Pure Talent Over Shadowed By Provocative Movements

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http://youtu.be/ir8BO4-7DkM

These little girls are extremely talented. Their technique is better than a lot of the people I dance with now, and they're seven. I'm the first to admit that the dance moves and outfits were a little too risqué. They were gyrating and grinding like crazy. Obviously, no parent wants to see their seven year old daughter dancing as if she was in a Lil' Wayne music video. These girls were dancing out of innocence; they had no idea that what they were doing could be considered ostentatious. When they watched Beyonce's music video they probably weren't thinking, "I want to look just as sexy as those girls". They were probably thinking, "Wow, I want to dance just like those girls and be famous". We can't blame children and teenagers for copying what they see all over the media. Music videos, advertisements, news stories, and movies are filled with half-naked girls shaking their back sides at the camera and in front of someone else's face, not to mention rolling around in bed and calling it "dancing".

Freak Dancing?

Take a second and Google "freak dancing" under the Images section. This is the first picture that shows up under the search. Dictionary.com defines dancing as: verb (used without object) 1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music. This would be considered dancing, I suppose. But is it really? Can we really classify this groping and rubbing of body parts together as dancing? If taken literally, the definition describes this picture. Some would consider dance an art. This is not art. Not even close. 
This is typical of high school dance; this is literally what happens at the Homecoming "Dance". When high school students hear the word "dance" something along these lines might be the first thing they think of. What a shame. The word "dance" should make one think of grace, poise, beats, rhythm, and beauty; not dry humping.