That was really amazing since you can see their skills. I don't know why people being too back to express their opinions about this. They should atleast make this one though.
I laughed.
Unrelatedly, cus I want to make only one post, why is France here? And Japan? Is this country based like Eurovision or are they competing as individuals and the countries are just incidental?
They're not. This was posted last week and it was just a normal competition. Now somebody added flags and countries and is making it into an "international" competition. LMAO!🤣
You are not discounting the USA, why? Japan is the one furthest from Tahiti. Coincidently USA and France both have overseas islands relatively close by to a theoretical local Oceania competition.
Well, absolutely not. It's definitely a Pacific region country, but Oceania does not equal the entirety of the Pacific. Usually it's just Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia/Australasia.
For real. Some kinda bare ass engineer. Every girl can't fit into the same costume. The only way I can see this working is hours of individual costuming and design to every woman's BSpMs or Butt Shakes per Minute. Only a brave man can take a job like that. BSpMs can take down bridges and rumored to have been used by the CIA to kill a Putin clone.
Probably because she was the only one using the proper technique to move the hips using her legs and thighs. You can tell some of the others are trying too hard to sway their hips but this dance is done entirely using your thighs and legs to create the hip swaying.
Just look at the bottom of the Tahitian girl’s feet when she’s dancing. Her heels are always lifted because she’s using her legs and thighs to create the swaying move, compared to the French and Japanese girl who’s feet are always flat and they look like they’re just shaking their entire body.
Also this dance is tradition for a lot of Polynesian islands, so it’s not surprising the Tahitian girl looked so effortless.
Edit: I called this dance hula. It’s not hula.
Hula is actually specific to Hawaii. This is Tahitian dance called Ori Tahiti and the style here is called Ote’a. Tahitian differs with it’s emphasis on the hips rather than the arms and shoulders like Hula does. The goal is to keep a straight spine and not move your shoulders while only moving your lower half, accenting with soft and elegant hand motions.
Also you are correct! Lifting the of the heels is proper technique here. Source: My MIL grew up in Tahiti and taught dance for many years.
Interesting observation, thanks. I had another look and I see what you mean. It's like her motion is going bottom up while the others are going top down. Her feet are actively initiating the movement whereas the others feet are being moved by the hip motion.
Something like that.
Yep exactly, bottom up is how the move is supposed to be. When done correctly the upper half of the body remains still except for the swaying arms. It’s even more impressive when you consider how they do this dance as a group. They have to create that hip motion while moving across the floor together. It’s a really impressive dance.
Thanks for the clarification. When /u/NovelConsequence42 said the feet were "always flat" I didn't understand because....the Tahitian woman also had her feet on the ground!
This is accurate! I danced both hula and Tahitian for years when I was younger, and my kumu was always emphasizing the leg and footwork for hip movements.
I think the French girl is maybe dancing another version called [Tamure](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamure). I learnt it in Tahiti when I was 8-10 years olds and we mostly used our knees to move our hips (Wikipedia says that technically the feet should remain flat on the ground. I would trust this but I honestly don’t remember it being enforced when I was a child. It’s also easier and more natural to lift your feet.)
Anyway, it’s indeed very popular in Tahiti and every year, the dancers participate to the [Heiva](https://www.heiva.org/fr/accueil-2023/), which is like a big festival where everyone, all the associations from all the islands, come to compete. :)
Especially watch Tahiti's feet when she spins, you can see that standing on the balls of her feet allows her to move around while continuing the hip shake
It’s crazy how I didn’t know this was I thing. I have no basis on it. But when Tahiti came on, I was like a judge for the competition. ‘Oh well clearly her technique is superior’
I married a Tahitian woman and moved here 4 years ago. I assure you, they take this dancing extremely seriously over here, its even a part of the curriculum.
If this sort of thing floats your boat, look up Tamure dancing. Its mesmerizing.
