Wade in the Water Dance

[akil13]

ugh...i'm so embarassed by these comments, good job ladies

[x0slamdancer0x]

bunch of white girls dancing to wade in the water...

[SonicSupremeSGT3]

@whatacutie614 Dang! What a beautiful piece! I did a dance to the same song, but too bad I did it to the Mary Mary version with four Lyrical Dancers and I am a Popper, Locker, B-girl, Uprocker, House Dancer, Liquid Dancer, and Krumper.

[LaRocqueBey7]

Your roots are in the caucus mountains not Africa..this video is insulting.

[hilligus]

@LaRocqueBey7 you are paraphrasing—and poorly I might add—the junk science of a guy who divided all of humanity into Caucasian (which included Northern Africans), Mongolian, American, Malayan and Ethiopean. That same guy who came up with the "Caucasian race" idea also claimed that the Caucasus Mountain region was the birthplace of humanity. He was wrong, of course, as are you.

[aDREanaTALK]

If I were commenting on a Lyrical Dance competition, then I would say that this dance is passable. But I really dislike when Lyrical and Ballet dance studios try to emuluate the dance style of Alvin Ailey, or dance to songs like this. This dance simply does not do justice to the symbolism and meaning behind the song, or the original Alvin Ailey dance piece. The ladies in this piece did a fine job, but it hurts to see Ailey tainted like this.

[kaylynwantspeace]

Do you know who sang this version of the song?

[peacheslovesjesus]

I understand about the passion, but unless one of these young ladies are the chroeographer, they are probably dancing like they were told how to...Yall did beautiful. Jesus is LORD!

[ykglcta]

lol

[kinddude]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful dance. There are so many moments of beauty, dignity, solemnity. The sequence that began with "Looked over yonder, what did I see.." was brilliant.

This is a well know spiritual. What you did was interpret it in your own way, and for that, I applaud you.

Great art belongs to everyone. And it is wonderful to see it is appreciated by everyone.

Thank you.

[hedodawg26]

i agree that dance knows no color and thats not what we are talking about here so do not bring color to the table however as a dancer myself one knows that a certain kind of passion must be shown to fit that dance to bring it to Life ,and i must say you all are great dancer, also great choreography but needed a bit more passion/drama. never the less you all great

[chasta1]

White girls worked it out.

[20000000000chic]

gret

[MJluver5555555]

woah cool!!! i could like never do that if my life depended on it!!! :)

[mykiesr3]

this was good but this is an African-American experience. do you really know the deal!!!!!!!!!!! you guys are just moving around where's the feeling, the real emotion, anyone can dance, but to feel it and understand it, it's awhole nother level.

[b4lue35]

I totally agree you're just dancing...there's no passion behind it

[blessedzb]

@mykiesr3 if you want to be "real" then let's talk about the fact that "wade in the water" is a BIBLICAL EXPERIENCE; and if these young ladies were moved by what Ailey put out there then so be it. Grace and talent are placed within many within God's creation. Yes, we African American are a very demonstrative people, full of rhythm and soul, but how horrible and unloving thing to say. How would you feel to here someone say and African American ballerina cannot dance Swan Lake. Good job ladies.

[reginaholic]

Dance has no color

It is an expression of the soul and a universal feel for each other

[jazzboo1993]

does anybody know who sings this

[29psalm]

anybody can sing or dance to whatever music(or none) they choose. if you know anything about Ailey, whose influence is all in this piece, he saw dance as a universal art form, which is why he called it Alvin Ailey AMERCICAN Dance Theatre! one of the company's strengths is that it represents America, which is all people. read dance history for yourself!

blessings

[29psalm]

AMERICAN is spelled incorrectly. but the point is still, that Ailey did not feel this way about dance, and that was not his philosphy.

[browniegurl4eva]

white chicks fun ny but yall gud

[keljones31]

I KNOW what importance this song holds for them. I'm trying to say that dancing shouldn't be divided into groups for who CAN and who CAN't dance to a certain song. It's like saying, "You can't do a dance to the I Have A Dream speech, because your not black" How about just putting a ban on all elementary schools who sing antislavery songs like "Free at Last" and "Follow the Drinking Gourd" ? So don't even go saying i'm some white washed fool.

[keljones31]

dancers shouldn't be limited to the color of their skin or what their culture is.

[keljones31]

wow. i thought this dance was quite beautiful. and to those who stated otherwise, i didn't see the "european ballet" structure holding the dance back. i saw movement and expression. it looked more like a contemp/lyrical piece to me-NOT classical ballet. i though a bit more expression could have been used but it was truly great. and personally, i don't understand why black people may only dance to this music. i mean, that is really arrogant in my opinion. its a moving song-religion and culture

[LhunGalad]

You obviously don't know the history of the song to make such a white-washed statement like that. Google the song and meaning it has for black people. Arrogant? Fool please!

[nmwoo89]

I would also like to say some things besides the idea of having an open mind with culture. The dance was beautiful and you guys did well with staying together. It was very fluid and moved with the music. Nice form and composition!! The turns and extensions were beautiful!

[kelliS5S5]

Yes, having an open mind to different interpretations is a good thing. Completely taking a work out of context is something entirely different. This is an African-American experience and ought to be expressed that way no matter who the dancers are. It's sanitized with no hint of the soul that the work is intended to have.

[nmwoo89]

I disagree. That was beautiful! I've seen the Ailey version as well. It is incredible, but I don't think there is anything wrong with trying a different style. Everyone has different interpretations of things, and there is nothing wrong with that. That is why people are so beautiful and culture is beautiful. We respect each other by learning about each other and experiencing cultures other than our own.

[kelliS5S5]

Umm...either get a black choreographer to teach you the Ailey method or don't not try this again. This dance simply does not work with European ballet forms. This was simply a travesty.

[LhunGalad]

Thank you! It doesn't make sense that white people would sing/dance this song. It doesn't fit. Ballet has no soul and this soul is from the soul.