Searra Pettit - I Shall Not Be Moved - Hall of Fame Regional

[leaperforlife]

i loved this dance and the song you are a very beautiful dancer.

[PETITFIN]

Awsome job. Simply Amazing. Wish I could have been there to view it in person.

[DancerCritique]

Very good dancer. I really wish that she would have saved this dance for when she was a little older. I love the dance for her but it is a mature piece and while she is perfect for it I would have loved to see her do it when she was maybe 15 or 16.

[SydandLshow1234]

like the song kinda bored me

[badstuff1963]

the woman talking sounds like oprah.

and searra is amazing.

[dancedevil94]

she is amazing!!!! Was the leap at 1:28 supposed to be a side leap or was it supposed to be a backwards leap....cause in her party girls routine, their back leaps werent that high. This one seemed like just a side leap with her her torso facing the side........either way this girl is super amazing!!!!!!

[wolffgirl579]

Those are called second jumps

[ApAcBaBy95]

who sings this ? i love the song .

and this dance is justt way too ahmazing .

[luv4unicorns72]

shes really good and has technique better that a lot of other girl from this competition.

[georgiakick]

Amazing:)

[aliceeejoy]

i'm sure if you're watching this and you know nothing about the art of dance, you will think this is boring and not dancing. this is dancing. this is beautiful.

[dancinfool21]

i think this song is to mature dor this dance... but dont get me wrong she is an ammazing dancer!!

[dancamey123]

omg at 2 min when she stands up like tht.. amazing1 luv this!

[DanceWhore88]

yeah that is really wonderful! I wish I could dance like that!

[CheetoPuffGurl]

AMAZINGGGG=]=] have this video in my favorites lubb thiss dance

[cmdancer77]

searra is so amazing i watch this dance all the time she has amazing technique and so much emotion i love watching her dance and amanda. we need more recent videos of them on here;)

[born2dancexster]

I first i thought this song was anoying but she is 2 talented top care about the song! This is so AMAZING!!! GREAT!!

[Xx15DANCEr4LIFE15xX]

at first i thought the song was annoying. BUT-before you start critisizing- when i saw this video i keep watching it over and over agian! she is so talented and if someone has a rude comment about this dance then they have never seen dancing in their life!!

keep up the good work!

[fruitpunchrox]

pretty good routine- but really annoying song

[CitricLemon92]

Shes teriffic.

[rmmc4life]

i know this girl she used to dance at oceanside dance academy way long ago like five of six years? i forgot but i used to dance with her, oda sucked! i have to say she got better and so did i

[dancedevil94]

shes like only 12...you guys mustve been really young when you danced together..

[TylahLee]

she is 11 this yr

[Laquandra910]

maybe its somebody else your thinking of cause her name isnt oda...

[xxlauraloo88xx]

oda stands for oceanside dance academy!

[o0Timtam0o]

Amazing!!!!

[dancedevil94]

O My God this gurl is so amazing. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PPL HAVENT PUT UP MORE VIDEOS OF HER DANCING. i wish i had a routine like that

[sjag153]

pretty good dancer but needs to work on her turns. amazing russians and kicks though!

[dancedevil94]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

[amazingannx13]

anyone have more videos on searra

[Dancernoah21]

SnickeyyyAsk i cant believe you would say something like that. how racist can you be?!?!?! she is amazing it doesnt matter what race she is you cant honestly say she is bad. i love this dance and think she is a gorgeous dancer!!!!!!!!!! keep up the good dancing

[dancingqueen2442]

WOOOOOOOW she does not have huge feet! are you that retarded? this girl is incredible for any race! who cares if she is colored? she is one of the best dancers i have ever seen in my life! Her emotions are really realistic and each movement she does has a lot of control and technique. you idiot for noticing her feet and color first and not how truly gifted she is! how racist can you get?

[SnickeyyyAsk]

what's up with this fuckin black girl.

she aint good.

fuck oprah.

she has huge feet.

[litagirl4567]

amazing

[katieTHEdancer]

that was to irenethecutie

she is retarded.

[dAnCeRx09x]

wow! that was moving! great coreography! searra is great!(:

[valentinaaaaaax3]

so amazing at such a young age .

[KTdancer543]

amazing! facials are totally realistic

[jonasislifexo3]

so powerful beautiful dancer! and excellent performer i loved it

[Xninadancex]

this is beautiful to watch:) sierra is gifted as a dancer;)

[july4teenth]

omg that was amazing! ive seen other dancers try to do something similar, but never this good!

[itsKatherineOMG]

o wow.. shes amazing!

[georgiakick]

woow does anyone no where i can get this song i need it for musical song.

love this dance shes amazing, my favourite young dancer.x

send me a message if u no where 2 get this song or write back on here x

Georgie ♥

[kerryfairy1]

Stanley Clarke, "i shall not be moved" from the album "1,2,to the bass".

