This may be somewhat trivial but the range of motion used in trending dances is rapidly compressing as a result of platforms like Tiktok that enforce the vertical format of the phone and I just find this really interesting.
The electric slide and the waltz were born for the expansiveness of the dance floor. But now, because of the phone format, dances like the Renegade keep arms and legs in so tight that dancers look like they're building up enough kinetic energy to blast off to the moon.
We're gonna have an entire age of dance trends where 95% of the motions are from the waist up, with lots of hand/wrist moves, and facial expressions! That's something we rarely saw in previous dance trends.
I'm sure this conversation is exactly what some theatre critic said about the advent of television and what what this meant for the actors' range of motion and their environment (see: soap opera close ups)
This phenomenon—not even sure what you call it—where people use the Face Zoom filter and limit choreography to head movements and facial expressions is now inexplicably popular. Bella Poarch has 20M+ followers because of this style.
This trend—I'm just gonna refer to is as microchoreography for now—make so much sense right now. It's accessible. It can be easily shared, mimicked and expanded upon. And it can be done alone in a bedroom during a pandemic.
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