Friday, December 10, 2010

Anatomical correction

An anatomical correction that i got and mostly everyone else in my class was head tail. When rolling up your head should be the last thing that is up. It starts with your butt then your spine and your head last.

Present

Being present in class onstage is a good thing because you are well aware of everything and you are performing. If you aren't present in in class or onstage you might come off as not caring or knowing the combination which you don't want cause you will never get hired.

when I dance

When I dance all my worries go away and It's like I can be other people and animals it may sound weird but that's what I love doing when I dance pretending to be other things. It makes dance more fun and interesting.Also at the same time I can be myself when I dance and let the movements express how I feel.

working on technique

This semester I tried to work on picking up combinations faster since I first started dancing I've always had a problem with learning combinations quickly and dancing fast paste. Next semester I plan on still working on it till I feel comfortable with fast combinations and going to auditions and learning dances fast.

Perfecting hidden movements

When you  perfect  the hidden movements it makes the actual movement easier to do because sometimes your placement could be off cause you are not executing the hidden step right and it makes the movement better, such as degage if you know how to do a tendu if you are articulate the foot when doing a  degage the working leg will look sharp you'll be stretching the leg and pointing the toes.

Pop culture and stereotyping

We live in a pop culture era so the music that we we mostly hear is pop. The videos that we see on tv are mainly pop artist so the back up dancers are usually doing "hip hop moves". So it sometimes can make a dancer think well what do i need ballet or modern for people only use hip hop dancers or you will hear I am a ballet dancer I can't do hip hop. Another thing is because pop is so popular we over use songs with words and the same artist are getting played for every dance.

Improvisational

When we improved in the park I was well aware of my surroundings and  how I was moving through space. It's like I was in a different world cause I was zoned out so I wasn't worried about the steps but at the same time I was watching out for other dancers. I could also feel the ground the rocks and the hot concrete so I got the grounded feeling modern dancers are suppose to have.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

In modern today we were ask to move our arms around in the outer space then in the lengths of our elbows then near our body...then back to outer space where we were ask to also start moving our feet then we had to find someone and have a conversation with our bodies following each other dancing. I think it was a great experience cause it got people who are afraid of improving to move without thinking about the steps and worrying if anyone was watching. Maybe i can improve....maybe its the word that just scares me.

nature and body movements

my modern teacher gave us assignment to look at nature and find something that relates to body movement. I saw a stick with leaves on it and i was watching how it would sway from side to side and back and forth. It reminded me of transition which is on of the hardest things to do in dance because of weight shifting. so i  took some movements and copied the leaves by shifting my weight back and forth and side to side .