Dance Moms: Is it a :) or :( ?

If you haven't heard of the reality tv show Dance Moms, then you are missing out. Although it is one of the most ridiculous shows ever, I think it's interesting to compare the kids who dance on it to the kid's who dance at our school. To sum it up, Dance Moms is a show staring Abby Lee Miller's dance company in Pittsburgh where each week a group of girls go out to competitions and perform. Ms Miller's tactics when it comes to teaching choreography have been criticized ever since the first Dance Moms episode released but through all the drama and craziness, somehow the girls are able to win lots of prizes and are happy (mostly) in the end. The reason why I'm talking about this is because the other day I saw Abby Miller's company perform a dance called, "The World Is Ours" and I just saw how generally repetitive and boring it was. Obviously the girls on Dance Moms have much more technique and are constantly training compared to students at school, but when I see the dances we do, I find them so much more meaningful and interesting. For example, the dance "Wade in the Water" that we learned is about slavery. However in Dance Moms they've danced based off of stories of waiting for a dentist and kids not being able to go to sleep because they are scared of monsters. I'm not trying to criticize Dance Moms, but what I'm really trying to say is that the dance we do at school makes us very lucky students. Dance Moms isn't about sense but impressing judges. At 447 we are about creativity and relevant messages that matter. To conclude, if you haven't realized yet how fortunate we as students are to not only get the dance education that we do but how what we dance matters to this world, go watch an episode of Dance Moms on YouTube and you can see. Thanks for reading this post!