This is such a beautiful and meaningful dance! I agree, she's a beautiful dancer!

[katieTHEdancer]

this is oprah she was in the movie The Color Purple

she's so amazing and emotional

[9TinyDancer4]

Oprah would be proud..amazing!

[SarahStacey]

omg.

her movements and facials are like, amazing to say the least.

and shes only 10!

iloveitttt. :)

[moorockindancer]

what did this dance score at competitions???

[Judelva]

I have seen some amazing performances in my life, but this child has not only managed to make me burst into tears, she has left me dumbstruck with awe. Her movements expressed the content of the narration perfectly, and left me shaking with emotion. That doesn't happen often. I can't thank you enough for sharing this video, because I never would have had the honor of seeing it, had you not. Well done!!!

[dancedevil94]

well said....... i couldnt have said it better myself

[lives2dance424]

this dance is absolutely amazing! It is so captivating! I loved the music. It really allowed you to show lots of emotion, which you did. You have got to be one of the greatest young dancers I have ever seen!

[o0Timtam0o]

Dancing is great she is very talented but I cant stand the music!

[DanceWhore88]

F**KING BRILLIANT *claps* That was the most beautiful solo I have seen so far on youtube. So many dancers rely on turns and technique and forget about emotion. This girl has the whole package.

I loved the dance and the music. The movement was very expressive and did this song justice. Amazing job!! *sniffs*

[irenethecutie99]

I think she is a good dancer but...this is just not a good dance at all......

[luvevryonexoxoxo]

well apparently ur not a dancer......

stop looking so much at what u think she should be doing and look at how shes doing her moves and expressing it.

if u cant see it. dont ever try dance u wont ever completely understand the feeling and emotion of ur movements.

[irenethecutie99]

excuse me, I have been dancing my whole life!!! Im just saying that I dont like it an I can speek my oppinion, so shutup.

[luvevryonexoxoxo]

ummm....dont tell me to shut up.

yah u can speak ur opinion and u did.

and so did i.

apparently ur just not mature or professional enough to take critisism.

[irenethecutie99]

whatever!

[katieTHEdancer]

well your an idiot because she did amazing and the choreography expressed the song and her emotions were amazing.

so get a life you know nothing about dance.

[Verre77]

she´s dancing very good...but the music is bad....

[bubziebooie]

How can you say this dance is bad its amazing she expresses herself perfectly sooo awsome!!!

[lauraaaa163]

she talented but this dance is bad

[avondaleblondie1]

at 2:26, what does the song/ diolague say?

[erinisadancerr]

um. youre a good dancer. but when you did a la secondes your leg "scooped" and i thought it was too repititve. but it was good. what place did you get?

[schafesss07]

she's young, get off her back.

[MandT4eva]

omigosh i can`t stop watching this!!!!!!

[dancexbcls]

omg amazinggg!!!! i love how its not just turns and leaps like some dances

[showbizcutie3490]

incredible!!!

[luckyreg]

OH MY GOSH!! that was amazing for anyone to dance to!! incredible for a 10 year old!!! why doesnt the crowd go wild!?!?!

[noahbuiltark]

She was born to dance!!!!! Whoa!

[katieTHEdancer]

omg she is so good

it is not really a song... it is a story

i love it!

[hersheyluva]

thats the point.......its a lyrical

[schafesss07]

it's spoken word :)

[cutsie5666]

i can't believe after all that the crowd doesn't go wild..i mean there are people cheering but it's kinda weak

[xoNickJonasxo16]

hey who did this song cause i looked it up on itunes and it wasant there....there were a lot of "i shall not be moved" songs

[dancingopie]

wow! it is a very hard song to dance to. And for a 10 year old to do it....wow

[momsdancingrl]

somuch potential, and excpecially for age 10.

keep it up, your amazing!

[pinkeypie16]

this is a hard song to dance to its not really a song...really good job!!

[kdfrts]

yer there should be alot more videos of her! u go girl!

[lilmisssicecream]

Its like this whole dance was made up on the spot, it's like she just danced her emotions out right there. It was so beautiful and amazing and just breathtaking

[mfmDancer4ever]

what did she get for this? its so good

[caiti3izurgurl]

she is really amazing.

i wish i had that much talent in dance moves.

i wish i had that much emotion.

wow!

i'm probably am as flexible as her and i'm really working on it but it prolly doesn't hurt her at all.

she does everything, and makes it look so easy for her.

anyways.

she's AWESOME!!!

[kissmexo]

for such a young age she has amzing emotion and the coreo is amazing with the wordss. i loved it!!

[juliasgurl727]

hey Sierra its maackeenzie Gaurano!! frmo oDa well ur a really good dancer

[rebeccapaws]

Hi everyone....the song is Stanley Clark and it is called I shall not be moved from his album 1,2, to the bass. Finally found it!

