Firstly I must apologise, the video you should look at is actually called "Ballet Rocks", it's regularly on Artsworld at the moment.

Dance is really difficult. My missus has done film and video stuff with various companies and I'm amazed at just how hard it is to bring the movement and emotion across. In my opinion your film hasn't managed to capture any of the essences of contemporary dance, but then, very rarely do you get a dance video where you go "wow!", so don't give up!

I feel that the music lets your performance down a lot. If it's your own composition, maybe think about getting another computer-musician to have a go re-recording it or find a live band to play it. Failing that, find another composer.

The idea of the changing backgrounds is good, although been done quite a lot by other dance film-makers. I would try to find exciting and thrilling locations. I realise that this is about the dance and the dancer, not the location, but you are selling a package and the background influences the viewer tremendously.

Be careful of the camera angles and movements. The camera should show-off the dancer's movements, not compete with them.


These are the points which jump out at me, this isn't to say that your video is crap, it certainly isn't and stands head and shoulders above a lot of amateur "dance" on youtube etc. It just lacks that "bling" factor.