Recidivism Deferred: A Hip-Hop Dance Blog

“I applaud the desire of a dancer to be original. But we cannot sacrifice dance education for a "feeling” of originality. Originality is a deliberate and systematic dismantling of ubiquity. Not a hodgepodge of random, off-beat, unfinished movement with no direction and no vocabulary to teach it.“ -Safi A. Thomas

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“The dance studio, assembly line, 2 hour class, just got off their first tour or dance show and teaching, body count, format has robbed dancers of the most crucial and empowering aspect of their dance pedagogy, knowledge of self. Dancers prematurely teaching classes but having absolutely no knowledge of the body, kinesiology, biomechanics, kinesthetics, breath, lines, levels, shapes, flexibility or how to explain dance aside from their own pedestrian language diminishes the quality of dance movement and homogenizes dance. Which is why so many dancers look the same now. Carbon copies of a movement style that was once original but is now just a watered down mirage of it.” -Safi A. Thomas

#dance #dancers #dancerlife #dancetheatre #theatre #dancequote #quote #inspiration #instaquote #positivevibes #safithomasquotes #hpluslife #dancerproblems #theatrelife #ballet #hiphoptheatre #hiphopdance #dancers #danceNGO #artsed #danceeducation #dancestudio #educationiskey (at H+ The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory)