It's Free to Dance

Have you ever imagined yourself being one of the members of the “The Mob” in the movie, Step Up 4? Wherein you’ll suddenly dance on different places your group plans to, catching all the people’s attention, surprising and amusing them with our cool dance moves, and ignoring their different reactions as long as you were able to express the message you want to tell them.

I, being a fan of the movie Step Up, have always dreamed of dancing just like one of them. I really love how they move their body, the attitude they’re showing, and the confidence they have while dancing. I wonder where they got that kind of talent, and how did they come up with those cool and amazing dance moves.

Those dance moves from Step Up reminds me of the TV Show, So You Think You Can Dance, where the contestants dance freely based on how they feel the music being played on. That dance style is called Contemporary Dance. According to Treva Badinghaus, “contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet.”

Related to the meaning above, I've also found an article which states that Contemporary Dancers are considered as the most creative dancers among other dancers. It is because contemporary dancers dance freely based on their emotions and feelings. And with those free movements they’re doing while the music is being played is considered creativity. Some researches also says that it is also because of their personality. (http://www.livescience.com/16025-modern-dancers-creative.html)

Well, for me it doesn't matter if the dance is choreographed or not as long as you were able to express yourself by dancing. And being graceful is a lot more creative, right? As long as you maintain your posture and gracefulness in dancing, your audience will still consider it creative and awesome.

"People dance because dance can change things. One move, can bring people together. One move, can make you believe like there's something more. One move, can set a whole generation free. "- Moose; Step Up 3D

While writing about this article I have formulated some follow-up questions about this. Here are some:

• What personality traits does Contemporary Dancers have that differs from other dancers?
• Is it really true that dancing freely is more creative than choreographed dance steps?
• Isn't improvise dancing is almost the same choreographed dancing? If not, in what aspects are they different?

For me to able to find out the answers to those questions, i intend to do some researches about improvise dancing and choreograph dancing. I will also do some interviews to some professional dancers I know.