I Should Take this More Seriously

[faye_falling]

I think you had a lot of guts to go out there and audition, but I don't think it was a very wise decision. Sorry, but it was hard to watch.

[Lolly PopMuzik]

You should actually take this as a hint to sit down somewhere.

Isn't this usually par for the 3 hole attention course? Seriously, you're making actual dancers EVERYWHERE look bad. Hell, even the goff bellydancers would do a collective facepalm if they saw this.

[Underwater Ophelia]

I don't understand this.

I mean, like the judges said, there was nothing good about it. I mean, it's not even like you danced all crazy and they didn't like it...you pretty much just skipped back and forth on stage.

[MollyMac]

I thought Spike Jonze was doing another "Praise You" video.

[Catch]

Thank you, most of you. Some of you, not so much thanks.

It was actually a fairly good experience. Now I am thinking about making a video about dancing badly. As being titled "the Worst Dancer in America" that could be rather neat.

Think I'll make a test video on YouTub. If there are any investors thinking the venture is worthwhile, contact me.

Anyone reading the defense on this, I've also tried out for "Last Comic Standing." Watching John Oliver today, he made an excellent point. The biggest reason why comedians are comedians is they can sustain a greater amount of embarassment.

[Godslayer Jillian]

This is a clear example of Not Knowing When to Give Up.

[Catch]

Exactly. So anyone in the talent management game PM me.

[Godslayer Jillian]

You are by far one of the creepiest people I've ever met!
Seriously, can't you take a fucking hint? What exactly do you do with your life?
If I remember correctly, you said you came to this site because you wanted a cult.
You want to be Paris Hilton's fucking best friend.
You believe you have talent and act like a martyr afterwards.
You insist I am a girl despite the fact that everyone in this site has corrected you.
You write blogs about the most inane shit.
You wrote one telling happy birthday to President Bush, for hell's sake.
And you even said he makes the world better!

Honestly, are you autistic or something?

[Catch]

Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian

You are by far one of the creepiest people I've ever met!
Seriously, can't you take a fucking hint? What exactly do you do with your life?
If I remember correctly, you said you came to this site because you wanted a cult.
You want to be Paris Hilton's fucking best friend.
You believe you have talent and act like a martyr afterwards.
You insist I am a girl despite the fact that everyone in this site has corrected you.
You write blogs about the most inane shit.
You wrote one telling happy birthday to President Bush, for hell's sake.
And you even said he makes the world better!

Honestly, are you autistic or something?

You have no idea of what being an exhibitionist means.
I am not acting like a martyr. I am trying to capitalize off of the experience.
You should look less effeminate.
George Walker Bush has done a lot for this country, regardless of whether you want to admit it.
You act like a martyr for no reason. Hateing Goths, but still feeling oddly drawn to the website. Why don't stick it?

[HumanePain]

Originally Posted by Catch

Thank you, most of you. Some of you, not so much thanks.

It was actually a fairly good experience. Now I am thinking about making a video about dancing badly. As being titled "the Worst Dancer in America" that could be rather neat.

Think I'll make a test video on YouTub. If there are any investors thinking the venture is worthwhile, contact me.

Anyone reading the defense on this, I've also tried out for "Last Comic Standing." Watching John Oliver today, he made an excellent point. The biggest reason why comedians are comedians is they can sustain a greater amount of embarassment.

Who was that Asian guy who sang so badly that he became a celebrity and made money from it? He was booed off of a talent show on TV? Huang or Hung somebody.

[Godslayer Jillian]

Originally Posted by Catch

You should look less effeminate.

That's stupid.

You act like a martyr for no reason.

When the fuck have I acted like a martyr?

Hateing Goths, but still feeling oddly drawn to the website.

And when the fuck did I start to hate goths?

Virtually all of your posts contain bullshit like this. I really wonder if you're autistic.

[Underwater Ophelia]

Originally Posted by Catch

You have no idea of what being an exhibitionist means.
I am not acting like a martyr. I am trying to capitalize off of the experience.
You should look less effeminate.
George Walker Bush has done a lot for this country, regardless of whether you want to admit it.
You act like a martyr for no reason. Hateing Goths, but still feeling oddly drawn to the website. Why don't stick it?

You're not making sense.
I mean, maybe stop sniffing glue for a few days, come back and read this, then apologize.

[MollyMac]

When you have nothing else to offer the world, there is always YouTube.

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

Originally Posted by HumanePain

Who was that Asian guy who sang so badly that he became a celebrity and made money from it? He was booed off of a talent show on TV? Huang or Hung somebody.

