Blog 3

Tuesday- This morning in commercial we ran through the the choreography so Amber could catch up. This was not just beneficial for Amber because it definitely helped me clarify any movements I was unsure of like the arms at the beginning of the unison section. It looked a lot cleaning after that lesson however we did not move forward in the sense of getting the choreography done. I am enjoying this dance because I can perform it well and I like dancing it. Afterwards we had some studio time where we finally began our musical theatre trio. We really struggled finding a song so instead of wasting time we decided to change the style to jazz and we picked a song by Michael Jackson ‘Bad’. After that we had a lot of ideas and came up with choreography quickly and we all agreed on it give or take a couple of arms. I think the three for us work very well together and it helps because we all love the style and I enjoy performing it. In the last 15 minutes of our first part of studio time Millie went downstairs to help with another trio which gave Maddy and I time to clarify any arms etc. In the second half of studio time we worked on Rock and Roll we did not get as much choreography done as last week instead were experimenting with some lifts we might add in. We tried a type of piggy back which we all struggled with Maddy and I found that it was not a very clean transition so we decided of a cartwheel over the legs instead.

Wednesday- In ballet we added on more to the dance, so far it had only been people gradually being adding in so we finally started a unison section. I think the hardest part was my balance because there are a lot of lunges with a pointed foot at the back as well as direction changes. So my execution was not perfect but I think my timing was good during the canon section. In street today we talked a little about what other songs we wanted in the mash up, before learning another song called ‘Truffle Butter’ this one was a different style of street to ‘Trini Dem Girls’. This one I had to get a lower centre of gravity to give it that rougher quality. 

Thursday- Modern was same as last week we did a usual class before running through the dance couple of times at the end. The last class of the day was with Emilie where we recapped street and contemporary. When we went through the street song ‘Trini Dem Girls’ I was surprised but how much I remembered but my teacher did give me some corrections so I can now execute the movements correctly. After street we moved onto contemporary I remembered the majority of the choreography however everyone it class struggled with certain sections. Especially the arms at the end section because I could see myself watching Emilie in the mirror instead of knowing it myself. So I need to go home and practice the choreography before next week.