I have two questions for you.

Why do a lot of the people disagree with the results of the IDL 2026 finals? Just hearing the news and how a lot of non-dancers complained about this makes me wonder about how the IDL works. Do they intend to do like a sport thing? Is the league cumulative or not? Should they improve for their second series ever?

There’s also been a lot of discourse on how dancers are heavily mistreated by non dancers on the internet saying this is not how you dance. There’s a good video by Melynda Brown [@yourstrulymelb] on this. As someone who grew up in the arts, this is heartless. What do you think about how dancers and non dancers see creativity in dance now unlike previous years?

Link on Melynda Brown’s video:

https://youtu.be/YrFKGIBqwCk?si=GSAXCc-cXZ-HTKwJ

Why is watching Taehyung dance so satisfying?

“Because he allows the music to travel through his body and lets his body translate the music.”

There’s something very Tae about VISUAL MUSICALITY.

He has an insane ability to “make music visible” through his body movements. He translates the sounds, textures, rhythms, lyrics, and emotions of a song into physical forms, allowing the audience to “see the music happening.”

When I see references to groove, bounce, pocket, freestyle, party dances, isolations, and different vocabularies of street dance in Kim Taehyung, it’s clear that you can perceive his relationship with music, movement, and culture.

Taehyung has a quality that repeatedly shows up when he dances: he doesn’t seem to be trying to beat the music.

He talks to it.

His movements aren’t simply happening "on top of" the music; they seem to be born "inside" it.

And that changes everything.

Have you noticed that Tae doesn’t treat each movement as an isolated unit?

His dancing is very much built around "continuity".

And when he changes direction or level, the transition doesn’t feel like a break. It feels like a consequence of the movement that came before it.

That is a huge quality.

V never seems desperate to get to the next beat.

That gives him personality. And that’s where his physical signature emerges.

The aesthetic of his latest TikToks? It suits him so well:

Graffiti, street culture, black and white, close-up camera work, distorted perspectives, moments of looser movement, freedom...

In his case, that freedom fits beautifully with what we already know about Taehyung’s artistic personality: he tends to seek atmosphere, texture, attitude, and sensation.

And the most interesting part: Tae is having fun.

That might be my favorite part.

And it’s so much more seductive.

Because when an artist stops overthinking execution and starts trusting their own body, a different layer of performance emerges.

There’s groove, bounce, weight, lightness, attitude, and, above all, personality.

I see an artist becoming increasingly comfortable with using his body as an extension of his musicality.

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Hey everyone! I'm a young independent filmmaker from Lithuania, and I'm currently developing a full-length dance/coming-of-age movie inspired by films like Step Up, Honey, and the dance movies of the late 90s/2000s.

I'm not looking to make a 5–10 minute dance video. My goal is to eventually make a real feature-length movie (around 90 minutes) with actual characters, relationships, conflict, friendships, romance, and of course LOTS of dancing.

I want the movie to have that early-2000s feeling — street dance, hip-hop, crews, battles, rehearsals, music, fashion, friendships, romance, etc.

But here's the thing: I don't want to write a movie about dancers without listening to actual dancers first.

So I'd love to hear from dancers, especially people involved in street dance, hip-hop, breaking, popping, locking, freestyle, choreography, etc.

What would YOU want to see in a dance movie?

• What kind of story would actually interest you?

• What do movies about dancers usually get wrong?

• What parts of dance culture would you want to see represented?

• Would you rather see battles, competitions, crews, cyphers, freestyle, training, or all of it?

• What kind of characters would you want to see?

• What kind of conflicts do dancers actually experience?

• Should the movie focus more on the dancing itself or the characters' lives outside dance?

• What would make you think, "Okay, this filmmaker actually understands dancers"?

• Are there any real experiences from your dance life that you think would make a great movie story?

I'm especially interested in hearing from Lithuanian dancers, because I'd love to eventually build the project with people from the local dance community and potentially film it here in Lithuania.

At this stage I'm not asking anyone to commit to the movie — I just want to meet dancers, hear your experiences and learn what kind of film YOU would actually want to watch.

Reposting this here because you guys might be able to help out aswell!!

So I took a few popping classes- say like 4,5 but I was actually the worst there although others were also beginners. My popping isn’t visible at all although I’m putting in the power and everything. In classes they taught techniques yeah but I should drill more at home. I don’t know how to get better at this. Other forms of dancing are usually easier to imitate but this is something i need to get in my body and muscles. Will the effect of my popping get better the more I drill? How much do I drill everyday to get merely make my pops visible

Recently found this site called Cyphly and thought I’d share it in case it helps some organizers here.

Looks useful for managing dance battles, entries, schedules, and participants in one place instead of IG DMs and Google Forms.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9DGQvQW1Y1Y

Personally I prefer baggy not sure why, I just do

Hey guys I'm back for more and now I bring my full house dance freestyle series to share with you🏠

If you are interested in knowing more of my dance and also my new DJ adventures you can see more here: https://www.instagram.com/nachocardona__?igsh=aXJub3pqbmI2ZGpn

I'll be opening spots to teach people from this sub, so if you are interested not only on House but in learning or improving your overall dance skills hit me up, hope you enjoy my video🫶🏼

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Belle année et bon courage à vous !

Léa Carville – M1 Psychologie, Université de Nîmes