Comments on: The Gettin’ Lite Movement….More than meets the eye? http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/ A blog on race, class, politics & culture Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-349 Anonymous Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:18:29 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-349 iaght? iaght?

]]> By: turntable http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-348 turntable Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:39:35 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-348 can i get a list of songs used for the get lite dance.. i got a couple of them..im a dj nd would like to know which kind of songs are mainly used since its kind of new where i am. can i get a list of songs used for the get lite dance.. i got a couple of them..im a dj nd would like to know which kind of songs are mainly used since its kind of new where i am.

]]> By: ujgfgjhhk http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-347 ujgfgjhhk Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:03:55 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-347 gettin lite isn't even part of the dance genre...only people in the east coast know about it. gettin lite isn’t even part of the dance genre…only people in the east coast know about it.

]]> By: g andrews http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-344 g andrews Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:01:14 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-344 Bravo! Thanks for writing this. I'm glad to see my first reaction to catching a bunch of kids gettin' lite in the lobby of my building isn't out of line -- I was impressed by the apparent range of influences, too. I'd add that the basic step looks a hell of a lot like the Charleston (another originally African-American dance) to me, and the whole playing with shoes thing looks like contact juggling -- where the hell it comes from, I have no idea, but the innovation of it is really impressive. I keep wanting to bring these kids to the local free African dance classes with me, because I feel like they'd just pick the best stuff out of the stuff Esther teaches (which is already a very Americanized form of African dance, following the lines of Baba Chuck Davis) and take it out and do entirely new things with it. Not to mention our class could really stand to have new roles for men carved into it: the gay men in class sometimes complain to me that women there give them the stink-eye, and the straight male teacher, who also takes a lot of shit, worries that he can't maintain a space for straight men there. In *African* dance, even, which has so many masculine parts. There's even a bunch of kids who I've seen gettin' lite in the street outside the school where we have class... but somehow there's a barrier. The class is full of middle-aged ladies like myself, and sometimes I feel like other people don't feel they can bust in. My only other thought -- I'm just hoping and praying this doesn't catch the attention of any advertisers anytime soon. That's always the quickest way to suck the soul out of a youth movement. :( Bravo! Thanks for writing this. I’m glad to see my first reaction to catching a bunch of kids gettin’ lite in the lobby of my building isn’t out of line — I was impressed by the apparent range of influences, too. I’d add that the basic step looks a hell of a lot like the Charleston (another originally African-American dance) to me, and the whole playing with shoes thing looks like contact juggling — where the hell it comes from, I have no idea, but the innovation of it is really impressive.

I keep wanting to bring these kids to the local free African dance classes with me, because I feel like they’d just pick the best stuff out of the stuff Esther teaches (which is already a very Americanized form of African dance, following the lines of Baba Chuck Davis) and take it out and do entirely new things with it. Not to mention our class could really stand to have new roles for men carved into it: the gay men in class sometimes complain to me that women there give them the stink-eye, and the straight male teacher, who also takes a lot of shit, worries that he can’t maintain a space for straight men there. In *African* dance, even, which has so many masculine parts.

There’s even a bunch of kids who I’ve seen gettin’ lite in the street outside the school where we have class… but somehow there’s a barrier. The class is full of middle-aged ladies like myself, and sometimes I feel like other people don’t feel they can bust in.

My only other thought — I’m just hoping and praying this doesn’t catch the attention of any advertisers anytime soon. That’s always the quickest way to suck the soul out of a youth movement. :(

]]> By: sdq http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-265 sdq Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:16:00 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-265 It's like any other phenom; it's taking place under the nose of ppl until it EXPLODES. I recently came in contact with kids Gettin' Lite as I was videotaping a prominent drummer on 125th and Lex on the 4,5,6 line. They would show up and dance for hours. They call themselves Teams, Brotherhoods, and Crews and, now that my eyes have opened, are doing EVERYWHERE. When you that (soul) clap, and the syncopated grunts, "uh, uh, uh, uh..." someone's get'n lite. Watch out, as is posted here, it might be the next (New York) movement. It’s like any other phenom; it’s taking place under the nose of ppl until it EXPLODES.

I recently came in contact with kids Gettin’ Lite as I was videotaping a prominent drummer on 125th and Lex on the 4,5,6 line. They would show up and dance for hours. They call themselves Teams, Brotherhoods, and Crews and, now that my eyes have opened, are doing EVERYWHERE.

When you that (soul) clap, and the syncopated grunts, “uh, uh, uh, uh…” someone’s get’n lite. Watch out, as is posted here, it might be the next (New York) movement.

