^ Maki Goto as well is severely underrated. I would actually pick her over Kumi for dance (don't kill me, haha).
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Originally Posted by Yumsushi
Thats very interesting. I just watched Dancing junk (?) and I think I see the high kicks you're referring to. I am no dancer by any means but could it be that Namie is just so good that she makes everything look easy? Kodas kick still looks harder somehow. Either way when I got into Namie in 2002/3 and until now, I haven't watched any full concerts cause they always bored me but I will try to sit through the So Crazy tour to see some so crazy dancing lol
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Yeah, the Dancing Junk TV performances are a good example. Although the move she does there, is a bit different than Koda's. Namie does a fan kick that transitions into the splits, which imo is actually much more difficult to execute well.
If you have trouble getting through that concert (because I'll admit that her concerts tend to at least start out on the slow side) and you just want to see some dancing, then start with the Body Feels Exit section of the show, she does about 4 songs in a row or so of very high pace dancing.
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Originally Posted by Tom Punks
Can someone link to videos with good examples of Namie dancing? Seriously, out of all the videos I've seen, I've never seen her do anything that has even slightly impressed me, and seeing you guys praise her so much is making me feel like I must just be watching all the wrong videos or something.  |
I think it's because for some odd reason a lot of Namie's best dancing stuff is actually kind of hard to find these days on the net. Youtube etc., has a severe lack of early 00's stuff from Namie. (maybe because Avex cracks down on videos so much?) I did find a few though:
Please Smile Again's tv performances had excellent choreography that unfortunately never was used outside of a handful of tv lives. One of her most underrated songs live ever I think. Unfortunately I would say this video is the worst of the bunch from those tv performances, but it's the only one I could find online!
http://pann.nate.com/video/213776944
The Say the Word performance in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...=-hbbsUFdieA#!
The aforementioned Dancing Junk performance. Really lots of great technical dance moves in here, definitely a dancer's dance routine and the fact that she is singing live throughout is pretty impressive I think:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdm...om=embediframe
Funky Town & Want me, Want me: In particular the Want me, Want Me, performance; the omg Namie actually has hips and a pelvis performance, haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpJs...eature=related
So these are just a couple of examples. There are a lot more examples, but I just can't seem to find most of them online! For instance, most people don't know, but Never End's original tv performances were actually done with really beautiful choreography, but now all I can seem to find are the later performances of that song where she just stands and sings.