Some Australian aborigines were still offended after seeing the OD:
Aboriginal leaders: Russian ice dancers' routine still offensive
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/va...rs-Russian-ice-dancers-routine?urn=oly,221290
Not sure if this was a typical reaction to D/S OD or not....
Aboriginal leaders: Russian ice dancers' routine still offensive
After seeing the dance Sunday night, an Aboriginal dancer wrote in Australia's Herald Sun newspaper:
The dance is certainly unlike anything I've seen, and other than a few complex lifts, the performance didn't really entertain me. It looked wrong on so many levels. ... When creating a dance or theatre work, even as contemporary indigenous dancers, it is a part of our practice to follow cultural protocols and consult with traditional elders who understand the meaning behind the movement. It is respect for our traditional cultural laws, language groups and elders for this information to be passed on correctly.
An Aboriginal leader agreed, telling The Australian newspaper:
"I am offended by the performance and so are our other councillors," Bev Manton, the chairwoman of the [New South Wales] Land Council said.
"Aboriginal people for very good reason are sensitive about their cultural objects and icons being co-opted by non-Aboriginal people – whether they are from Australia or Russia.
"It's important for people to tread carefully and respectfully when they are depicting somebody else's culture, and I don't think this performance does."
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/va...rs-Russian-ice-dancers-routine?urn=oly,221290
Not sure if this was a typical reaction to D/S OD or not....