Single Ladies!

Earlier this week, a video of five 8-9 year old girls popped up on YouTube of them performing to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" at The World of Dance competition on April 10th and by the time I had watched the whole routine I was amazed! These little girls are incredibly talented and I wished that I was able to dance like that, they looked like they weren't even trying especially the dark-haired girl, who was in the center for most of the dance, pure talent.

But I don't think that anyone was as focused on how great these girls were dancing or how talented they were as much as they were focused on their outfits. I partially agree with the general public in that they were exposed way too for their age even if their tops were not showing their stomachs it would have been a little nicer. Or they could've mirrored Beyonce's video and have worn leotards but just jazzed it up some to reflect off of the flashing lights on stage. My 4 year old niece is doing "Single Ladies" as one of her routines this June for her recital and they are wearing leotards but they are really colorful and shiny.

The parents obviously had no problem with it so why has it spiraled out of control the way it has. I was taking a Child and Family Studies course this past semester and it says that the children learn bias or that something isn't "right/acceptable" from adults it's the way that we react to things that makes them biased or think it's wrong. the little girl probably thought of it and I can't swear for their parents or the dance company, "Precision Dance" but I don't [want to] believe that these people intentionally said, "Yes, let's put them in some sexy revealing outfits and see how the crowd reacts!!"

At the end of the day it doesn't matter what they had on because if they would've worn the same black leotards like in the video the media would've still complained about the style/kind of dance that they were doing. "As a coach for national champion competition dance teams at the high School level, I blame the coach. This is completely inappropriate even for high school girls."

Here is the link for the article on line.
[ http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/14/single-ladies-little-girls/?icid=main|aim|dl2|link2|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2010%2F05%2F14%2Fsingle-ladies-little-girls%2F ]