It's All About Dancing: Jamaican Dance-U-Mentary
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Actor: It's All About Dancing: Jamaican Dancehall StyleDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Penalty
Movie Reviews of It's All About Dancing: Jamaican Dance-U-Mentary
Movie Review: Good primer for Dancehall Culture but be cafeful with the dances
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this is an excellent DVD. It teaches alot about Dancehall Culture. I learned not only about the Dancing but some of the workings of Dancehall. I learned about how the Producers work together with the Dancers and Selectors to break a song. Prior to watching this I didn't know anything about Bogle. Funny thing is I've heard the tribute song many times before but didn't know it was a tribute song to him! I learned alot watching this DVD.
The only bad thing about this is that the dances seem a bit dated. Not a knock on the DVD it's just that I'm late to the party. I orderd & watched this DVD in 2009. It looks like this DVD was recorded between 2002 - 2005. It was released in 2005. The instructional dance sessions for are awesome! If I would've had this DVD say in 2005 or 2006 I would have been fairly current with what I saw going in some of the reggae clubs at the time. Learning these dances now would be like learing the Superman/Soldier Boy dance now. They're old moves. Learn them for fun but don't expect to impress if you do them. You can impress people who aren't familer with Dancehall but those in the know may remember these dances are from a few years ago. You can watch them just to get an idea of how to move to dance hall.
Summary of It's All About Dancing: Jamaican Dance-U-Mentary
It's All About Dancing reveals dancehall culture in its truest form. Filmed in Jamaica, this DVD incorporates the best of the local dancehall selectors, DJ's and dancers, almost all of whom are native to Jamaica including Ding Dong, the host. Other star performers featured are Beenie Man, Elephant Man, T.O.K., Mr. Vegas, Voicemail, Macka Diamond, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Tony Matterhorn, Scatta, Richie Feelings, Bogle, John Hype, Ice, Sadik & G-Unit, Latisha and Kiyo (dancehall queens). Together in one "dance-u-mentary," all the key figures of dancehall describe the style, history, language and their personal definitions of dancehall culture. It's All About Dancing entertains viewers by showing the essence of dancehall through interviews and candid monologues inter-spliced with improvisational dance sequences that can teach anyone the basics of the cross-cultural, multigenerational, phenomenon called dancehall.Documentary DVD Video
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