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  • Curiosity...how many moving heads are they using and what type are they??

  • Sorry,

    but neither synchronity, nor exacly performing to the beats.

    Why the audience screams that much,- I don´t know?

    Marc, from Germany

  • its shit already my nece dose better then this there seniors this shoulda been polished and better

  • @longhornandrew also, the lightshow is one of hte parts of zenith that people remember, besides the dancing, because westlake is so fortunate with their lighting. so of course they have the lightshow.

  • @longhornandrew you don't know what you're talking about. have you ever seen any other video besides this one, or have you seen them performing live in front of you? the westlake hyline is extremely talented. think before you speak.

  • I like it

  • Side Light would have been nice for this piece.

  • I see High End Technobeam GOBOs up top..

  • That was amazing. (:

    I love this song and they did a fantastic job dancing to it,

    And as for their faces, I do dance, your face has to go with the mood of the song. It is all about performance. If they were forced to do it...they wouldn't be there and would be sucking. They just looked to be good performers, not amateurs.

    Also; do you see how they are dressed? Obviously adding a dark touch as well.

    And instead of criticizing them, find something you liked or just don't comment.

  • ummmmmmmmm no ...FAIL:-(JUST WASTED MY TIME WATCHING THIS

  • Its true they arent suppused to be smiling we did this dance and we were suppused to look dead an NOT SMILING!

  • @alexxj220 I have to say the dance, while it might be good for a younger group of kids for seniors it's not the level you expect. Especially since most of them have been dancing all their lives. It's an insult to them and their talents. I danced for 6 years. And have run tech at a dance concert for a nationally recognized PA magnet. I know good choreography and this is not it.

  • The lighting is really cool. The dancing is pathetic. The dance 1 class did a piece to this song at out dance concert. I'm sorry to say it was a little bit better. More of a dance instead of a 'lets see how many different ways we can move across the stage' As seniors I expected better. The dance seniors piece was better than this in its worst performance.

  • this video is pure shit. Seriously i like feel sick now. fuck this im out!

  • To Forced, was more of a how much can we show off are big fancy stage, Or could be there is a big fancy stage yet horrible filming(go figure)

  • wow nice lighting. i bet the dancers didnt had their bfast ang lunch lmfao

  • kann des sein dass jeder tanz bei dem lied gleich is oO ?

  • This was fun to watch, but the lighting obviously cost a TON of money. It was cool, but honestly I wanted to see more technique and not something that resembled a rock concert. Well done, though!

  • there could be alot more energy in this performance...thats for sure

    

  • google Westlake Technical Entertainment Crew, it's freaking awesome what this high school does

  • The lighting design for that song is spectacular! This is a high school?

  • there's a way to perform and not be smiling and this is not it! sorry! i'm graduating with a dance BA from college! I know what I'm talking about! the lighting is great though!

  • there's a way to perform and not be smiling and this is not it! sorry! the lighting is great though!

  • @twodface Great things? really? So Tech Theatre students at Westlake have a qualified design teacher with plenty of field experience? (no, and students don't get to design anything) Poole doesn't play favorites? (oh yes he does). Strange didn't get a job at Westlake right after graduating college, despite not having any qualifications? (he did). Poole does what he thinks is best for his paycheck. He doesn't teach students. He doesn't care about students. He cares about his six-figure salary.

  • Non of them looked they wanted to be there, and I`m not saying this just by looking at the expressions on their faces. Their dancing just looked weak and lacked energy and I`m saying this as a fellow dancer.

  • Wow... I only had one shot in this whole song. Totally forgot about that.

    TEC has gone down the toilet, and Poole is the one that flushed it.

  • @Flatrocker512 are you joking.. mr. poole is doing amazing things for TEC.

  • The song is actually called Ramalama Bang Bang... not just Ramalama.

  • A Lady Gaga tune would have been more feasible for Seniors who are celebrating their last year as Hyline

  • @MediaFan81 Ya know... this was 2007.

  • wow hahaha my sister is in high school and i cant picture her there haha shes not someone who likes recital type things but sereously there all very good

  • The costumes were to distracting and the lighting was to dark to properly capture their dance. and it looks like that was way to many people to preform the dance. FAIL

  • my school did this too, :)

    

  • lacks umph

  • damn you have nice lighting equipment...are you sure this is a high school?

  • Flash to hide the trash...

