8 year olds acting like 28 year olds - Disturbia, USA

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Now that's some good input. Not that no one else's opinion matters, but if an insider says it's outside the bounds of good taste within the context of what is normally done and where the limits normally lie, I would tend to put some weight behind that. She would have professional knowledge of what discretion the instructor/choreographer should have used, and whether or not that person was lax in employing it.

I do think this is largely a matter of intent myself. I had to witness several training sessions of 6 year olds dancing to Elvis' 'Burning Love' a while ago, and while I found that a bit disconcerting, the fact that it wasn't being sent up as 'hot smut' seemed to mollify my discomfort to some extent.

 

Let's put it this way: Dancing with the Stars uses more conservative outfits than that.

I'm not worried for the kids at all, since they probably have no idea what any of it means. I'm deeply worried about the parents and choreographer, though.

 

I find it disgusting in a personal sense, and I don't like the idea of my daughters being involved in such stuff (the Ex has them in dance) -- if I had any say my kids wouldn't be involved in stuff that is that sexy until they are 18 and able to make an adult decision about it.

That said, while I strongly disagree with the choices made by the parents and the choreographer in routines like this, I also respect their right to make their own choices -- as near as I can tell no laws are being broken.

 

Just have to wait ten more years...

In all seriousness I agree that the outfits are the big problem. The girls are talented dancers and the moves are provocative, but I expected little else.

 

Well let's see here. My cousin has always been a ballerina & modem dance fanatic...so I was dragged to more dance performances than I'd like to recount. All of my nieces have always been dancers since they were able to understand what the teacher was saying. Then I started dating Jessica who was in to modern dance. So all throughout high school I was dragged to more performances. Once we got married, I got dragged to even more performances...except we had to start paying to see them.

Anyway...I saw nothing wrong with they're performance. They were actually quite good for as young as they are. At one point I actually laughed because part of their routine was pretty funny. The lead dancer got a little annoying at times.

As for provocative....those costumes weren't bad at all. I've seen MUCH worse than that on much younger girls. My niece Emma is one such example. I'm going out on a limb here, and guessing she was about 5 years old at the time (I know, I'm a horrible uncle), and her costume was so skimpy that I questioned my sister about it...to which she said something to the effect of, "Oh please...they're just kids. It's not like that have anything to show off anyway." I replied, "Well, I wouldn't let my kids wear that..." To which she replied, "You're an idiot." -.-

The girls in the video had about as much coverage as a typical bikini...and as for the groin thrusting, that seems to be pretty common among all dance styles (including cheerleading) throughout all ages. I *highly* doubt that these girls have any idea of what their movements might have been suggesting.

My final assessment: BFD!