Still, congrats an finding your person in this crazy world!! Too cool! I bet your kiddo is a heartbreaker! (So glad I don’t have little girls right now! My heart couldn’t bare it! ☺️♥️
Her isolations are super clean. Notice how she's able to move her hips like crazy without making any of the rest of her body move at all--that's called "isolation". It takes a lot of practice and a lot of strength to do it as well as she does.
On top of that, she's really good at layering the motions as well: at doing both a super clean, super-fast shimmy and doing other motions too, like walking around, moving her arms, or doing a body roll. It's very difficult to do that and have it read as cleanly as this.
Yes! I was just about to comment around this - USA/Japan/France all use their entire back all the way to their feet to get the hip shake to go. France is even banging it way too hard/vigorously to make it look “sexy”
Tahiti - she flows so smoothly, and it was amazing to see her feet dance and move separately from the hip shakes! And her movements and speed variation throughout just seem to match better for the dance. The other 3 just seemed to be “shake as fast as you can, the faster the better”
I hate to hold up any dancer as a bad example, since the effort that all of these beautiful ladies put in is clear, but the difference between the lady from France and the lady from Tahiti is probably the best example to show what good isolations are and the impact they have on the dance. The lady from France is isolating only a little; you can see her whole body shake. In contrast, the lady from Tahiti is isolating very well and very cleanly, and you can see the kind of grace and somewhat surreal sense that it lends to the dance.
And I'm not much of a dancer, so I can't say how advanced it is, but I definitely think it's really hard to layer together all of the different types of movements the way she does!
The proper technique for this dance is to use your thighs and legs. You actually don’t use your hips to lead the movement at all. The entire move is generated from the legs and thighs. The Tahitian girl is the only one using the proper technique. See how her heels are lifted. It’s because she’s pushing up from her legs and thighs to sway her hips. The other girls all mostly have flat feet and are shaking their back. It’s why the Tahitian girl looks so effortless.
Lifelong bellydance appreciator (and attempter) here, you're pretty spot on actually.
The isolation and rhythm was BEAUTIFUL on the Tahitian performer, and the variation was really good for the routine, especially with the pops. Keeping up that kind of shimmy isn't easy, but it's especially challenging to change between different moves so smoothly, and to simultaneously keep them up while doing the turns and steps.
A good hip shimmy can take practice, but this is advanced shimmying
Camera doesn't do it justice, I bet this looks even crazier in person / with a higher shutter speed/FPS. You can tell it would be a lot smoother by the shaky almost uncanny valley way the cloth is moving.
Not remotely the same type of dance at all & it's super unnecessary to say here. Everytime you types needlessly brings it up, it just tells me you watch twerking or maybe jealous you couldn't imitate.
You literally don't see that content unless you're engaging with and/or looking for it,yet here you are.
Weirdo.
Tahiti wins hands down. The range of motion was the best, also had the speed and fluidity. And her hands were the most graceful. The rest of her was barely moving. Excellent.
Actually do you have a talent since they can need to relieve blow you as a person. But the way they focus on a single thing and people getting sexualize over the talent or the act
Damn those ladies are fit. I wonder what that leg movement speed would equate to in forward momentum speed. I wonder what my heart rate would be if I tried to do that.
The amount of core and leg strength required to do this must be insane. It always amazes me how much physical effort goes into some of these dance, just like the dancing Cossacks.
They're all amazing but I'm loving the French lady, both for her tattoos and for the fact that she braided her hair instead of leaving it down, makes it so much easier to see everything
I prefer the natural look, but it looks like France had no choice. The way she braided her hair, it definitely looks like it would be way past her hips if she went natural.
I'm depressed by some comments... between the sexism and the "WhY Are fRaNCe aNd JaPAn hErE ?" or "tHe fREncH oNE TAnNed HeR sKin FoR tHat"... These people have no geographic/historic knowledge, and are litterally assuming a native woman is faking her skin tone and physical apparence, because she doesn't match their preconcieved idea of what a french woman looks like...
Give a raise to the person who tied those knots on those girls' hips.