  • shit when i was in high school our auditoriam was a piece of crap unlike this one

  • I could do this in my sleep and still be better then you guys

  • I guess in all honesty I think highline could do better. I know they can, I've seen them perform. I'm not bashing on westlake though, I go there. and Highline is AMAZING. but yeah, i think they could have done some more complex stuff.

  • so did you spend most of the schools funds on those lights... >.>

  • this is retarded. o_o;

  • Damn! This HS has money! I was hoping for something a little more upbeat but overall a fantastic job and such an awesome song! I'm addicted to it!

  • its too 2 dimesional and together it would have looked much better with cannons and groups and lifts. The only thing I was amazed by was the lighting. Whcih took away from the dancers.

  • nice lights though

  • Where is your love for dance? I felt nothing...sorry but thats just my opinion

  • so not amazing

  • this shit was whack. sorry dude, but it could have been waaaaaaaaay better.

  • I believe that the mood of the song is supposed to be sad. thats why there not relly smiling.

  • whoever is doing the lighting and effects for that show is amazing!

  • yea boring choreography

  • Dude... I'm sorry, but I am a dancer, back when I was in high school (not much money, not a really awesome dance program) we actually did the same song and it kicked this version's butt. I can see that your dancers have some technical skill but your choreography is just really dull. Where's the zombieness? Why don't I get chills when I watch this? You have awesome costumes, light, sound, there's no reason these dancers can't be scary-cool. With this song, it's so not hard to do!

  • Yaaaaawn!

  • This a well choreographed and thought out performance for its place in a high school exhibition, but what I was lacking was feeling. I got none from the dancers at all. There wasn't boredom , there wasn't dislike, there was just nothing at all. It may come across as a lack of energy because other than the movement there isn't anything to channel energy into so that the audience and see AND feel the performance. I looked great it just didn't feel like anything for me.

  • if its not a competition this school is rich as heck! they could no rather should put that money into the childrens education over their theatre or allow other less privledged schools to take the money they obviously dont need

  • They arent energetic enough....

  • just wanna say this is so amazing a good...im a dancer and this is really good and for all the people who have bad stuff to say lets see you get on that stage and do what they do

  • i fucking loved it

  • they did a great job...however i must agree they dont need to be smiling..its not a happy song lol but they should have used some facial expressions and not just blank dance mode stares.

  • boring.....

  • not the best but cool

  • they dont care what they are doing, their attitude is so blazay

  • I wanna know what a high school did to afford that lighting equipment. Those lights upstage floor mounted i can tell you right now mostly are only used by very large well funded tours. But yeah that's awesome dance and GREAT lighting

  • wow at 1:45 she looks like shes having a good time......NOT!!!!!!!!

  • awsome

  • amazing(: and i loveddd the song.!

  • proof that having a fancy stage setup with all kinds of lights just does not make it any better now matter how much you try that was the most lackluster thing ive ever seen and i feel guilty for saying so but the truth is the truth i feel bad for the few that i saw in there that were actually trying.

  • The lights were the best part. Enjoy what you're doing and if you are show it; it would've made everything more believable and enjoyable.

  • does every high school has a stage like this? I'm jealous!

  • Actually I thought it was very good and kept my interest going. Good light show.

  • I can't believe the low life people who are slamming these high school girls for not being perfect enough... Get a grip on life and appreciate that these high schoolers are doing something more with their lives than posting negative comments on You Tube.... I personally enjoyed the lights and sound, especially since it is being done by young people who are learning....

  • @damworthdancin, it's actually a normal public school. all the lights were done by students. Westlake is not what you would call "low budget"

  • The Dance Was Ok. Not Amazing But Not Bad. The Lights Seemed More Important Than The Dance.

  • Hot DVD Menu Action

  • omg this sucks soooooo bad.

    my dance class is working on a dance to this song right now and it is soooo much better than this boring shit

  • @alexfaith

    i dought you could do better. They probably worked hard on this. I hate people like you, people who think theyre better than everyone else. Your probably some ugly old cat lady. Get over yourself(:

    Have a nice day.

    -Deidara

  • They have no emotion in this dance; looks as if they're just going through the motions. Like they want to get it over with. It's boring watching it because they put no energy into it, or enthusiasm for that matter. Although the beginning was interesting, thought it was going to be really good. But it just fell apart from there :/

  • i agree :()

    sure the song isn't supposed to be happy, but they should have at least put more energy into it :(

  • wow this girls are not good. the lighting desing is the only good thing here

  • I was thinking the exact same thing

  • @MrLightingtech

    me too!!!

