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Street Dance of China Season 4 chinese drama review
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Street Dance of China Season 4
3 people found this review helpful
by MJchapelhill
Jan 7, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
This review may contain spoilers

Great until the finale, which was a farce

Until the final episode, this was a very engaging program. The inclusion of so many world class international dancers really lit a fire under many of the Chinese participants. But the finale was worse than a joke, it was an insult to the stellar international dancers who participated in it. Rather than having professional judges, it was determined by partisan audience vote (all Chinese, many quite young, filled with Wang Yibo groupies many of whom wouldn't have known good street dancing if it ran over them). What an insult to the foreign dancers who endured the draconian Chinese quarantine rules and gave up 6 months of their lives to participate in this program. China has some interesting dancers, but too many of them just aren't of the caliber of their foreign counterparts. China, if you don't feel confident that your own dancers can bear a head-to-head comparison with some of the best dancers in the world, why did you invite them? Oh, and I noticed that there wasn't a single US dancer on the program? Why was that? Since street dancing and the musical forms that it is danced to are all creations of the African-American community in the US, why the glaring omission? Also, the traditional Chinese-themed choreographed story dances did grow a bit tired as a format as the program progressed. The heart and soul of street dance is the expression of raw emotion, not sweet-themed stories. I hope in the future the organizers will back off from pushing this format and let street dance be street dance and not try and make it into a staged choreographed and highly rehearsed storytelling theatrical dance. Of course, just my personal opinion after over 50 years involvement with many forms of dance.
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