TANK-Modern Dance Solo

[msJimiBadu]

whats this song called?

[opiumscentmusic]

Beautiful!

I think you may want to check out a dance contest on Talenthouse[dot]com to win a scholarship to Paul Taylor's Dance Academy! All you need to do is submit a 90 second youtube URL.

I hope you give it a try! Good luck!

[lolabirdlola]

I love your creativity and your music choices:D

[nannaew]

absolutely beautiful. the muscle control looks quite perfect, and this is a very good concept

[gumbionics]

I don't know if you'll ever see this but I wanted to leave another comment (the last one was over two years ago!).

The clarity of the work is definitely there along with great intention. The only thing I really wanted was for your to take more time with some of the cautious steps you take at various points like around 3:56. That's more of a personal request than a hard nosed critical one but it would breed even more clarity in the idea of hesitation and the unknown.

Truly spectacular though.

[bugsie121]

The choreography is interesting... a little bit slow, though. I think she is a good dancer but she doesn't need that kind of costume.

[fabiooliveira73]

simply my favorite modern dance video

[fabiooliveira73]

The best contemporary dance video i saw on Youtube

[fundzia99]

super, bardzo mi się podoba.

[fundzia99]

Super jestem pod dużym wrażeniem gratuluję.

[kevinsaywhaaa]

It is nice, but lacks strength.

[fabiooliveira73]

Terrific!!! I love modern dance

[onlypixiebeauty]

that was really nice

[catherinemarella]

I Love this! And the string quartet (sp??) version of my favourite NIN song <3 Props Love!

[Radicalisimus]

That was very very very nice. I loved it. And the music was great :)

[rockaj14]

ii would say its more contempary

[chloedancers]

this is amazing, it really is!I agree with Shakaraaa, people need to go to a proper professional dance school to actually know what there on about like me and many others!

[badgirl1394]

her dancing looks effortless

[xoxoalexalex]

all I can say is BEAUTIFUL :]

i love it and it makes me sad that i quit dancing :( but i'm taking it again :]

late<3

[Shakaraaa]

whoever "meekachu" is just let me say one thing, you should really go to a dance school and learn Real dance b4 you go and criticize someone else's beautiful work. And just because it doesnt appeal to you doeant mean its not "good dance" , your a fucking douche bag. by the way peggy, nice choreography ;)

[Moderndancer16]

Maybe she does go to a real school and maybe her school teaches better than this garbage:-p this girl needs a wardrobe check and so much arm and feet technique it blows my mind.And people are intitled to there opinion ..yours is tht shes good..mine and meekachu thing shes bag youll learn to get over it.Your the douchbag..the choreo sucks ass

[glueisntedible]

@Moderndancer16 I don't think this would be labeled as contemporary. This is more modern and uses techniques brought forth by the Graham technique (body angles, emotion, contraction, rigidness etc.). I bet you that Moderndancer16 doesn't even know what real modern dance is...the dance form that paved way for contemporary as we know it today (think sytycd). This dance is very purely modern that we don't see much anymore...since contemporary with all its fancy jumps, turns and tricks took over.

[glueisntedible]

@Moderndancer16 I don't think this would be labeled as contemporary. This is more modern and uses techniques brought forth by the Graham technique (body angles, emotion, contraction, rigidness etc.). I bet you that Moderndancer16 doesn't even know what real modern dance is...the dance form that paved way for contemporary as we know it today (think sytycd). This dance is very purely modern that we don't see much anymore since contemporary with all its jumps, turns and tricks became popular.

[arrowchild]

I really should know by now not to read the comments here on youtube *sigh* particularly when it comes to dance related videos...This is a lovely piece of modern dance choreography. Please don't let the ignorance of people only familiar with other dance forms dissuade you.

For those of you who are wondering-think of modern dance as the equivilant of modern visual art. It's not always pretty and is often meant to be appreciated conceptually. If you're truely interested-DO SOME RESEARCH!

[PeggyTulane]

Take care when you are critiquing a dance that your comments are made with clarity of observation and not plain gut reaction, especially if you have "12 years of studying dance".

[meekachu]

and i also think that the story line can be quite confusing

[PeggyTulane]

Thank you for your comments. If you found a story line and it is confusing then that is your doing, not mine. This dance is an abstraction of one concept which I discuss in the sidebar. It the "move" at 1:19 is downright nasty, then you should realize that is within the context of the entire dance and my intention (again within the abstraction of the entire dance) was to look "ugly and maybe even downright nasty".

[meekachu]

1:19 is the ugliest dance move i've ever seen in the 12 years of studying dance....yes it's modern but be careful not to make it (or yourself) look downright nasty

[kraxee]

forgive my boldness but, modern dance is??... what?

does it appeal to music? story telling? primative wall pictograms? someone with a profound understanding for modern dance please tell me the significance of it. I believe i heard emotions play a big role? but, it seems there can be dozens of better ways to "express" than to pretend to be a wall from the stone ages.

[Shesotalented]

you are so talented what is the name of the song??

