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KahnNE26

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David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« on: September 25, 2011, 11:53:46 AM »

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Hello everyone, since I watched David Elsewhere's no-bone dancing clip, I've heard many many people said that his dancing styles is Liquid, but when I watch some Liquid dancing I think that can't be the same, so please can anyone tell me is that Liquid or is that something else ? And what exactly is that kind of no-bone dancing style called ? Waving, Liquid, Raven, Snaking or what ? And where can I find tutorial for that dance style so I can combine it with Liquid, those moves looks so amazing for me  *_* So is there anyone knows about this dance style ?
P/s I'm from Vietnam and so sad that very few dancer follow Liquid here  QQ And sorry for my bad English too  =)
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2011, 12:06:50 PM »

Liquid is a dance that involves a relationship between appendages (usually arms/hands) and relies upon the manipulation and tracing of space (similar to miming).

David Elsewhere performs various styles of dance including Popping, Waving, Gliding and Animation but I'd be hardpressed to call any of it Liquid (although that won't stop his videos from being number one hits on Youtube for Liquid Dancing :-/).
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2011, 04:52:37 PM »

Elswere is doing a hibrid style of Waving , ..............whoever posted his clip as Liquid does not understand Liquid dance , also that clip is been out from begining of youtube and has many hits because Elswere has some meen floorworrk ,the top part of his dance without footwork is his own way of waving , you have to be creful what you learn now on youtube , there is tons and tons of misinformation , .........................so cehck out youtube floasis on what is liquid and learn that and than mix it with Elswere . But learn what liquid is and what is not .
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2011, 04:55:22 PM »

also talk to experiance dancers 5 ,6 10 years and ask opinons on how they feel about  Elswere style , dont go by youtube to much fan base and idolatry , you will ghet some intresting opinions
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2011, 05:44:03 PM »

David Elsewhere has called his style a mix of styles, including liquiding. Waving isn't necessarily "liquiding" though it compliments the style rather well.


Let me put it this way: Waving can be called Liquiding, but just because you're a Waver doesn't mean you can be called a Liquid Dancer. I consider Wavers like Elsewhere and Waveomatic "Liquid Dancers" because of the flow with which they perform their waves, not because they wave. Also, Elsewhere's style is not limited to his waves and "liquid flow," he does a lot of different styles and fuses them together, switching between his more fluid style and his more robotic,popping style. So not everything you see by him is necessarily "Liquiding,"
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2011, 06:31:00 PM »

I'm not sure what Elsewhere calls his style or what it should be called, but no, it is not liquid.
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2011, 08:27:13 PM »

I'm not sure what Elsewhere calls his style or what it should be called, but no, it is not liquid.

At least not all of it. I think to say that nothing he does in his dance clips is liquiding is rather arrogant, just as it is arrogant to assume that everything he incorporates into his style are liquiding techniques or that he does them with the intention of creating "Liquding style."

David is definitely a waver, as well as many other things such as popper or a robot dancer, but that doesn't mean nothing he does is liquid. Tiny bots and waves and glides with his liquiding, but that doesn't make him any less of a Liquid dancer.

But I agree that to post Elsewhere's clips labeling the whole of his own original and PERSONAL style as "Liquid," as if to suggest that the whole of what he does in them, particularly his viral vids, is how Liquiding is done is misleading.
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2011, 11:48:29 AM »

ALso Elwere can be considred a Bboy to , but he is not so we need to look at the styles that he mixed in and understand what he is doing . Misleding calling him aLiquid Dancer.........he dont even calllshimself a Liquid Dancer
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Re: David Elsewhere no-bone dance style is Liquid, isn't it ?
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 04:25:19 PM »

Perhaps the best way to put it is this: Elsewhere mixes Liquiding with a lot of other stuff into an original hybrid style but you can't call him any one thing over the other?

We shouldn't be ashamed that a great dancer like Elsewhere gets attention for Liquiding, but Elsewhere shouldn't be labeled anything he doesn't himself claim to be. He was influenced by Liquiding and many other styles but there are plenty of other dancers that focus on a more specifically fluid and Liquid style than he does that are a bit more deserving of being Liquiding's poster boy(s) or girl(s). However, Elsewhere is a good example of Liquiding's wider influence and evolution.
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