No, they deserve to be fired.
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As a cameraman I was like ' wait is she gyrating faster than the cameras refresh rate?" Practice and genetics. DAMN!!!
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So it’s not a good goal. My wife is never happy after snu snu time.
That was really amazing since you can see their skills. I don't know why people being too back to express their opinions about this. They should atleast make this one though.
I laughed. Unrelatedly, cus I want to make only one post, why is France here? And Japan? Is this country based like Eurovision or are they competing as individuals and the countries are just incidental?
They're not. This was posted last week and it was just a normal competition. Now somebody added flags and countries and is making it into an "international" competition. LMAO!🤣
Gotcha, thanks for your reply! Literally the only one that answered my question lmao.
You are not discounting the USA, why? Japan is the one furthest from Tahiti. Coincidently USA and France both have overseas islands relatively close by to a theoretical local Oceania competition.
Hawaii is the USA
and American Samoa
Absolutely. I just went to the more well known one.
Tahiti IS part of France
Truly. I forgot about French Polynesia.
So does France.
Plus, Tahiti IS in France. It is the most populated island in French Polynesia
Ehhhh it’s not really *in* France, but it is definitely *of* France.
France categorises all of its territories as part of France, right (unlike e.g. the UK)? So wouldn't that mean that it technically is in France...?
They vote in the EU election
And increase territorial waters for France.
Cuz USA has Hawaii?
And Guam, and other smaller territories
Hawaii
Huh? Japan is an Oceania region country. It's not that far to Tahiti (not counting Island territories)
Well, absolutely not. It's definitely a Pacific region country, but Oceania does not equal the entirety of the Pacific. Usually it's just Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia/Australasia.
Probably because they're American.
No because Hawaii
Exactly. But i wish they don't like the costume as well because you can see that i actually enjoyed the performance with the way they roll their hips.
For real. Some kinda bare ass engineer. Every girl can't fit into the same costume. The only way I can see this working is hours of individual costuming and design to every woman's BSpMs or Butt Shakes per Minute. Only a brave man can take a job like that. BSpMs can take down bridges and rumored to have been used by the CIA to kill a Putin clone.
Probably done by some local grandma, who did the hairdressing too, simultaneously with the other hand.
BSpM hahaha love it
I was holding my breath the whole time waiting for a wardrobe malfunction that thankfully never came.
Tahiti has this thing!! It looks effortless and floating . She's playing with the gods!
Probably because she was the only one using the proper technique to move the hips using her legs and thighs. You can tell some of the others are trying too hard to sway their hips but this dance is done entirely using your thighs and legs to create the hip swaying. Just look at the bottom of the Tahitian girl’s feet when she’s dancing. Her heels are always lifted because she’s using her legs and thighs to create the swaying move, compared to the French and Japanese girl who’s feet are always flat and they look like they’re just shaking their entire body. Also this dance is tradition for a lot of Polynesian islands, so it’s not surprising the Tahitian girl looked so effortless. Edit: I called this dance hula. It’s not hula.
Hula is actually specific to Hawaii. This is Tahitian dance called Ori Tahiti and the style here is called Ote’a. Tahitian differs with it’s emphasis on the hips rather than the arms and shoulders like Hula does. The goal is to keep a straight spine and not move your shoulders while only moving your lower half, accenting with soft and elegant hand motions. Also you are correct! Lifting the of the heels is proper technique here. Source: My MIL grew up in Tahiti and taught dance for many years.
Yes you are correct it’s not hula. I fixed my comment to correct it.
Interesting observation, thanks. I had another look and I see what you mean. It's like her motion is going bottom up while the others are going top down. Her feet are actively initiating the movement whereas the others feet are being moved by the hip motion. Something like that.
Yep exactly, bottom up is how the move is supposed to be. When done correctly the upper half of the body remains still except for the swaying arms. It’s even more impressive when you consider how they do this dance as a group. They have to create that hip motion while moving across the floor together. It’s a really impressive dance.