[dancenfool02]

this girl has the insane talent and emotion of a true dancer

[CuteBlondie22]

who sings that song???

[smileygirly0510]

You know i think a reason that people give Amanda Ocampo all the credit of being a real good dancer is because there is more videos of her on youtube if more people saw Searra's dancing maybe they would give credit to Searra to... but don't get me wrong Amanda Ocampo is just as amazing as Searra is and i wish i could dance about half as well as they can, so if anyone has any Searra videos post them!! everyone would love to see them!!

(just putting in my two sense i may be wrong.)

[smileygirly0510]

this girl is amazing, i want to see more videos of her

[aek1592]

yur emotion into the dance is insane. snaps for you!!!

[erdtluver]

wow...that's really beautiful. She does a great job. :)She has an amazing amount of emotion in her dancing.

[dancergirl259]

great emotion, technique and choreography

very touching peice!

[lilmisssicecream]

I dont know why everyone gives credit to Amanda Ocampo and not Searra. Searra puts so much more emotion and feeling into her dances and she doesnt just do tricks all the time. Searra's dancing isn't just amazing, it's actually beautiful to watch

[leighholtz]

oh yes... everyone is saying how great amanda is, don't get me wrong she is good, but searra is very good also, her technique, emotion, and everything she does is just amazing. GREAT JOB SEARRA

[alleshasha]

i agree, I much prefer to watch Searra, I think she is amazing.

how old is she?

[balletchick9088]

HOW CAN A 10 YEAR OLD HAVE THAT MUCH EMOTION??

it gives me the chills!!

she is amazingggggg

&hearts

[dancingqueenama]

I saw this girl at another dance competition and her jazz solo got 1st in the category and she got 2nd in the lyrical category. Her jazz solo was very good and entertaining.

[MandT4eva]

this is great, she is so amazing how did she do?

[dancinggirlox]

she is amazing she pulls of this dance and song soo well =]

[lilmisssicecream]

2:00 onwards is just amazing

[missshorty02]

she is a beautiful performer.

this is a beautiful dance.

=]

[DanceFinatic]

Hey born2preform you should so enter Searra in 'Youdancechanles' latest dance contest.. beacuse this dance is truly inspiring

[powderblue12]

this girl is amazing. she dances like a professional already. so much emotion. love this piece. great job darlin.

[DANCiiNxJENNA]

no offense or anything...but her feet are huge.

[dancer4mkr]

omg shut up! shes a GREAT dancer.

[dereonjeans735]

no their not... she iz 10 years old

she's not supposed 2 have size 3 feet.

she is not a little person

[MandT4eva]

no they r not, and even if they were, who cares??

[patriotsgirl165]

where can u find this song??\

amazing job :]

[dancerbabyyy]

sdfklajsdlkfjalsd :)

good job

[technicolor444]

do she and amanda ocampo go to real school, or do they do the tutoring thing, and dance full time? whatever they are doing, they are unbelieveable.

[rememberto4get]

amazing!!!! the song is really mature for her but she pulled it off really good. the only thing i would say is at 1:22 in her plie she is sickling she needs to keep her heels forward...but other then that it was very good.! =]

[WhaleSperm]

at first I wasn't sure what was happening until I started paying attention to what they were saying and then understood exactly what she was doing, for someone who's not used to this type of thing I find it beautiful.

[emiliadawl]

that was amazing for a 10 year old. such a mature song for that age but she portrayed it amazingly. definitely my favourite from hall of fame that year

[xxZebraGirlxx]

Well!

I think it's VERY commendable that she managed to dance to that - how on Earth did she count it?? I'm very impressed, and for someone as young as her to be able to show such real emotions... That's amazing.

Good on her!

[zenieris]

why did she keep on bending down at first it was kinda wierd

[Neely17]

lol i agree, if i saw i was dancin against her, i would jus hed back home boi! lol

[dancer4477]

how many hours does this girl spend at the studio?

[napoleon413]

Im going to guess she dances all night every night!

[Daxer03]

That was awsome! I feel bad for whoever competes against her haha! shes great..

[CrazyKnC]

She is an awsome dancer. Her costume is really cute also

[lucidreamboy]

Excuse me people Youre missing thwe beauty if you just look at the technical persdpective.Give it up for CREATIVITY.

[lucidreamboy]

WOW GIRL that was awesome.

[xxsubskaitlinxx]

this shit is deep.

real good.

[ryedancer326]

that gave me chills...

great job!

[xXxDanceLuverxXx]

WORK! i love this its actually dancin get it girl!

[luckynumber35]

no offence but the kick at 1:30 is horrible!

