Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25927581-20141231115508

I've noticed that some people have a hard time describing dance styles. Some odorite wiki pages don't include a dance style at all, while some wiki pages use the same adjectives for different dancers!

As a dancer myself, I feel like this is one of the most important things to put on a wiki page for a dancer, as it sets dancers apart by recognizing their personal style and how they contribute to art. It's also important to try to describe the dancers' styles in a way that sets them apart from everyone else.

Please avoid subjecting to these words:

A problem I've noticed is that when fans notice that dancers can do both fast locking moves and flowy tension moves well, the fans say that the dancer is very adaptive, versatile, talented, or trained. This is the goal of every dancer and should not literally be taken into consideration when describing a dance style. Every dance genre (jazz, hip hop, etc.) has both smooth and jerky movements that alternate with the tempo, rhythm, etc. Unless the dancer literally recieved training in a specific style (such as ATY's background in ballet) or literally changes dance styles for different dance genres (which is rarer than one would think, but still possible, as Miume changes her dance style when she dances cutesy choreographies to when she dances sexy/hip hop choreographies), these words should be avoided.

Another problem is calling a dancer's style rhythmic, precise, or other timing words. The idea of dance is to go to the rhythm and tempo to hit the dance move on the right beats. It's okay to call a dancer rhythmic if they are more relaxed and rhythmic in their dancing style due to the connotation of the word rhythmic being rather mellow, such as Tomitake's dance style. Meanwhile, dancers like Kamen Liar 217, Ririri, and Melochin would not be considered in having a rhythmic style due to their energetic movements, even though they all have a good sense of rhythm.'' NOTE: This is my personal opinion on who would be considered rhythmic drawn from my own connotations formed from my own personal experience with the word rhythm and is up for debate. Connotations may vary among each individual. If many people on here disagree with my connotation, we should all avoid using the words rhythmic, precise, and other timing words to describe dance styles.''

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''' I understand the difficulty of putting that so familiar a dance style of your favorite odorite into words! If you have trouble in doing so:'''

Think of an item or place that the dancer reminds you of. This can be anything, such as a puzzle, type of fruit, robot, river, type of animal, spinning top, princess, kind of food, etc. Then think of adjectives that describe the item. In fact, you can even go as far as putting the similie/mataphor on the wiki page! NOTE: avoid comparing them to other people.

EXAMPLE: Nyantaro is like a river: very fast/rushing but smooth on the surface, clear dance moves, flowy and fluid, various rocks when you look deep (meaning he dances deeply to the music: using much of his body movements illustrate pitch, vocals, main instruments, underbeats, background instruments, pretty much various componets to a song).

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Use a thesaurus to avoid using the same adjectives on each page. Pay special attention to the connotations (feelings brought by the word) of a word too, not just the denotations (literal definition). Click here for a very short explanation of connotation and denotation.

Exploring the thesaurus may also help you find the word you are looking for as well as help you discover new words! (This was something I did in high school to write my essays for class teehee.) It's good to have some abstract words you never would have thought to use when describing styles! Here are some unique starter adjectives that I haven't seen surface on the wiki yet : swishy, sweet, spicy, sassy, fearless, suggestive, controlled, powerful. You may also use Google for some basic starter words 