Hip-Hop Dance In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

It’s no question that the critically acclaimed film, The Great Gatsby, brings a fresh new look to the eyes of those who love 20s culture, by the soundtrack and dances. with its fusion of Hip-hop and Ragtime themes integrated with Hip-hop dance into Ragtime style in such a way to give both a feeling of nostalgia and blossoming. Then there are those who are more conservative in the art tastes they expected from the film, questioning the remixes as a remote abomination. Are these critics right? Not to one degree, as the combination goes so very well together as to compliment both the rage of the 20s, as well as a fresh twist of hip-hop tones, all to enhance the movie experience and seek out likability within this modern age. It is without a doubt a great advertising strategy to use the music …show more content…
The most significant change I have seen throughout the video from the traditional side by side dances where there is no contact, then to the waltz, a romantic and scandalizing expression and joining of the two dancers. Even the Waltz at one point was considered raunchy. In “Sex and Social Dance” it was said “The waltz is positively immoral, a corruption of our youth. It should be banned.” How bizarre it is to think of the slow Waltz as we now see grinding today, it being so much more scandalous. Evolution of dance has played a large -part in this and as pronounced earlier it is the “corruption of our youth” that allows dance to evolve. I say let corruption ensue. Furthermore, in dancing not much more time after the Waltz, Animal Dances emerge, and it is apparent that these are experimental and fun as “How to Dance through time” show as the video goes on. This is, explicably, the premise at which now dance is created and even recreated in some ways. “The Horse Canter”, being one that is recreated today, as the “The Running Man”, and “The Reject” except danced alone, and to