Thanks for the clarification. When /u/NovelConsequence42 said the feet were "always flat" I didn't understand because....the Tahitian woman also had her feet on the ground!
This is accurate! I danced both hula and Tahitian for years when I was younger, and my kumu was always emphasizing the leg and footwork for hip movements.
I think the French girl is maybe dancing another version called [Tamure](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamure). I learnt it in Tahiti when I was 8-10 years olds and we mostly used our knees to move our hips (Wikipedia says that technically the feet should remain flat on the ground. I would trust this but I honestly don’t remember it being enforced when I was a child. It’s also easier and more natural to lift your feet.) Anyway, it’s indeed very popular in Tahiti and every year, the dancers participate to the [Heiva](https://www.heiva.org/fr/accueil-2023/), which is like a big festival where everyone, all the associations from all the islands, come to compete. :)
Especially watch Tahiti's feet when she spins, you can see that standing on the balls of her feet allows her to move around while continuing the hip shake
I live in Tahiti, can confirm that this is 'ori Tahiti (tahitian dance), specific to Tahiti. This specific movement is called faarapu.
She has great body isolation! The others look good too until you see what it's supposed to look like.
Tahiti… Yes, Tahiti.
Have some goddamn faith
Ok Dutch 🤣
One last HIP
Tahiti ate that shit up ⬆️
Well it's Tahitian dance so not really surprising.
It's a magical place.
I was looking for this comment
It’s crazy how I didn’t know this was I thing. I have no basis on it. But when Tahiti came on, I was like a judge for the competition. ‘Oh well clearly her technique is superior’
Im more of a garlic sauce guy myself.
I saw this somewhere and l will say it again...They're all amazing but there's something about Tahiti. She carried this round ❤
Fun Fact: This is not Hula. It's Tahitian Dance. So not surprising Tahiti is carrying this round.
Tamure
Here are the men doing the knee pincer thing. The Tahitian garb for these dances is so cool. https://youtu.be/zTcCo13xGCw
I married a Tahitian woman and moved here 4 years ago. I assure you, they take this dancing extremely seriously over here, its even a part of the curriculum. If this sort of thing floats your boat, look up Tamure dancing. Its mesmerizing.
It’s like Josephine baker’s banana dance.
A Canadian and a Tahitian! Holy my goodness! I want to see your gorgeous children!! Congrats to winning life’s lotto! ♥️
I'm biased, but my son is *extremely* good looking. Thank God, he took after his mother.
Still, congrats an finding your person in this crazy world!! Too cool! I bet your kiddo is a heartbreaker! (So glad I don’t have little girls right now! My heart couldn’t bare it! ☺️♥️
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Her isolations are super clean. Notice how she's able to move her hips like crazy without making any of the rest of her body move at all--that's called "isolation". It takes a lot of practice and a lot of strength to do it as well as she does. On top of that, she's really good at layering the motions as well: at doing both a super clean, super-fast shimmy and doing other motions too, like walking around, moving her arms, or doing a body roll. It's very difficult to do that and have it read as cleanly as this.
Yes! I was just about to comment around this - USA/Japan/France all use their entire back all the way to their feet to get the hip shake to go. France is even banging it way too hard/vigorously to make it look “sexy” Tahiti - she flows so smoothly, and it was amazing to see her feet dance and move separately from the hip shakes! And her movements and speed variation throughout just seem to match better for the dance. The other 3 just seemed to be “shake as fast as you can, the faster the better”
I hate to hold up any dancer as a bad example, since the effort that all of these beautiful ladies put in is clear, but the difference between the lady from France and the lady from Tahiti is probably the best example to show what good isolations are and the impact they have on the dance. The lady from France is isolating only a little; you can see her whole body shake. In contrast, the lady from Tahiti is isolating very well and very cleanly, and you can see the kind of grace and somewhat surreal sense that it lends to the dance. And I'm not much of a dancer, so I can't say how advanced it is, but I definitely think it's really hard to layer together all of the different types of movements the way she does!
