Hilty and Bosch are two lockers from Japan. They demonstrate amazing precision and articulation in their movement, particularly in the speed and rhythm of their gestures. I am always fascinated by how hip-hop culture (in this case locking--though I'm sure they do other kinds of hip-hop dance) has been transfered and translated to the international scene. What is it about hip-hop (dance and music) that is so appealing, attractive, and relatable across cultures and peoples?
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Locking
Hilty and Bosch are two lockers from Japan. They demonstrate amazing precision and articulation in their movement, particularly in the speed and rhythm of their gestures. I am always fascinated by how hip-hop culture (in this case locking--though I'm sure they do other kinds of hip-hop dance) has been transfered and translated to the international scene. What is it about hip-hop (dance and music) that is so appealing, attractive, and relatable across cultures and peoples?
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This is the second time I have seen this video but it never seems to get old. They are on beat, they follow through and feel each movement with their entire body, and they play up the moves they are doing to the crowd. It is an easy performance to get into because of all the energy and because they do keep moving around the stage so that they don't have their backs to on section of the audience the whole time. I would like to point out their "which a way"s because they are SO GOOD!!!! The legs are moving so fast and are really turning all the way until they point left or right but they can do it while walking and the top half of their bodies stay perfectly still like nothing is happening. All I can think of after seeing this is WOW.
Ashley Hardin
response no.1
a personal note: learning about hip hop culture and dance is revealing to me that the hip hop performance (perhaps ritual?) is not limited to booty shakin' club rats and shady guys rep'd by rappers on MTV.
in response to just the video itself : i've always had a thing for white outfits, and this video only solidifies that preference. the clean cut movements and the high contrast of the white suit to dark background are in complete conjunction. the dancers wear hats so that their facial features don't catch and get featured by the lights, but they themselves are submitted to the authority of their dance. there is no weakness, nor even any confidence; it seems almost like PURE* dance, if purity could be applied as an appropriate adjective. there is no chaos in it, as if the dancers are struggling to lose themselves in the dance, and yet it is not ENTIRELY natural--because we know that it is a performance. but it gives off a really good facade of naturalness. the music doesn't define the dance, rather the music and the dance seem like two separate entities that have their own dance with one another. i can't say that this dance will stick with me for a long time, but the aesthetic certainly will and in that way the moving image will stay with me in a sort of blurred way--perhaps that is success for the dance. since dance is a time-based art, it makes sense for it to remain in the memory as a blur.
ELLICEPARK
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