experience watching and performing it. One simply can't get a proper perspective on the individual performance, instead letting the form itself overshadow what the dancer is actually doing with it.
Don't know if I even made sense there....
Anyway, I think the best way to look at Nyamza's performance is to watch the audience: the rapt expressions, the children with dropped jaws, the genuinely enthusiastic cheering afterward. Those people can't critique the dance in terms of its style, but they can confirm that Nyamza did an incredible job as a performer. The audience's reaction is, in the end, the focus of all performing arts.
/climbs off soapbox
Deleted and moved because I can't click straight tonight...