  • @MrLightingtech yyeee us techs know whats up hahaha

  • it's crap

  • the thing that makes this song good IS the un enthusiastic dance...

  • This is great, i did a similar one, but in cheerleading form haha, imma cheerleader, but great, i love the outfits btw :D

  • They look so bored

  • well they arent supposed to look happy? listen to the song.

  • ....they look so forceddd

  • Awesome! I love this song!

  • weak.

  • this is ok, but the 3 girls that danced at this for a middle school one were better

  • the dancers kinda don't have energy at all.... and they aren't even smiling. it kinda seems like they don't want to be there..

  • i ofc might be wrong.. i think they look like that because they take the song "into" the dance and the neither the songs lyric, nor text is very positive.

  • they were realy off in some parts.

  • they're not even smile... and not synchronously..pfffff

  • oh , and... i was more impressed by the lights .

  • wow, these dancers do NOT look like they wanna be there.. this is definitely NOT a highschool dance .. this is like competition

  • @dadxdancer82 wrong... its just a performance. listen to the lyrics and stuff the dancers are in the mode.. other performances they were smiling.. its just this one its not supposed to be happy

  • @monkey1 then they should have worked on a more emotional or scary face....not a bored 1! just sayin

  • @monkey1 'Not happy' should not equal 'bored out of your mind.' Even when dancers are supposed to look disinterested, doing absolutely nothing with your facial expressions doesn't read well and makes for poor performance quality.

  • @monkey1

    It's not just about looking happy. They aren't exciting. Thier movements aren't sharp.

  • @monkey1 being in the mood of the danc eis not smiling frowning its feeling the song they def. did not feel this song

  • @dadxdancer82 Thats cause it's Ramalama! Jeesh, have you ever watched the actual video? This is how they're supposed to look.

  • @dadxdancer82 I totally agree. They look so bored and lazy. The song is updeat and pumping and energetic and I would have wanted more poppy movements with some slow moments, not for the whole performance to look like a ballet turned into death. I don't want to be so harsh because, like them, I'm in high school, but there just wasnt nearly enough for me to get excited about with this mess.

  • @dadxdancer82 they have to look like that because the song :P but nice try

  • This is good dancing.... :)

  • So not a HighSchool Dance .. .

  • Whomever shot this video could've had more close ups on what the dancers were doing! W/ it zoomed out so much it was kinda hard to see what movements they were doing. They only did a close up on one girl-upper bod shot and med shot which was good.. it should've stayed that way!

  • o-o what kinda school is this ?!?!?!?

  • this is such an upbeat song, i think they could hae done more technique and more complex movements. and if they are SO amazing, they could do waay cooler things..

  • @rippinit155 Definitely agree, great dancers but the choreographer underestimated them a lot

  • yea the lightshow was better

  • @rippinit155 I agree... What you're seeing is terrible choreography. To see some amazing choreography for the same song, search "Ramalama Group Performance (HD)". It's from the TV show So You Think You Can Dance which would understandably have higher standards... but still...........

  • what kind of high schooll os this? ...a dance school?

    the choreography is pretty boring and you can tell the girls aren't professionally trained. but the concept is cool though and they are pretty together.

  • this is soooo awsome i learned a dance to this and i love it to death!!!!!

  • i agree witch wackyjackie! you guys could've done something better with such strong song!, this looks like begginers stuff and i can see you have potencial for much more! plus i could notice someone off the time, the lights are the one shinning instead of the dancers, keep it going i know you can handle something harder keep trying and it'll be extraordinary!!! congratulations anyway!

  • good choreography and they pulled off the technical stuff but they had like zero energy

  • damn i could dance better...

  • Just shows of the lighting design, not the dancers.

  • Lol yeah sorry I meant Hightschool I guess the Americans just fit better lighting in theyre schools that we do here in the UK.

  • @1986AEF this school seems to have a large amount of money compared to everywhere else in the USA

  • I find it weird that HS students would even know who Roisin Murphy is.

  • The lighting in this video was fantastic and considering this is a college Im shocked normally you have a couple of dusty old analog lights with electrics from the 60s in colleges but this is far from that. the dancing i have to say is a different matter however, I think these girls have potential but they need to get more active, rigid and have much better coriography (apologies for spelling of coriography).

  • @1986AEF its a highschool! we have newer stage lights at my school but we have no rotating dobos

  • dobos lol

  • AMAZING!!!!!

