Vick said:
I heard a lot of good things about LBC this weekend, but this performance didn't really cut it for me. You can obviously tell that each individual dancer is pretty skilled, but as a unit I thought they were pretty sloppy and wouldn't have placed in a lot of competitions. I've seen a lot of great LBC performances live and I love their style, but at certain points in the routine, it just seemed like some dancers were half assing it. Some people call that "laid back LBC style bhangra", but to be honest, it looks bad on video. I thought the routine was dragging until Jasmine showed up, they killed it after that. She is hands down the best female dancer in North America, every time I watch her dance I'm blown away with her style and energy. She solidified a top 3 ranking for them, not sure they could have done it without her... Not a knock on LBC, but this routine was not nearly as clean or polished as I was expecting. Definitely better than what KJ did with their comeback routine, but I was expecting more, maybe it's because I hold you guys to higher standard than most bhangra teams...
vick im so happy - what a fair and accurate assessment. This video straight up ROBS them, or humiliates them - the video is not good at all. What Faizan said is true too - it looks pretty sloppy, the dancers look lazy at times (even lazier than their style will allow), and like, its not impressive. at all.
BUT MAN OH MAN was this a pleasure to watch in person. The crowd went absolutely nuts, and i was sitting in an area with not a lot of people around me (Back portion of the lowest level, near the sound manager). Everyone was chanting LBC LBC LBC and when these guys came out it was one of the sickest 8minutes of my life. Everything fell so neatly into place. they looked clean, they looked MAD energetic, the nakhra was really hyping me up, Jasmine coming out was just like an electric shock, and the rest of the time she was there I was in bhangra heaven...in person, this was straight up the best dance of the night!!!
video = 5/10
in person = 10/10
i cant explain it its a phenomenon that makes my brain hurt
Even after watching all teams, I had LBC as my choice 4 first place - most entertaining, best dancing skill, even (from my perspective) the cleanliness and everything were on point (clearly from the vid that's not the case but it looked like it then!)!!! Guess that just goes to show how much video can differ from being there in person. or maybe i had LBCvision turned on at the time. Crowd/speakers' sound, and just the way you look at the dancers (more often than not i was looking at only 1 person at a time in person, but in the video its easier to see everyone at once and notice formations) makes a huge difference
GO LBC!!!! make another comeback next year!! or hell, at Boston - anywhere!