[cutsie5666]

dude, that kick was obviously supposed to be concaved...clearly u haven't taken lyrical before

[xXxDanceLuverxXx]

it was a stylized kick it wasnt supposed to be all straight pointed and beautiful

[DanceMadness]

Um no it wasnt is was perfect for exactly the type of kick she was doing

[DanceMadness]

Oh yeah haha.. Wat they sed ^^^ lol

[dancinnchiccah]

uh. that wasn't supposed to be a perfect, straight, usual kick. that kind of uniqueness is what makes this dance incredible. gosh.

[DanceMadness]

No it wasnt

[DanceMadness]

She wouldnt have put her head down toward her knee if it was supose 2 be straight

[dancerr221]

luckynumber35 that was a perfect kick...u obviously dont have good dance training if u don't know what stylization, comtemporary, or modern dancing is

[luckynumber35]

How can u dance to this, she is good though

[dancechick1414]

this girl is soooo amazing!!! i love her emotion in this dance!!! amazing work!!!

[rawrkuszka]

absolutely amazing. when i watch dances like this it inspires me so much

[iHEARTdance1234]

wow shes awesome!!!! i cant believe she has only been dancing for 3 years

[dancinnchiccah]

boy that was something ! :]

[DanceFavorites]

One of my favorites...

[GilmoreGirl2468]

love all of it, amazin emotion

[mlicamele]

My guess...yes the poem is Maya Angelou, but I'm pretty sure the reading is by Oprah. Listen to it again and you'll see what I mean. The voice itself isn't Maya, not a deep enough resonating tone. Anyone find the background music yet???

[DCJcheer]

thats not Oprah's voice

[patriotsgirl165]

amazing...

[danzislife]

i have never gotten chills watching someone this young until now.

[isabelleng93]

i love all of it. including her hair. XD

[DanceMadness]

Gosh Shez amazing

[razorgenius67]

holy shit!

[newyoricannyc]

omg i danced at this regional

[OakaiRuyas]

Holy fuck...

[Neely17]

its a poem by maya angelou :), she does other gr8 poems bout black people, slavery and stuff! shes gr8 :D

[xxlauraloo88xx]

i love this dance i think shes amazing and she puts so much into it :)

[selenaoctavia]

does anyone knows who sings?

[StarfireDancer01]

this is maya angelou shes a black woman who writes stories and poems about hardships that black americans have overcome. I know this because i studied her for my black history month paper =)

[woopidi]

her dancing is amazing!

but the choreography was in appropriate for the poem... especially the releve turns in the middle of it!

[speedingclock]

Good job, absolutely great, good flexibility, great choreography... however, weak ending.

-Sparkleseller, I agree with you at the point where her 'emotion' was ridiuclous. I personally think she was not convincing whatsoever in that department.

[volleybabe71]

omg i went to the same exact comp with u i saw u recieve the 1st place overal award u r great! ps i recieved 4th

[inlovewithdance26]

Hey Searra its Victoria!! I miss you already :( You are so amazing and you are the sweetest person EVER. I LOVE YA!!!

[hlf2560]

Did she move studios? If so, where'd she go?

She's great!!!!!

[inlovewithdance24]

No I met her a dance entinsive

[dancer4lifex333]

sierra babby you are amazing... love you so much!

[xXxDanceLuverxXx]

also great emotion!! :)

[xXxDanceLuverxXx]

ur amazing! it gave me chills when u did the hand stand thing that was cool!

[SprinkleSeller]

I found the choreography redundant... She is very good, I'll agree with you there, and I think she does this well- but, come on, she's 10. How can she be really 'feeling' this at 10? I don't want to say she isn't feeling it at all, but I'm pointing out that I doubt her emotion is genuine.

But she is very good.

[razorgenius67]

well it obviously is because she's never been through slavery in her life... well that's what I'm inferring at least, but it's not like any 10 year old in the United States would ever really feel how it was like to be treated as a slave, so you sort of got to judge the emmotion a little bit easier than the dancing because emmotion while dancing is a very hard task to manage, especially if it's such a deep emmotion like this one...

[thestars300]

Very much agree with you :]

[Neely17]

any1 know where i can find this background music/ poem to download ?

[xodanceprincessxo]

really good dancer,but the song isn`t pretty enough for the routine.

[AshleyTizROXS]

It's not a song, it's a poem. It's by a famous poet named Maya. I don't know where the music came from because it didn't come with the poem but you really need to listen to it a couple more times to know what it's REALLY talking about.

[boomer5252]

this is such a cool dance- it's so different and captivating. Great job!!

[blawndchicka]

ur amazing im ur age ur pretty good

[simplejess22]

amazing! .. she did a duet with amanda ocampo or w.e they did soo good together!

[blawndchicka]

omg ur amazing hey look up evan anderson cheoragraphy to fire thos eare my sisters