[vivienneyh]

i think i am attracted by some quirkness in the movements and the costume haha

technically very nice and smooth,

but the music has some mysterious element which is not there yet in the movement.

i know its easy to criticize but hard to dance. keep dancing, love your piece and spirit

[lalalalajlalaj]

Hi everyone! What is this song? So familiar to me.. :) Thanks

[meekachu]

the song is piggy by nine inch nails.....though in this video it's arranged for a string quartet....it's says all this in the info

[lalalalajlalaj]

Oh....thtswhy its so familiar...well, shame on me, im a real NIN fan, i just donno how i couldnt recognise:)

Thx for the info:)

[meekachu]

it's ok im familiar with nin's work and it took me awhile to hear the arrangement even though i had read it in the info

:)

[sAcIzEx]

Uau, great work. the technical quality of the movement is very high, beauty and fluid interpretation. It can be better ( i think... ) in the relation with music, i think if you look for precision the coreography wins something. Very good work and "keep dancing, you do it great!" from Portugal

[refleccion]

i absolutely love this!

[guardgurl90]

I absolutely love this dance. Four or final in my modern dance class, we have to make up a routine and I would like to do it to do song but I cant find it anywhere. What is the exact name of the song

[speedyxgonzala]

Hollllllllly Gee!! That was AMAZING!!

[Airdrie]

That was full of energy! You are very talented, cuz :)

[KillinMcMillan]

Very good dancing and great concept. The only thing that threw me off was the costume though.

[PeggyTulane]

Yeah, the costume has gone through many a change. This was the first experiment, I wanted something that represented camouflage but wasn't literal. Didn't quite work.

[98nskies]

GREAT! Loved this! Keep it up.

[alexbrown315]

madd wack

[orangelemonsaresour]

ahhh im in love with this its just so amazing =]

[xitlaly03]

this video is amazing love the emotion my instructor is always saing that emotion i wish i could now the name of the song to use at school

[deeemcher]

зачем столько акробатики? и почему НЕМУЗЫКАЛЬНО? но это моё скромное мнение...

[CheridaleMH123]

the floor sequence was amazing.:)

[ashely32]

This is soo beautiful! You felt the music so well! =D

[snafuart]

This is amazing in conception and dance.

TY for sharing :-)

[Schadenfreude24]

This is amazing---and fits the music perfectly; I think Trent Reznor would like it as well. You really explored the possibilities, and I wasn't quite sure what you were going to do next.

[Joeltz]

wat was ur inspiration for this dance....are u the choreographer (dancer in video)???? I would like

[PeggyTulane]

Conceptually this dance was based on the fascinating ability of humans to create amazingly intricate and delicate machines, who's purpose is to defend as well as attack and kill. It astounds me in so many ways; our creativity as humans is such a wonderful gift when it comes to the arts, sciences, etc... But this creativity combined with our ultimate need to conquer and dominate is deadly.

[lindseylovesdance]

wow, you are an absolutely beautiful dancer. :)

[PointeShoozNStarz]

Great job! Good use of weight and suspensions, and very expressive. when i heard the music I was like hey that sounds really familiar and then I looked at the info and saw that it was a instrumental version of a Nine Inch Nails song I have and was like "Ah I knew it!" lol Great job again!

[philippp8484]

can u tell me whats the songs name ?

[dancesingaway]

Who is this dancer? Choroegrapher? So much to discuss about that dance. I'd like to have a conversation. Brava!

[llharmony]

You look fimiliar. Out of curiousity did you ever set repretory at a summer dance festival in Springfield, Mass. 05 specifically?

If not, I still enjoyed your dance :)

[Cccooonnnnnniiieee]

OMGOSH WHO IS THIS?! Who looks SOOO much like a dancer I know..... =|

[Cccooonnnnnniiieee]

Ok it's not hahaha

[kjerstisweet]

wow shes all pro!! thos booty girls u all think r so good... not.. they sux and this lady rule those other girls coulndt have done a single thing of that this lady is doing!!

[PeggyTulane]

Wow! Again thank you all for the great, positive feedback, I really appreciate it. I have not been in Arizona for a long time - been in Colorado for the past eight years.

[beccabeck334]

Wow, this dance was very well choreographed and the audience is clearly able to tell that this took a lot of time and effort.

Any chance that the dancer is an Arizonan dancer? She looks just like a dancer that was in a Community College's performance a few days ago.

Anyways, this was stunning, excellent job!

[delorasfarewell]

this is such a wonderful piece. i love the beautiful technical choreography intertwined with the grotesque type of moves (especially toward the end). lovely!

[KingXXIV]

This is a damn good piece.

[danumber1DON]

bravo!

[gumbionics]

Technically this is the best modern video I have seen on youTube. Congratulations, that's a helluva piece you have!

[MilliesMicrowaveMeal]

Wow, that was breathtaking. II Think this sort of dancing is so much more passionate than any other. but thts my opinion

[DanceTaps]

where's her tap shoes

[PeggyTulane]

Thanks so much for the nice commments, I really appreciate it!

[BchangingN]

Really awesome....inspiring!!!

Nice job!!!

[Dancefromyourheart]

Cool!

[volcanoesmeltyoudown]

this is really neat.