The Ecology of Street Dance: an Informal Observation

Ever wondered how your favourite dancers got so good? How did it even happen?

Every dancer's individual journey is different, but in Street Dance there are certain similarities -- and the only way to understand a dancer's journey is to place them in context of that system of Street Dance.

This video is an informal ethnography of the Street Dance system and its components; there might be some variations due to locality and cultural differences.

Disclaimer: this video only applies to Street Dance as I have observed it; not to other dance forms.

Also this is the first time I've created a video from scratch, including narrating it, so be gentle.

0:00 Introduction
1:46 Disclaimer
2:06 Overview
2:21 The Dance Studio
5:54 Competitions
9:21 Dance Events
10:21 Workshops
11:02 Stakeholders
12:47 Final Thoughts

Subtitles: Kaya
Timing: Kopi

All of this was an eye-opening experience for me, and if it weren't for Kopi this little video wouldn't have been possible. I will also link an essay elaborating in a bit more detail here when I have polished it up.

No reposting without credit.

Featured workshops and performances
Gaigai on Street Dance of China 3 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Cz4y1D7JG?p=2
Karen y Ricardo on World of Dance 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrdEt2Lo23E
Alaventa (Santa, Miyu, Jumpei) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDXQz_BYgN4
O-Dog on 舞蹈风暴 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1MD4y1X7TP
Soul Session House 1v1 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCiCWM4VbQ
Soul Session Judge Solo 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c04d51e4HTo
Alaventa Guest Showcase 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKH_DR8euI
Workshop in Storyvent 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JcSj4HQ8yk/
Workshop by Brenda Liew https://www.instagram.com/p/ByhNr5WhbNv
Camuro & En Studio workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqX5ucBJ4qA/

Featured Studios
1 Million Dance Studio https://www.1milliondance.com/
Storyvent Dance Studio https://www.facebook.com/storyvent/
Camuro Dance Studio https://camuro.jp/en/
STEP Studio https://www.step.sg/
O-School https://www.oschool.com.sg/
En Studio http://en-dance-studio.com/shibuya/english
T.I Dance Studio https://space.bilibili.com/328329756

Featured Dancers:
Gaigai https://space.bilibili.com/481661177/video
O-Dog https://space.bilibili.com/8403317/video
Karen y Ricardo https://www.instagram.com/karenyricardo/
Alaventa https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoD0afBuUIY1bRITnYguvA
Uno Santa https://www.instagram.com/into1_santa_/
Jumpei
Ito Miyu https://miyudance.tokyo/
Rikimaru https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGh6FlZ-Ho1uxzr3WfWFXiw
Brenda Liew https://www.instagram.com/brendaliew_official/
Yumeri https://www.instagram.com/yumer1respect/


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