Why Is Gaga Not Considered a Good Dancer?

[elijahfan 26,080]

Mess at all of you guys saying she isn't a good dancer 

[FinnishGypsy 921]

2 minutes ago, DiscoHeaven23 said:

If she kept her Born This Way era moves, she would be. 

 

But it kinda fell apart after the new hip. Like she's a good dancer, but it's not enough to stand out

Good point re: the hip surgery, but I never recall her dancing abilities being praised even prior to the surgery, and the majority of her impressive choreos were pre-injury.

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

Live she isn't that good  

When she does TV performances, it's good because it's one song, but during concerts she sees very... idk, stiff?  She needs to rely more on props and acting. VMAs 2009 are a great example of that. 

I don't blame her tho, her hip is probably not letting her go hard on dancing for 2 hours.

[alextruper17 8,908]

 

[kvnrp 48,353]

4 minutes ago, KatieJudasGaga4 said:

Are you sure they pick the great picks for the video because if you notice Beyonce messed up on some choreo in Telephone and I was like "The only choreo Gaga is better than Beyonce".....

Gaga said she didn't like the way the video was edited so probably not all the time

[FinnishGypsy 921]

Everyone is saying she’s a mediocre (at best) dancer live, but I honestly thought she did amazing at the SB Halftime Show and JWT, especially considering what we know now about her chronic pain (not to mention what happened to her hip.)

[Inferno 2,880]

She works really hard at it and does a great job. i just think by her own admission, dancing doesnt come as naturally to her as other aspects of her job.

[FinnishGypsy 921]

1 minute ago, alextruper17 said:

 

I was waiting for someone to post this, to the extent that my original OP specifically asked people to refrain from including this gif. 

[Ziggy 11,785]

Because she's not a very precise dancer live. She has WILD energy, but she's sloppy live because she chooses to focus on singing and letting loose. It's her aesthetic. Beyonce and Shakira thrive off letting their showmanship shine in dance, Gaga's got more of a looser metal and rock flair. If she wanted to she could be a better live dancer and the Superbowl is a great example of that.

[S0436 10,215]

Because she is considered a good singer and they don’t like to see you being both.

I can’t think of any pop mainstream artist that is praised for their singing and dancing.  M.J. comes close to being praised for both but his voice was criticized from 1990 onwards.  Beyoncé is praised for her voice and performance but not her dancing per se.

[FinnishGypsy 921]

Since I only included music videos in the OP, I wanted to add this. In addition to the halftime show, I think this was a really good representation of a live performance showcasing both impressive singing and dancing:

 

[mariomania1234 11,368]

 

[FinnishGypsy 921]

5 minutes ago, S0436 said:

I can’t think of any pop mainstream artist that is praised for their singing and dancing.

Beyoncé? 

Overall, I largely agree with your post though. 

[REALITY 76,315]

You notice how all but one of your clips were before she broke her hip? Sure, she was a great dancer before, but she's never really been able to expand upon that since after she canceled the Born This Way Ball. Also, if I'm being honest, she's not an amazing dancer live. She's great, don't get me wrong, but she very clearly is putting more time into her singing rather than her dancing.

[RahrahWitch 6,985]

I think she's a good Dancer even more so before her Hip broke.