Dance 100

I love this format and am really enjoying the show, the camera doesn't show enough of the dancers feet! It's a dance show. Surely seeing a full view of the dancers feet is imperative to making a judgement. I'm still only on my first episode so I don't know if there will be more contemporary dances; there would definitely need to be more clear footage of all the body movements and especially the feet. It seems so far that facial expressions and audience reactions are the main visual objectives. This is certainly not agt standard of quality viewing. I will keep watching though. Don't judge a book.

I really love dance shows and when I watched that on Netflix I added my list, finally I finished yesterday. I can say it was good but not perfect. First of all I didn't like the camera angles because I didn't see all dancers and 25 or 100 dancers is really difficult to watch in one scene. Second thing there were some dancers for comment and really role stealer, always negative and they made me annoyed. ( i dont remember the names) Brandi was just perfect and so talented, she deserved to win and last 2 choreography were brilliant. I love black circus theme so much. When I look at the total, I will not say wooooww, that was perfect or super creative choreos, nothing new actually but as I told you first, I like to watch dance and pleasure to watch..

This show is supposed the be featuring dancers - and there are so many really talented ones. And the competition is to select the best out of 8 choreographers. But instead of letting the viewers appreciate the dance, we get constant, and way, way too many, cuts away to audience reactions. Plus cameras zooming around and OUT from the stage so it's impossible to watch and appreciate these talented dancers. C'mon directors - I've tuned in to watch dance!! Not audience and not swooping cameras!! There is a really missed opportunity here for an entertaining show. If there is another season, I'm hoping they will take on board suggestions to feature dancers please. And calm down that camera.

I would love to see this done with the choreographers getting to choose their own music and being able to switch out dancers that are being a pain. One of the "100" (Johnny) seems to be chosen almost every episode to give his (usually snarky, often negative) feedback on the dances. I suppose for "drama." Also, in earlier episodes especially, the camerawork doesn't allow us to enjoy the dances, with frequent angle and distance changes and cuts to the audience, sometimes every few seconds. At least that seems to get better after the first few episodes. Definitely has potential, but not there yet.

It's mind-boggling how wrongly this show was directed.

Zoom ins and zoom outs, fast cuts to nowhere. Showing the audience at key moments instead of the dancers (ie Brandi's reveal in the second to last episode happened off camera).

Directing a dance show is not about getting the action from multiple angles. It's about focusing on what's important and letting the viewers see the whole picture.

Ironically, the best way to direct a dance show is by doing it in the simplest possible way. A camera, in the middle, at a zoom level that shows everything and is as close as possible.

It's like being in the theater. What's the best seat? Smack in the middle of the room. Directing a dance show is about being brutally minimalistic with your directing choices.

Netflix produced a show that looked great if you attended the live show but looks terrible on the screen.

Plus, not letting the choreographers choose their own songs and at the same time giving them songs that fall more or less into the same genre made it even worse. Oh, and those cheesy, uninspired story themes? Who chose these?