In my previous blogs I stated the inappropriateness of dancing done by young girls aged 7-9. The first blog was about a
video the girls had done to
Beyonce's "Single Ladies." The
other done by a few of the same girls to the song "My Boyfriend's Back." Both videos were outrageous, showing the talent of the young girls through mature eyes. Little girls should remain little girls. The maturity level based on the dance was nowhere near age level. The parents, let alone the choreographer should have never let these girls believe the way they are dancing and are dressed is acceptable.In Beyonce's music video, the backup dancers along with Beyonce are more covered than the 7,8, and 9 year old girls; Beyonce is 29.
The girls in the controversial videos have disgruntled the view of young girls in dance and the dance community. A dance studio owner named
Katie Hignett stated, "I am disgusted that this smut receives high scores at competitions. It gives dance a bad name." Why should these young girls receive praise with high scores at competitions? According to dance executive vice president,
Larry Peters, for the Hozman group and the dance completion the girls did nothing wrong. “"It was the very first WOD event I had ever attended, and I can tell you the cheering and screaming you heard on the video was from other parents and dance teams that were just blown away by their dance performance and precision. There was NOTHING provocative about what they were doing."How can a grown man openly admit that? It really makes you think about just WHO the girls were performing to. If a grown man from the dancing community has nothing bad to say about the performance, who do the children go to know their actions aren’t appropriate? The amount of desensitization in the adult community, for example Peters, is what is wrong with this whole picture. If the choreographer and parents would have put their foot down against the inappropriateness of the situation there would be no controversy.
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