]]> By: dj doughboy http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-235 dj doughboy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:01:44 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-235 i'm a dj from jersey. i have been feeling this movement. i think this could be something incredible. and the beautiful thing is it's starting from the underground with the kids!!! could someone send me a playlist of songs to get lite to? it would be greatly apreciated. one db jerseystandup!!! i’m a dj from jersey. i have been feeling this movement. i think this could be something incredible. and the beautiful thing is it’s starting from the underground with the kids!!! could someone send me a playlist of songs to get lite to? it would be greatly apreciated.

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jerseystandup!!!

]]> By: petal http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-117 petal Sat, 17 May 2008 20:04:58 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-117 What I found particularly interesting and poignant about this blog was when you mentioned the dancers were "participating in a cultural experience partially rooted in dance forms that are not considered to be traditionally “manly” modes of expression (i.e. ballet and vogue)". I found that point so relevant to our generation's quest for redefining identity--while we struggle with trying to pay homage to the ways of the old generation, we also struggle against inheriting their flaws. It led me to wonder, where is the love for women or men in a society where expression of gender is limited to a set of stereotypical characteristics that leave most men and women either on the outskirts of a definitive identity or in stubborn self-denial in order to avoid being on the outskirts? I believe it’s very important for our generation to inherit the styles and ideas of the previous generation, but it's also crucial for us not to simply mimic these styles but to renovate and recreate them in the spirit of identity fluidity that allows for a truer, more genuine self-expression. Good job, Josh! (and sry this took so long!) What I found particularly interesting and poignant about this blog was when you mentioned the dancers were “participating in a cultural experience partially rooted in dance forms that are not considered to be traditionally “manly” modes of expression (i.e. ballet and vogue)”.

I found that point so relevant to our generation’s quest for redefining identity–while we struggle with trying to pay homage to the ways of the old generation, we also struggle against inheriting their flaws.

It led me to wonder, where is the love for women or men in a society where expression of gender is limited to a set of stereotypical characteristics that leave most men and women either on the outskirts of a definitive identity or in stubborn self-denial in order to avoid being on the outskirts?

I believe it’s very important for our generation to inherit the styles and ideas of the previous generation, but it’s also crucial for us not to simply mimic these styles but to renovate and recreate them in the spirit of identity fluidity that allows for a truer, more genuine self-expression.

Good job, Josh! (and sry this took so long!)

]]> By: petal http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-118 petal Sat, 17 May 2008 20:03:26 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-118 What I found particularly interesting and poignant about this blog was when you mentioned the dancers were "participating in a cultural experience partially rooted in dance forms that are not considered to be traditionally “manly” modes of expression (i.e. ballet and vogue)". I found that point so relevant to our generation's quest for redefining identity--while we struggle with trying to pay homage to the ways of the old generation, we also struggle against inheriting their flaws. It led me to wonder, where is the love for women or men in a society where expression of gender is limited to a set of stereotypical characteristics that leave most men and women either on the outskirts of a definitive identity or in stubborn self-denial in order to avoid being on the outskirts? I believe it’s very important for our generation to inherit the styles and ideas of the previous generation, but it's also crucial for us not to simply mimic these styles but to renovate and recreate them in the spirit of identity fluidity that allows for a truer, more genuine self-expression. Good job, Josh! (and sry this took so long!) What I found particularly interesting and poignant about this blog was when you mentioned the dancers were “participating in a cultural experience partially rooted in dance forms that are not considered to be traditionally “manly” modes of expression (i.e. ballet and vogue)”.

I found that point so relevant to our generation’s quest for redefining identity–while we struggle with trying to pay homage to the ways of the old generation, we also struggle against inheriting their flaws.

It led me to wonder, where is the love for women or men in a society where expression of gender is limited to a set of stereotypical characteristics that leave most men and women either on the outskirts of a definitive identity or in stubborn self-denial in order to avoid being on the outskirts?

I believe it’s very important for our generation to inherit the styles and ideas of the previous generation, but it’s also crucial for us not to simply mimic these styles but to renovate and recreate them in the spirit of identity fluidity that allows for a truer, more genuine self-expression.

Good job, Josh! (and sry this took so long!)

]]> By: Ernest. http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-71 Ernest. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:19:20 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-71 Nice Josh. Good Post for your first one my man, keep it up for the community my dude. Nice Josh. Good Post for your first one my man, keep it up for the community my dude.

]]> By: iamchloe http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-55 iamchloe Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:48:01 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-55 "armed with a videocamera..." - sounds familiar. excelano follows us everywhere. “armed with a videocamera…” – sounds familiar. excelano follows us everywhere.

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