Qudus Onikeku and The QTribe summon a downpour with a poetic, powerful dance performance. Set to a composition of singing, drums and strings, the dancers radiate energy — moving in circles, in shapes and in unison as they consume the TED stage.
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Is it the contemporary dance? :-0
Oh boy. I’m sure this will be well received.
*grabs popcorn*
Bait and switch… bye
Cool…but whats it got to do with technology, education or design? I remember when TED had great science talks, but now its mostly just social justice stuff 🙁
It’s hard to believe that there are conservative people who trust science and even climate change. I thought 100% of you were religious freaks that is deluded with the thought that the earth is 6,000 years old.
ManiacallyYours I’m curious where you stand in politics after what you stated. I thought intellectuals would at least comprehend SJ.
Santa Cruz Shredding Not to take away from the argument but I’m a moderate conservative and an atheist. This country is divided cause we keep over generalizing the other side.
What is worse? A moderate liberal who criticizes Christianity, but totally safeguards Islam. Or a extremist left or right that is continuously attempting to rush their agendas. Examples: Feminazi’s and White supremacist. But yes I agree with you
Seantalkstoomuch i agree that Ted talks isn’t what it used to be. If you look at the last couple of Ted talks, it’s mostly about feminism. It’s a good thing that women are standing up for themselves. But feminism it’s not the same as equality. People shouldn’t look at their gender but at the strength in themselves. I have worked in a man’s field and in a woman’s field. There’s no different if all of your co- workers are going for the same goal. So I can’t wait to have the feminism side on Ted talks be blown over. En shown some interesting talks on how someone accomplished an amazing goal in life or how someone invented some new technology. The dance was good tough, but it doesn’t fit this channel.
Unscribed now bye Mind control @ WORK. SHEEPLES will wake up later IN time
100% woke.
You just need a dictionary now.
The African Science of Rain. Just as valid as Western Science. All cultures are equal. Praise Jesus
No, they are not. Do your research and stop being ignorant.
I did scenic dance for many years.. and I still love it.. This is very nice… but it somehow isn’t talk… 🙂
but what about the white tribe? I mean Caucasian tribes.
Scheduled for extinction
Name 1.
Thats how you talk without words.
Yeah, maybe. But since I don’t understand that language, could you please do a quick translation for me?
TED is just trolling now. The obvious agenda here is making suspect anything remotely related to “social justice”.
Can I have an ebook version for this speech? I’m having difficulty understanding it
Guys if you think this won’t interest you > don’t click on it. This is not titled to be a TEDx Talk or anything and for all you know this was probably a performance in between talks to entertain the audience and if you have cameras there why not record it and upload it for the people that *do* want to see exactly this to find? It’s not like TED is spamming your feed with dance on a regular basis .-. These dancers worked hard for this and they are just doing what they’re supposed to. So disliking this is a bit disrespectful in my opinion. Just move on~
Tell me how am I to know I wont like it
Emma how will we know what interests us?
Never heard ‘don’t judge a book by it’s cover’
Emma thank you! I don’t see what is so hard about not watching a video you think you wouldn’t be interested in. There’s no need for trolling and people becoming pissed off because they think TED is trying to force an agenda. Watch it or move the f*©€ on. It’s that simple!
Vikki Looper how do you know you’re not interested until you watch it.
ooga booga!
RICH CULTURE! Because nothing says culture like a dance you can learn in one evening.
Pixel Puncher keep setting up arbitrary bars
Idk if youve ever seen european dance… but its kinda basic
and I wouldn’t expect it to be presented on stage. But I think you’re forgetting one of the most difficult dances that originated in the west: ballet. It’s a wonderful example of how striving for the ideal creates greatness. All coming from werstern ideology and being practiced in the west.
But I would also say that you’ve probably never truly looked into african dances?
It can be hard to remember and reflect on how what we see and know is very much a product of where we are from. Because I think if you’d look around for dances from other regions of the world like africa and asia you will find immensely rich dances and culture. Maybe not such a technical dance as ballet, but they are still amazing and awesome.
Just my 2 cents.
Not enough African trannys. TED is racist and transphobic confirmed.
No….kazuchika okada is enough I believe
“ideas worth spreading” okay…. and what exactly is the idea here?
Oh how cute, look at that culture.
Oh how quaint, they think we could learn something from them.
Powerfull. I like it, nice guys
There is a considerable amount of obvious racist, narrow minded and delusional trolls in this comment section. Being cultured equates to improving your knowledge of the planet we live on. Unless you wish to stay ignorant and pessimistic. Entertainment that comes from other cultures and societies around the world to the world wide society is refreshing is it not? Guess some of it is a personal matter, but on the other side there is the importance of “diversifying your portfolio” as Carl Sagan once said elegantly.