I agree that some people have been enraged, though thanks for clarifying it wasn't your feeling specifically, but I think that's so... excessive. Even anger kind of crosses a line somewhere. Odds are the kids have no idea that the moves are sexual, they're learning them because they're skilled and are doing more advanced 'moves' than girls their ages. Unfortunate? Yeah. But I think it says more about society as a whole than even about the parents.

I just hate the way their parents justify it. "It was for a dance competition...they weren't meant to be seen by millions" doesn't make it okay for 7-8 year olds to be gyrating. And those costumes may have been the same size as a swimsuit, but little girls don't wear f*ck me boots and thrust their pelvises while wearing swimsuits. Its not about the size of them, its the fact that they were very sexy looking, with fishnets and knee-highs. I don't think this makes them bad parents or anything, I think the dance was just a bad judgement call. The whole dance wasn't inappropriate, and those girls have amazing skills, but some of it could have definitely been toned down. I think most people aren't necessarily enraged but just shocked and a little weirded out that little girls are doing a dance like this. It would have been better suited for high school girls.

I don't see why any of this is relevant. If we find it inappropriate for girls of that age, a million moms okaying it doesn't make it right.

If anything, the fact that there's a whole culture pushing this makes it worse in my eyes. I'm pretty disgusted by the possibility that some moms disapprove, but say nothing because of "studio politics." Those moms need to get their priorities in order. If you think the studio is sexualizing your child, speak up and get out.

Ballet and tap dancers have plenty of freedom of movement and opportunity to display technique and character without fishnets, boots, hip thrusting, etc. They were wearing far more provocative outfits than even Beyonce wears in the video; these were Lady Marmalade getups. I'm not exactly a prude when it comes to young people -- I'm all for condom dispensers in junior high -- but 7-year-olds should be riding the Good Ship Lollipop in dance class as far as I'm concerned.
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They are wearing less than Beyonce did in that video!

My niece, who's been dancing since she was 3, thought their outfits were intense, but that they were "good dancers." Those little girls were going hard like it was their JOB!

Thank You!!

(I'd insert a Stewie Griffin gif here but I suck)

I think it's inappropriate.
The dance could have been scaled down a bit to be more suitable fr their age, and I think the outfits are too skimpy and suggestive. They look like they're training to be future strippers.

I agree, though, that the girls are very good dancers.

Choreography seemed alright, but the outfits definitely should've been different. Maybe single-piece-swimsuit-like outfits.

They could have dressed like the Chipettes, if they wanted to emulate them. And let me clarify that, not in chipmunk outfits, but with mini skirts and tights.

No.

We didn't wear lingerie when I was a senior in dance troupe. I don't know where you took dance, but it's not "normal" for 8 year olds to look like they just stepped out of a brothel.

The kids might not understand the totality of the performance, but odds are they have a strong understanding that the moves are "sexy". And while it does in fact say a lot about society, I think it also says a lot about the parents.

I wasn't that impressed with the dance (but I'm overly critical of most things), but coupled with the outfits and girls age, I HATE it. As a, hopefully, future parents, I can't see myself being okay with a display like this for my 7-9 year old daughter.

As someone else pointed out, DAMN, even Bey and her dancers had more on in the video than these little girls do!

They may know the word, but they probably don't know what the word "sexy" means either.

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/052010/127...ls-dancing.gif

Somehow this was a lot more mortifying when I saw it like this, instead of the video.

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I'm sorry. They may have moved it, I am having a hard time finding it again: http://www.gifbin.com