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Krumping? ...what do you think about it?
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Krumping? ...what do you think about it?
What do you think about this style of dance?
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Chris, since you're into dancing and strength, check out the this video. Amazing core strength. His name is Bboy Junior, he's from France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyxlaib9UF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyxlaib9UF0
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These guys look like what we call "bugs" in the prison system (basically wackos who were put into prison because they are too violent to be in a mental institution), that dance (or whatever you call it) looks a lot like a bug when they spaz out.
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First of all, I was only commenting on the first video, I did not watch the second.
And while it may technically be defined as dancing, I certainly would not compare it with anything that takes discipline, precision or years of practice like ballet or karate.
Lastly... this was not a hateful comment, if you had seen a "bug" wig out I doubt that even you could deny the similarities.
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And while it may technically be defined as dancing, I certainly would not compare it with anything that takes discipline, precision or years of practice like ballet or karate.
Lastly... this was not a hateful comment, if you had seen a "bug" wig out I doubt that even you could deny the similarities.
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Well, technical or no Frank, it's dance. It's rhythmic body movement accompanied by music. As I said, I wouldn't necessarily call the first video good dancing, but it's dance. As for the comparison I drew to the skill and body mechanics in martial arts, I was speaking specifically to the third video.
Trust me, I probably wouldn't call people, any people, bugs. When working relatively closely with people who are living in imprisonment, some of whom will be spending the rest of their lives there, I think it's dangerous to incorporate a language that further degrades their humanity. And I mean dangerous for me. I've seen mentally ill people have episodes both in a courtroom and in transport. I hope I would never call them bugs. Distancing myself from such people's humanity destroys a bit of my own. I try to be always aware of that when dealing with defendants on a day-to-day basis, however repulsive the acts that brought them before the court might have been.Frank wrote:Lastly... this was not a hateful comment, if you had seen a "bug" wig out I doubt that even you could deny the similarities.
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In my opinion it did not amount to much more than free form flailing, but if you want to call it dance that's cool with me.Rose
Well, technical or no Frank, its dance. It's rhythmic body movement accompanied by music.
Like I said, I did not watch the other videos.Rose
As I said, I wouldn't necessarily call the first video good dancing, but its dance. As for the comparison I drew to the skill and body mechanics in martial arts, I was speaking specifically to the third video.
Then you should talk to the inmates about it... "Bug" was coined by them, it is accepted term in that enviroment that is older than I am and if you don't talk the inmate's language you will not go far in corrections.Rose
Trust me; I probably wouldn't call people, any people, bugs. When working relatively closely with people who are living in imprisonment, some of whom will be spending the rest of their lives there, I think it's dangerous to incorporate a language that further degrades their humanity.
But it was insensitive at least. Maybe I should have said "loony inmate spazing out".
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I've seen mentally ill people have episodes both in a courtroom and in transport. I hope I would never call them bugs.
That's fine for most people but like I just stated I have to speak that language if I want to understand the inmates.
It never even occurred to me that comparing one thing to another (when they are in fact similar) would be constituted as hateful or judgmental, after all I was not commenting on the dancers themselves, only comparing the dance they were performing with something else I was familiar with.
I do not distance myself from anyone's humanity, I simply use the terms that are accepted in that environment. And believe it or not I can make the distinction.Rose
Distancing myself from such people's humanity destroys a bit of my own. I try to be always aware of that when dealing with defendants on a day-to-day basis, however repulsive the acts that brought them before the court might have been.
I treat all inmates the same, I mirror the respect that they give me, which has (so far) been good.
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