Dance 100

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?

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.

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.

At the beginning of episode 2 when noone stood behind the heavier dancer, I decided then and there to stop watching. She was just as talented as the others. With that said, I found the show very boring. I thought I was going to watch outstanding dance routines, but instead I felt a bit agitated and wanted to rush through the show just to get to see the routines. I didn't want to see a bunch of chit chat or antagonism between dancers. That part was especially demoralizing to me, to see other dancers criticize the routines when they are peers to the choreographers. They are the same. They just were not chosen to choregraph the routine. I didn't get that.

So they need to extend the dancing part on the show, cut back on the backstage stuff and give people what they want to see: more dancing. Kind of like World of Dance where you get to see straight on, the routine. Not cutting in and out and away from the stage. Also give the bigger choreographers a chance. That was awful. Not even one person stood behind her. I call BS on that.