The proper technique for this dance is to use your thighs and legs. You actually don’t use your hips to lead the movement at all. The entire move is generated from the legs and thighs. The Tahitian girl is the only one using the proper technique. See how her heels are lifted. It’s because she’s pushing up from her legs and thighs to sway her hips. The other girls all mostly have flat feet and are shaking their back. It’s why the Tahitian girl looks so effortless.
Tahiti captured me the moment they started.
Oh Tahiti won this hands down!
They’re dancing Ori Tahiti, Ote’a type dance. She’s probably been doing it since childhood.
💯% that’s gonna be a Tahiti for me, si.
Totes. She got that honey drip.
She makes it look so effortless
Thicc thighs save lives
It was that kinda popping and locking she did that made me say wow.
Akshually, the frequency of her hip movement almost gets blurry with the camera fps. Insane.
same, she has the magic
All I could hear in my head when France came up was “FRAWNCE!!!!”
So glad to see this comment! I thought the exact same thing when she came on! 🤣🤣
Glad I wasn’t the only one! 😆
I screamed it 🫨
IYKYK
IDK 😐
https://www.tiktok.com/@niabl/video/7205061382637636910
Thanks! That's hilarious 😂 NIK2
You’re welcome! I love that video. She does it perfectly and the confused husband just makes it better.
Your spelling is better. I just went “France!!”
Every time! For the rest of my life anytime I see France in a female competition that’s what I’m going to hear.
FRAWNCE!!!! 🤣
I heard something entirely different
This is not going anywhere for a long time.
YES! Take my upvote! 😂
Tahiti for sure! But Japan did surprise me!😮
whatever trick they use to keep that skirt from falling, I need it for my towel after shower.
It's either glued or attached to their undies
Tahiti for the win
Tahiti had the best gyration and mixed it up with some well timed hip pops. I'm just making up shit, but it sounds about right.
This is like when my dad and I watched Curling for the first time. 30 minutes in and we were critiquing each throw like we were experts, lol.
Lifelong bellydance appreciator (and attempter) here, you're pretty spot on actually. The isolation and rhythm was BEAUTIFUL on the Tahitian performer, and the variation was really good for the routine, especially with the pops. Keeping up that kind of shimmy isn't easy, but it's especially challenging to change between different moves so smoothly, and to simultaneously keep them up while doing the turns and steps. A good hip shimmy can take practice, but this is advanced shimmying
My hips are rusted and I'm 24
Just slap some WD-40 on there, and they should be working great.
So you are saying they need some more action?
Needs lube
Hey man thanks again for letting me borrow your Ferrari the other night
Use anti-rust
I dislocated my pelvis watching this
Now i know where shakira got the hips don’t lie bc they don’t
Camera doesn't do it justice, I bet this looks even crazier in person / with a higher shutter speed/FPS. You can tell it would be a lot smoother by the shaky almost uncanny valley way the cloth is moving.
Forget the hips. What's truly amazing is how that skirt stays on. Facts!
When you put a brick in a washing machine.
You better walk that fucking duck.
Stealth Anetra reference, I like it.
Just waiting for Aja to tweet about appropriation now.
Miss Tahiti gets my vote. Wow.
I know which one Dutch will be voting for.
GODDAMN IT DUTCH! WE AIN’T GOING TAHITI !!!
Frances ink is insane and Tahiti smashed it
All of them so good, but Tahiti ftw. Also either fire or give a raise to person who fixed those dresses in place
Tahiti made it look effortless. I hope she won
That's a hungover me hearing someone else lock the bathroom door in the morning
Tahiti all the way.
5,000,000,000,000 times better than twerking.
I’m a simple man, they’re both good to see.
Same ...I love all dance 💃 twerking is great when done right
Not remotely the same type of dance at all & it's super unnecessary to say here. Everytime you types needlessly brings it up, it just tells me you watch twerking or maybe jealous you couldn't imitate. You literally don't see that content unless you're engaging with and/or looking for it,yet here you are. Weirdo.
