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#get vaccinated #this shit is ridiculous

omg…

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bye it’s so obvious when tiger friday sends their ambassadors to comment on something 😭

maybe i am just a hater, but why out of the big 3 (tf, 5, jo and jax) do 5 and jo and jax feel so much more… normal? if that’s the way to put it.

and i half agree with him half don’t, for the record

ldancersxo

it’s funny to me that some moms will post their kids wearing TF for yearsss desperately trying to become an ambassador with no luck… and then a kids whose never worn TF in their life will win a national title and suddenly become an ambassador 💀

and during scouting season they say “keep posting! keep showing your loyalty it will pay off some day!” … it’s a joke

#Your child not getting PROPER compensation for all the labor/promo that goes into the shit should piss you off #might as well encourage them to join an mlm next!

Can we actually talk about how exploitative these ambassador programs are?

one of my most controversial comp dance takes is that jazz dance as we know it today has become so insanely whitewashed and detached from it's African roots but I fear we're not ready for that convo

#tea

About the picture, no, it’s not necessary. When you’re in that deep of a plié you want to work balance, turn out and straighten your back. The band going from the knees to the head is so unnecessary, it’s basically just pushing the knees up but here you want the not to close or to go back. The yoga block is for “balance” I guess but, again, you can have your knees closer together and still have straight thighs/the yoga block not falling. Once again, the point of this position is having your back straight and your knees as far back/open as possible. I can see the ball being helpful with the relevé but I don’t think in this position is totally necessary. When you go into that deep of a plié your heel naturally lifts up. You have to have really flexible tendons for it not to do so. But it does kind of push them, I guess.

I don’t know if they are moving the arms and that’s what they have an elastic band on their hands but it seems like it is also stuck under their foot. I would probably be more concerned if the band slips and hits me than concentrating on the exercise.

So no, it’s not necessary. I think 1 or 2 elements could be super helpful but when you put that much stuff, the kids just end up worrying about other things rather than concentration on doing the exercise correctly.

You can also work on these steps with literally nothing. It’s a deep plié, one of the most basic dance steps. All you need is for the dancer to have body awareness and be somewhat flexible.

yeah i agree...also I don't like teaching a grand plié in 1st to kids with the language "knees as far apart as possible" because it's going to lead them to sacrifice proper alignment and muscle engagement for the most "extreme" turnout they can achieve even if they can't actually sustain it. and for all i know the dancers in the video already have their foundational turnout established and are more ready for something like this, but if you take an intermediate level dancer who doesn't even know what deep external rotators are yet and get them doing all this they're probably going to end up with a hip injury.

also another thing you mentioned, with the band actually pulling the knees apart, is something i see all the time in this instagram explore page coded style of conditioning. using a resistance band in the direction you want the body to go can build flexibility, but mind you its called a resistance band, so to build strength (in this case, active turnout) don't you want to be working against the band?

#speaking in terms of mj’s movement analysis method #now some of these other teachers…🤔

In my own experience, The use of the props are more for the mental aspect and placement cues as opposed to using them for stretching and strengthening.

#my account is for the grown folks

cece first overall

STOP PROMOTING GRUG USE TO CHILDREN!😡🤬

I’m not a fucking babysitter💀

Club is having a TW master class tomorrow. Every parent is required to pay whether their child attends or not?!

is this real

#this another example of why capitalism sucks #it always leads to vulnerable individuals getting exploited!

Requiring to pay regardless of attendance is pure insanity from a business perspective. That's the type of thing club can only get away with because they're famous. At a regular studio that would result in half your clientele walking out the door.

mollylongshlong

you inspired me to get high and watch double dutch bus over and over again lolololol. i’m hyper fixated on the magic johnson jumpshot and the little jump they do to that swooshing sound!!!!!!

yesssss i LOVE that part too! this is the section that had me in awe while i was baked 😭

And this is why I've been getting baked for p21 every year since season 7

#tea

unpopular opinion but there's no such thing as a "backup dancer" in a group that only has 7 people in it

#this topic is stale and stupid

Literally, just watch whoever pulls your eye in the moment omfg😭

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you spin me

choreographed by: molly long

SEASON 11 LIVE

mollylongshlong

it’s this part for me

PURE CUNT

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the gathering (part two)

choreographed by: nick meola

SEASON 11 LIVE

This is so tea to me

#WOW

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kind of a woman

choreographed by: molly long

SEASON 11 LIVE

this is the ooooone for me! I love how it feels like an exploration of the song. like just wandering and weaving through the music.

The use of texture is on another level!!!

dynamisdancers

someone send me a playlist PLEEK

project21superstars

who has the p21 playlist 🙏

#THIS #I feel like everyone should be extra cautious

Am I the only one who would feel a bit uncomfortable if I saw a random grown man at a dance competition filming my daughter’s solo with a 4k camera not knowingl where that footage is going, and knowing damn well he isn’t affiliated with the comp or even dance for that matter?

i would also be very creeped out

dynamisdancers

i too have been very curious and concerned about user chase tower studios being at all these competitions and showcases