mlalmond
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #16 |
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You can look at the rules for most competition and it will state the following:...I pulled these from Hall of Fame and Starpower...
My daughter it going to be doing Betty Boop and she will be in character 
Musical Theatre- A routine interpreting a song from a Broadway or Movie Musical.
Character- A routine portraying an easily recognizable character.
Musical Theater - A routine featuring any style of dance interpreting a song from a “Broadway” or movie musical. (“SINGING IS PERMITTED”) Routine may include 50% acrobatics/gymnastics.
Character - Routine portraying an easily recognizable character throughout, such as a cat, clown, etc. with music, costume and dance. Can incorporate any form of dance or gymnastics/acrobatics. Routine may include 50% acrobatics/gymnastics. |
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jeanne4379
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #17 |
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| You know, I play with this as I'm a word jockey (writer). I wonder if we could come up with a 'better' label for the category to distinguish the categories? It's just me here, playing word games is all. |
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ceme2260
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #18 |
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Actually, being from the 'weird comp world', as opposed to the ballet world, the meaning of character in ballet seems like a misnomer to me. It makes sense that a 'character' dance would be a dance where you are portraying a character -- what else would you call that?
To me, what you all describe as a character dance in ballet should be called 'ethnic dance', or something. |
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jeanne4379
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #19 |
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I see your point(e). But the balletic character dancing is not really ethnic dancing at all. It is highly stylized and far removed from the original dance form. Anyone who has seen the Balanchine version of Tarentella knows that it is not at all like the street dancers version that inspired this version. It is the same in the famous ballets like Coppelia and Swan Lake. These character dances have their roots in the street dances and got revamped. Also, there aren't any acrobatics or other gymnastic additions to them.
I'm not sure what I'd call the type of dancing you are describing in the comp. world. The elements of a character dance are structured. If you are portraying a character from a musical or whatever, then couldn't it be a section of MT? |
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kinankids
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ceme2260
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #21 |
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| I understand what you are talking about the character dance being in ballet, and yes, kinankids, 'folk' would have been the better word than the 'ethnic' that I used. What I'm saying, though, is that I don't understand why those types of dances are called 'character'. The 'character' category that we know from the comp world, where you are actually portraying a character, just makes more sense to me. |
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kinankids
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #22 |
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Yep, I agree. DD doesn't do RAD either, I am only familiar with what is called ballet 'character' dance because there are so many RAD studios around here. LOL
To add to the confusion in competition land, we have 'demi-character' which means (loosely)you portray a character from the waste up and use ballet technique from the waste down. It has nothing to do with ballet 'character' dancing and it can be anything you want. One year DD was a frog, complete with lilypad. |
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KMCandHKCsMOM
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #23 |
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| DD is doing a character pointe routine this year. Her character is Jessica Rabbit. Sexy and all that!! By the way, DD has no boobs!!! She and DT are having a great time putting the dance together. Can't wait to see it. This is her first Pointe Solo!! |
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kinankids
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #24 |
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That sounds hillarious, I would love to see it!
Quote: Originally Posted by KMCandHKCsMOM
DD is doing a character pointe routine this year. Her character is Jessica Rabbit. Sexy and all that!! By the way, DD has no boobs!!! She and DT are having a great time putting the dance together. Can't wait to see it. This is her first Pointe Solo!! |
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jeanne4379
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #25 |
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| It's funny - in a nice way - how we associate things in our own minds and then translate them. I always thought of folk dances as reels, square dances and clogging. All of these dances have some complex patterns to execute and they are fun. Also, they can be learned by old foggettes like me. The English language is vast and flexable. Inuendo and inflection added make it a bit confusing at times. |
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kinankids
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #26 |
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| Jeanne add to that the fact that the internet has put all of our weird idiosyncratic terms out there for everyone to mix up. Fifteen years ago we could be regional with our language because that was all we dealt with. Now we communicate on a daily basis with people from all over the planet and it really muddles things up. |
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jeanne4379
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| | Nov 05, 2009 | Reply with quote | #27 |
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| Giggles. Throw in some regional accents and the mix can be, um, amusing? I still have a problem with y'all and all y'all and I'm sure that the locals here have a problem with how I pronounce roof and creek. I'm used to ruff and crick and the folks just stare at me like I've grown purple plaid warts. |
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