iMedia: Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter is one of the most famous young choreographers in United Kingdom. They compose their own music to dance to. They are modern day dancers. Hofesh Shechter striked me with their dance. The way they dance is so much different from dancers on televisions shows or performers for street dance. Through their dance, they tell a story and express the words in to movements. I was only used to seeing dances such as break dancing or dances in music videos. Hofesh Shechter's dance was very different. Their dances were not made to amuse people or brag about how many difficult dance moves they could do. Instead, they match their dance to their music and makes their performance as one thing. The movement is also different. They move in groups so there is a lot of movement going on for the audiences to see.

Dances for break dancing or hip hop does not make me think. However, the dance performance Hofesh Shechter did made me think. If I was watching a hip hop performance, I would be amazed at all the different style and difficult moves the dancers were doing. At the end of the show, I would been entertained. However, if I was watching Hofesh Shechter's performance, their dance would leave me with some thing to think about. I would question such things like what was the theme of that first part? Why were they standing in big groups? What was the thing they wanted the audience to understand?

When I went to go see a dance group that was similar to Hofesh Shechter in Korea, I found it boring in the beginning. They were not very good at dancing and I was expecting a dance show with head spins, moon walks, and crip walks. When the dance show was over, I was left with all kinds of questions. It was my first time to go see a dance show like that one. I was very confused. However, the more I read about them, I began to understand the modern day dances.