  • i think for a dance to this song, it could either be a really advanced dance done by professionals, or a basic dance done by people who are new to dancing. i dont think it fits they style of dance they were doing either. with such strong percussion, the moves should've been more solid and rigid. but hey, you guys have alot of talent :)

  • not a good choreo for this song:)

  • Our dance team (the same one featured in this video) is actually very very good, but it was not particularly shown in this video. And Zenith has become a light show with dance rather than a dance performance with good lights.

  • weird... bad song choice. the girls look like they have a lot of potential but it seems like they're being held back. great job on lights!

  • talk about shrooms..

  • good lighting, sexy ladies. but the dancing... needs alot of work

  • not good dance.light show is on the good level.!!

  • the lighting is kind of amazing for something for high school. but the dance itself was not choreographed in a particularly interesting way and the girls have technique, but lack energy.

  • yea I agree... not too much skill to this. Its just a bunch of girls prancing around in dark fairy costumes. Check out mine. It'll be published in a day or two.

  • it's okay...it could've been cooler if they gave it a story and there were more people doing different things.

  • i think that if the people enjoyed watching the dance, then it has done its job

  • our ramalama dance was way betta than this

  • they look totally uninterested. like- totally no feeling whatsoever.

  • that it true.....

  • mot that good

  • where was this preformed????????

  • this is really wack. they have such good equipment. they couldnt do better?

  • oh come on fun song to dance to you need to have more fun and get rid of the sad faces

  • good technique, not much variation though... didnt have much emotion, but waas good... looked like u were just counting the minutes till u could get off stage, didnt look like u were into it at all...

  • the end is very nice! like it. maybe that the whole act is not that high quality...

  • there is technique

    but the whole performance lacks character

    ..sure they dress the part...but they're not acting/or dancing it.

  • its one thing to do the moves.... another to dance them

  • this is rather stupid to be honest....

    lights were good though

  • that lighting programmer sure knows how to program those lights :)

  • I can only imagine that their techies are essentially getting pro experience and have someone there that is more than competent teaching them how to use the equipment. If I remember right they were using a Whole Hog III (saw it in another vid). it is pretty easy to get lost in the extra features.

  • lights were better than what was actually going on .. sorry .

  • ive never seen a more bored dance troupe...ever!

    lighting show was awesome though!

  • how much money does this school have...those lights are so expensive!

  • Sorry Ladies Payed more attention to the Lighting

  • they have good coreoriphi but they don't put their personalities into it. that's what makes it suck ass.

  • damn they suck ass

  • This video is not AWESOME! There is no facial expression from any of the girls! This is not a good routine at all! I'm a judge for a national dance competition. The girls are good, the choreo sucks!

  • well it depends on the concept of the choreographer they probably saw a dark theme so they worked with it

  • The dancing itself was good, everyone was on time, but that's for jazz routines.  If you're going to do this type of dance, you can't be afraid to be weird!!!

  • worst ever ramalama...worst

  • Ugh. Even if I had not seen Wade's version, I would have voted this poorly on the dance. Now, the light show...that was cool, but the dancing did NOT match the music..period. Needed more Twyla if they were going to do a group dance.

  • At least there was one tripple-pirouett, but the dance was lame

  • this is the worst one i have ever seen.

  • they are bored to death!! to much ballet for the type of song it is.

  • It wasn't good. they looked bored not dead. the routine did not go with the music at all. it should have been more popping and isolations than ballet.

  • you were off beat, out of time, unentergetic, and the choreography was very weak and it lacked so much. sorry, you could have done better.

    1/5

  • the dancing was to light for the song

  • wow,this really SUCKS!!

  • "*** update**** tot he people who says it looks forced and there not smiling.. well its not that you should see there other songs more energetic and fun its the type of dancing"

    ...you could at least have some type of facials...performance quality sucked! im sorry, there is looking dead and there is looking bored, and everyone looks so bored! Have intensity in your eyes and movements...it looks lazy and not very well performed...so you think you can dances version is soo much better.

  • the only thing I really liked about the performance was the lights and I thought the outfits were cute.

  • nobody had any energy in their movement...

    i get that its not a happy, energetic dance, but it looked really boring. like they were unsure of themselves.

    and they could have had SOME sort of facial expression

  • That was pretty bad they need to wach the dance that was done on so you think you can dance now that was awsome.

  • god, this is boring!

  • i thought the lights were cool