はじめまして、孫です。のとるだむだいがくのかんこくりゅがくせいです。せんこうわびじねすです。Sort of Undecidedです。

Above is a performance by a にほんごのダンサ group I Love Footwork (I hope that was right. google translated "dancer" and it gave me katagana). This is at Japan Dance Delight, which is annual. The event isn't something I follow but a friend showed me this one clip a long time ago. Still, it's pretty fresh.

Here's the description for the video:

JDD vol.15 FINALでのネタ。
基礎の大切さ
音楽の大切さ
この2つをBREAKIN`で表現した作品。

Fortunately I can read Traditional ちゅごくご (which is different from the Simplified ちゅごくごused in Mainland ちゅごく, which I have trouble with). So, I made an attempt to analyze some of the meaning in the description.

基礎 (Fundamentals)    の (from, of, etc)   大(Big)    切(Cut??)     さ(Sa...?no idea what this means)

It didn't work out very well.

Seeking the help of Google I learned that  大切さ means importance.

Then 基礎の大切さ = The importance of fundamentals.

音楽の大切さ = The importance of music.

I hadn't realized it at the time, but this video among others formed my ダンスのてつがく and even things regarding life. Many performances and exhibitions of art that the masses (including us) see is primarily in the finished form. That is, the final product of the artist. And that final product is often times amazing. But we often neglect the process that is behind the product. 

I have nothing against this dance gaining publicity. But I do have something against the media only exposing the end product to the public. You see, when you learn how to play basketball, you don't start off by learning how to dunk or do street basketball tricks and moves. You learn how to dribble and shoot, how to pass and work as a team. Same thing for this dance people call Breakdancing. You start off learning "toprock," grooving and dancing on the beat, standing up. Then you learn "footwork," grooving and dancing on the beat, down on the floor. And after you've learned how to dance, you can try to learn what you see on TV- backflips and windmills and whatnot.

Before anyone can call him/herself a painter, he/she has to learn how to sketch first. Throwing paints on the wall as an artwork comes later when one has understood the basics and want to follow an individual path.

And one of the things that I realized was, if you don't like doing the basics or you can't develop a love for it, then it probably wasn't meant for you. So, I'm going to see how much I enjoy creating financial statements or analyzing the stock market. But I do hope I don't have to switch majors or something like that and blow off the tuition.