2. Superstars of Dance - Solo - South Africa - Week 3 - Semi-finals
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2009
- Mamela Nyamza returns for the semi-final round. Her first number was quite controversial (dancing like she was possessed at the end) and this week she dances like a chicken in ballet outfit. It was terrible.
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This piece was everything dance is... innovative, captivating, beautiful, musical... it is beyond words. She should have had a 10. I've never seen a real swan act more like a swan than she portrayed. MAGNIFIQUE!
Can you forget this? NO! We even come back here after more than a decade!
I believe this was a successful merging of two very different forms of dance. She incorporates the passion and energy of African dancing into the beautiful and constrained ballet. It was very brave to present this piece because it would, undoubtedly, be misunderstood, and often when something is not understood, it is ridiculed, as clearly this piece has been.
I LOVE MAMELA! BIG UPS!!!
This performance perfect ! perfect swan ! amazing !
It should be illegal to be that beautiful. That is the ideal woman. Feminine yet powerful. You won't find that delicate balance anywhere else.
That was an incredibly captivating performance. I am not one for ballet, but this was so strikingly dynamic, real, yet unusually sophisticated and graceful. I think the judges were out of their depth...Argentina; 'I like you, but I am going to give you a seven.'
I'm so glad there r many people who feel the same way I do. Mamela absolutely was the best soloist. She created her own more realistic African interpretation of Swan lake. I was very disappointed when she couldn't continue n the competition. The competition seemed like a bunch of critical judges who 4 the most part didn't have respect 4 different cultures and placed too much emphasis on European standards of dance technique.
Her body control is something no one in this forum could equal. It's outstanding how well she knows her body
This probably doesn't matter, but I'm writing it anyway. The music wasn't even Swan Lake (by Tchaikovsky), but The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns. Most of the judges really didn't know what they were talking about. It was a beautiful combination of European and African dance and a reminder that a swan is a real animal that makes animal movements, not just a generic representation of perfection. The dynamics, muscle control, flexibility, musicality, expression and charisma were top notch. The whole audience was struck with awe. Mamela deserved at least a couple tens and she knew it. She wasn't just disappointed, she was outraged but managed to compose herself on the stage. This is the most class I have ever seen in a person.
Mamela broke away from standard European dancing styles and practically made fun of European and American traditions/culture, as shown in her reinterpretation of Swan Lake and ballet movements. This doesn't mean her performance is less than dance. Personally, I loved the performance because she dared to question what is art. Art doesn't have to be a straight back and pointed toes. Art is a person's creative voice, which Mamela best executed on the show compared to other performers.
Mamela's own dying swan is not supposed to honor Fokine's, but rather reinterpret Fokine's portrayal of "dying." When Fokine's swan dies, we are able to see the beauty in the bird before the last bits of life seeps out of it. Here, "dying" reveals beauty, grace, stength, and calmness. Mamela's swan dies a violent death and we see it as it struggles and clings to life. Here "dying" reveals struggle, pain, and violence. The two dances aren't to be compared, but rather contrasted.
Maybe not classically trained, but this is art. This was a beautiful interpretation of a classic. Tear herring. Loved it!!!
Best performance thus far. Gave me chills watching it. It was a brilliant interpretation of the classic dying swan.
.,challenging the art is the purpose of this woman in life... I salute her dancing, I salute her and I also salute her style... She is so wonderful... I like this than her first performance wherein she is like a giggling snake...
wow she was amazing! she reminds me of one of alvin ailey's dancers because she is so beautiful and inspiring! Awesome! :)
I loveloveloved her. I thought she was absolutely amazing and her dance was always very disciplined. The expression of pain she displayed on her face and how she portrayed everything... It was awesome. I was pretty sure what this dance was, was the death of a swan. Not a dance of a chicken.
How deplorable. Art is not something that is marked with a silly little placard and given a number out of 10. This is demeaning, not only to the performer, but the art form. Critique of technique is one thing, this is just ghastly. Great performer.
I was totally impressed by her dance. I think the judges were too harsh one her. They didn't seem to get the point. It was so emotional and passionate, what dance SHOULD be! I'd rather watch this than some guy in jeans doing pop and lock.
Chicken? She looked like a bird, truly like a bird, rather than like the stylistic impression of a bird that you get in Swan Lake. Though I dearly love the stylistic impressions of ballet, I am highly impressed by the magnificent realism of her dancing.
This isn't Swan Lake, the music is by Saint-Saens and was used by Fokine in his Dying Swan.
I LOVE IT!!!
this has got to be one of the best interpretations of the dying swan that i have ever seen
amazing.
any idiot can see that
this dance along with the bharanatyam indian solo were underrated! her performance incorporated the cultures outlook. its not a fusion so much as it is a change in a people's perspective. too bad judges forget that dance is about movement and innovation. the american soloist shouldn't have made it as far as he did.
That is Amazing! Those judges are absolutly borring! they are ready to see standart only,
I am imprest by her!
Being that a lot of the judges work/live in America, they seem to have such a Eurocentric standard for dance. Just think about all the individuals who won on the show: the USA team, a Russian ballerina, an argentine tango couple (though from Argentina, this dance is very much influnced by European dances, like the Waltz), and breakdancing (which is all the rage in Europe). The show was blatantly bias and geared towards an American and European audience.
omg amazing! dying swan
Oh, she's pissed!
some of these judges are messed up. they always score less than they should...i dont like the description of this video either :(
um, ooooooookay...
SHE WAS THE BEST SOLOIST ON THE SHOW!!!!!...... the show was a joke. It was sooooo bias!
Don't a couple of the "international judges" work in America?
I just want to know who this guy is because . . . I have NEVER heard of him! (if you know of his significance and why he was chosen to represent the thoughts of the US, let me know.) And I hope you can do better than she did. Just try that one day and see if you can be as strong and expressive as she was- It's IMPOSSIBLE!
these judges know nothing about dancing!!
Tibly,
I agree, totally!!! They aren't used to seing a strong beautiful swan, they wanted to see the same delicate ballet swan crap they are used 2! Who is the US judge? Never heard of him!
That Was AMAZING!!! The Judges B!tched and didnt like it cause it wasnt that Peaceful ballet Craapp. But this very much like swan lake just done more different and Not as boring