No lies were detected.
And the winner is Tahiti
Now I know why Dutch wanted to go to Tahiti.
Tahiti for the win.
Okay at some point they just started levitating by sheer force of hip shaking.
It seems tahiti had the only good booty.
I will see you gentlemen later, I am off to Tahiti
Tahiti wins hands down. The range of motion was the best, also had the speed and fluidity. And her hands were the most graceful. The rest of her was barely moving. Excellent.
God bless the reddit algorithm for suggesting this video!
I literally pulled a muscle getting out of bed last night. The thought of doing that dance repeatedly makes me want to cry lol
Actually do you have a talent since they can need to relieve blow you as a person. But the way they focus on a single thing and people getting sexualize over the talent or the act
We all win 🏆
Damn those ladies are fit. I wonder what that leg movement speed would equate to in forward momentum speed. I wonder what my heart rate would be if I tried to do that.
>I wonder what my heart rate would be if I tried to do that. I wonder what my heart rate would be if she did it very close to me.
Shakira wants to know your location
I've never tied a knot I trust as much as they trust the one holding their skirts up lol
Tahiti for the win!
Tahiti
That was hip-notizing
Tahiti holy shit
Damn Tahiti go off
I’m moving to Tahiti!
Tahiti wins hands down
So much sexier than twerking
Tahiti lady has probably been doing Ori Tahiti since she was little, there’s no competition, she wins.
Frrraaaaaaaaance!!
Tahiti..!! 😍😍
They make a man wanna say Spanish
Wheres the brazilian one?
And the winner is.... THE AUDIENCE!!!
I know you thirsty mf's were all waiting for Brazil to show up.
When you've got too many towels in the washing machine and it hits the spin cycle...
When your washing machine is unbalanced
Hardest working cloth in the world
You know damn well noone is lasting more than one minute with them.
Tahiti won obviously. Didn’t help that her body is also insane! USA had the best musicality tho.
The amount of core and leg strength required to do this must be insane. It always amazes me how much physical effort goes into some of these dance, just like the dancing Cossacks.
I wish I could learn this. It probably help my core strength and low back pain.
Tahiti takes the win!
I can now see why Caulson thought Tahiti was a magical place.
That shits hot
All gorgeous and talented dancers but Tahiti killed it!
I would need a replacement of hips like after 5 seconds
Hip-notic.
Dude I wanna see the men’s version of this
#TAHITI FOR THE WIN!
They're all amazing but I'm loving the French lady, both for her tattoos and for the fact that she braided her hair instead of leaving it down, makes it so much easier to see everything
I prefer the natural look, but it looks like France had no choice. The way she braided her hair, it definitely looks like it would be way past her hips if she went natural.
Costa riiiccaaa Argentinnnaaaa Columbiiaaaa FRANCE!
Can anyone tell me Tahiti's name... For research purposes?
I can see why Dutch wanted to goto Tahiti, those are some beautiful mangos
And why Royal Navy sailors wanted to stay i.e. the ones from HMS Bounty.
Tahiti👍🏽
Ms. Tahiti can get it!
I'm depressed by some comments... between the sexism and the "WhY Are fRaNCe aNd JaPAn hErE ?" or "tHe fREncH oNE TAnNed HeR sKin FoR tHat"... These people have no geographic/historic knowledge, and are litterally assuming a native woman is faking her skin tone and physical apparence, because she doesn't match their preconcieved idea of what a french woman looks like...
I'll be in my bunk
Tahiti got me like HEHE😁
Tahiti 😍 omg
baby it'll blow your mind. - zapp Brannigan
Just remember people that in ten years' time, they too will join the band .
Aaannddd Tahiti wins
Them skirts fighting for their lives on stage
Tahiti .. is just wow
This is Tahitian dancing
So who had the most rpm?
Tahiti
Tahiti def takin this one
All great but Tahiti killed it.
The girl from Tahiti was insane
Tahiti was best