Philosophy & History
Learning history is not just a matter of facts, but much more about understanding concepts. Once we know the underlying ideas of a dance style and its cultural setting it is much easier to learn how to execute and create moves within that framework.
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Stormdance_Philosophy_on Judging Dispositions
In this video, I explore the often-overlooked mental side of judging: the dispositions that shape how we see, compare, and decide. Drawing on the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) and adapting it for the context of dance battles, I present seven key dispositions—such as t...
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Stormdance_Philosophy_bayes_threefold
Bayesian Reasoning and the Threefold in Judging
How can judges make fairer, clearer, and more structured decisions in dance battles?
This video breaks down a powerful method that combines Bayesian reasoning with the Threefold model—a system that helps judges form and refine their assessments acro... -
Stormdance_Philosophy_Preselection guide
Most Battle contests today have a preselection process in which the judges select the dancers that move on into the battles. Since the number of participants go into the hundreds at times you want to be absolutely sure your performance is convincing. In this video, Storm tells you how you can get...
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Stormdance_on Judging_Threefold via Bias Variance trade off
In this clip Storm elucidates how the Threefold system can be used to assess performances and how one improves assessing performances by following the guidance of the model. He breaks down how his team used the Bias-Variance-trade off concept to come up with the three Domains: Physical-, Artistic...
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Stormdance_Philosophy & history_trailer
In this video we edited a few significant asserts together that are part of the videos in the section of Stormdance TV's "Philosophy & History".
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Stormdance_Philosophy_Lateral thinking
In this enlightening video, we explore the contrasting approaches of lateral and vertical thinking as applied to the realm of dance. Discover how dancers can embrace spontaneous creativity with lateral thinking and hone their techniques through the structured discipline of vertical thinking. Whet...
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Stormdance _on judging_holistic vs reductionist
The difference between the two judging methods:
Holistic Judging
&
Reductionist Judging
is mostly unknown to the general audience.Holistic judging is
descriptive and supports individual development.
Judges look at the entire spectrum of qualitiesReductionist judging is
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Stormdance_Rudiments
Rudiments are the most simple versions of moves with all of its basic facts included.
By working with rudiments we study the coordination of the movements. It is the conditioning of the forms with their rhythms.
At the same time we learn how to learn a language. In any language, written, spoken... -
Stormdance_IDF_Three thoughts on Freestyle
When improvising we tend to get lost in thoughts. While the music plays at a steady pace we as performers must be able to stay coherent with it and build our rhetorical narrative.
-Time changes
-Stops
-Repeats
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Stormdance_Breaking_history
Breaking is a dance form that was developed in the Bronx / NY in the 1970s first by Afro-American and then by Hispanic youth. It blew up in the 1980s and became known all over the world. In this video, Storm tells you how he experienced it growing up in 80s and 90s.
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Stormdance_Locking_history
Locking is one of the most prominent and established Street dance art forms of this time. Its history is deep. It all started with Don Campbell in Los Angeles and a TV show called Soul Train.
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Stormdance_IDF_Tutting principles & History
The style of Tutting is one of the most prominent ways of expression inside the realms of all illusionary dance forms.
The rules and principles of the art are simple to grasp on, but quite hard to execute. It is mainly about constructing poses with 90% angles.
We move by:
- folding
- tracing / c...