I remember him! he sang 'she Bangs' by Ricky Martin or whatever and he danced badly too and then become a sensation. everyone loves a small nerdy looking asian man making a dick of himself on stage

Hmmm, so Molly Mac-aroni was/is dancer? I am intrigued

[Solumina]

Originally Posted by Catch

You have no idea of what being an exhibitionist means.

Being an exhibitionist doesn't mean that you have to share your complete lack of talent to the world in as many area as possible

Originally Posted by Catch

I am not acting like a martyr. I am trying to capitalize off of the experience.

But you weren't even that entertaining of a failure so there really isn't anything to capitalize off of

Originally Posted by Catch

You should look less effeminate.

...but he's sexy

Originally Posted by Catch

George Walker Bush has done a lot for this country, regardless of whether you want to admit it.

He has done a lot, a lot of terrible shit that has made this country far worse than it was before he came into power

Originally Posted by Catch

You act like a martyr for no reason. Hateing Goths, but still feeling oddly drawn to the website. Why don't stick it?

Can you give an example? Quite a few members have acted as martyrs at one point or another but I can't seem to recall him ever doing so

[MollyMac]

Sir Canvas- Yup. Been dancing my whole life in some form or another (the South-Midwestern Middle class tri-fecta of Tap/Jazz/Ballet), but spent much of the last decade in Middle Eastern dance, Medevial/Historic, Irish, and Competitive Highland Dance

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

If I ever get around to filming my solo for my final year of school, do you think you might be able to find some time to watch it and offer some advice?

What most interests me about your history is the last decade, what is the medevial/historic dancing like?

I'm kind of bored of the plain old jazz/ballet/tap and I want to learn more semi-obscure dance styles and techniques to compliment the contemporary side of my dancing.

It's all very hard though, I always thought dance was easy until i actually started doing it, I should probably get some formal training XD

/dancerant

[MollyMac]

If you want obscure styles, start looking around for national dances that work hard on foot (irish, scottish, morris, polish, bulgarian...), as most of dance may be between your ears, but proper form starts with solid feet. I love highland because it is nothing but jumping.

And, in all seriousness, there are male belly dancers- Rashid is a god, smoothest hips on the planet. Jamil (below) is sweeeeet. It looks silly to modern eyes, but males were the original belly dancers,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=axUixg0RFaI

Mostly, the Medevial dances are group/circle dances- slow reels (Irish)and rounds (English). Simple steps, mostly foot work and arms as the torso is more restricted.

This one is less restrictive about the torso, and is akin to a Germanic maypole dance in form and the arm movements (and not a local troupe either, just pulling some samples from YouTube):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MZEb3RBl14E

More traditional (male and female), simple circles and hands, forward and back. Most of the dances are simple partner changes, precursers to country dancing and Appalachian clogging and Square, in all seriousness:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8HI_amy0yQ

For the Middle Eastern dances, I do the familiar cabaret style, American tribal/Gothic, and also folkloric/historic which are more emphatic dances from Tunisia, Algeria, Nubia, Greece and Persia.

But yeah, if you want to PM me your video, that's cool. I am not like an Uber pro or anything, but I always love watching boys move

[HumanePain]

Those were awesome! I am going to have medieval dreams tonight!

[Catch]

MollyMac makes an excellent ponit. There are worse dancers in the world. Yet I am the worst in Amercia. Take that Canada, South and Central America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtjPjagO1Ls

Anyway, I have the test video ready. Yep, they clipped a whole lot out in order to make me look even worse, though this doesn't prove dancing ability.

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

Jamil didn't look silly to me, in fact it was quite sexy at points but his stomach movements often left me queasy, it just seems beyond human.

I particularly enjoyed the 2nd video, of the group of females dancing in the square, vaguely remniscent of hokey-pokey and me and my friends often dance like that at school lunchtimes, just for amusement mind you.

Overall it was very interesting and I will work on my foot work which has been noted already as needing improvement, at least my balance certainly does XD

I hope if I do get the video and if you watch it, that you will enjoy it to at least some degree.

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

Good job getting up there and trying. Kudos to you.

[Catch]

Originally Posted by Crying_Crimson_Tears

Good job getting up there and trying. Kudos to you.

Thank you, it has been a long day. I have some anime to go watch.

[MollyMac]

Yeah, the male dancers have better abdominal rolls to the point of it being freaky, but working on the ab isolations tones your core like mad sexy.

Been at a lot of this forever and in some ways I still feel like a beginner. But I don't know a dancer who doesn't feel like that a lot.

Irish helped out my footwork insanely, very similar to tap in that respect. Highland and Scottish Country dance helpe the foot work in reels and sets (moving)- not just shuffles (one spot).

And seriously, have you checked out Flamenco?????? I think you'll have the legs for it

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

Originally Posted by Catch

Thank you, it has been a long day. I have some anime to go watch.

You're welcome sweetie.