Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1050617-20140528181345/@comment-1050617-20140919045115

TismeRis wrote: Do you think we could make a category that separates choreographers and odorites who only do covers (and don't choreograph)?

Or a category for those who also sing, like Ryo, Miume, Melochin? Of course that would open up a whole other debate, like what counts as singing... Takuma sings (although not well), Cozmosse posts videos of them singing but not official/professional covers, Okame from Cozmosse claims "I'm not a dancer, I'm a singer", and I've only seen one song Melochin sang.

About the choreographer category, sure, I did that before but I planned to remove it as it seems unpractical at that time... Though it'd be more detailed if we add it this time as the choreographer articles seem to have increased.

As for being a singer, I think it's not necessary. Maybe a mention on their description would suffice. Not all odorite sings so the category might be unnecessary.

-Continuation about the Mask category-

I think the mask category would only apply to those who wear signature masks like Butsudan Kamen, Zensoku, DOR@T, Tora-san. However, Nurse/Flu masks aren't usually worn permanently but if the dancer intends on wearing them for a long period, they can fall on that category as well, I think...

There are several others too who wears partial masks like Amayu who wears this black bar on her eyes (like black censor bar or something).

I can start adding the category though I can't decide if it'll be "Masked dancers" or "Masked odorite" as the first one seem more practical but might be difficult to update to "odorite" later on if the aritcles grow in number. What do you guys think we should use?

About the Dance style categorizing

I think the dance categories can be a difficult issue. Most choreography are a mixture of different random dance styles and are usually just funking/hip-hop and as TismeRis said, some freestyle on the side. I think the more specific terms for japanese dances are

Freestyle, Breakdancing, Hip-hop, Idol Dance or Cutesy dance lol... > Just Kidding do not take seriously.