Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and for your comment. Unfortunately for this piece, for the most part, it is not accompanied by music. I can't quite talk about it yet (not without prior written permission from our legal and PR people anyway) but I think I know what you're imagining I should do.
If we're talking about hip-hop dance, I guess non-purists would argue they would fall into different styles: popping, locking, tutting, gliding, (ro)botting, ..etc. I believe the style that you are talking about are either popping or botting as in the video you shared.
Actually I tried popping before and our audience didn't respond well to it. Unfortunately, most of the time they do tend to skew older for us. But I guess if we ever get the chance to perform to a younger audience, I am definitely keen to try out your ideas. As for the dance part, I have to stick to locking, tutting and gliding only for this one. I am playing a character (ala Meyerhold and Artaud) so I have to sorta like be in an existential state the whole time while I'm onstage.
Strangely, I always find myself pleasing the people who sign the checks more than the audience sometimes. I guess you can say I got used to it. Maybe one day I will be able perform purely for the audience again. Maybe then and only then will I be able to stay current/relevant again and embrace all the new styles that are out there and make them my own! *sigh* :)
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