Hey guys, this is the news story we talked about today in class about Beyonce's new music video. Apparently Beyonce used dance moves from a famous choreographer including very obviously copied clips in the music video.
On the question of "is it okay to take someone's work if it's already famous?" This is what the choreographer says:
"I didn't know anything about this. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism. This is stealing," De Keersmaeker told Studio Brussels. "What's rude about it is that they don't even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because it's a famous work. Am I honored? Look, I've seen local school kids doing this. That's a lot more beautiful."
Thoughts?
They bring up a legitimate point when they say that she plaigerized her moves because you can patent moves or combinations, especially if they are filmed. (Bob Fosse's choreography, for example, is iconic and most of his works are copyrighted.) I think that they might be making a big deal out of it because she did admit to being inspired by the choreographer. However, if you look at the original videos they took the choreogrpahy from, its identical. I think Beyonce should just add a slide at the end that attributes the choreography to De Keersmaeker.
ReplyDeleteWhat music video are y'all talking about? Could you post a link to it?
ReplyDeleteSure! Here is Beyonce's music video:
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You can also find the videos of the original choreographer in the article about too
I think that this is an outrageous instance of plagiarism. In music, when you copy someone, usually you say remix of "song one" and "song two" or you put credits in the video description. In addition, Beyoncé didn't just take the idea and change it up a little bit, it is copied almost move for move. She is going to far with the freedom of sharing in the art community. Although the line may be hazy in terms of what is plagiarizing and when in art and music, this is far from being simply an instance of remixing or reinterpreting other work(s).
ReplyDeleteI forgot to point out that I liked the quote "What's rude about it is that they don't even bother about hiding it" from the original choreographer.
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