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That's wackadoo.
So hi. How ya doin'?
I feel like I haven't posted much lately. I've been very busy with dance, teaching, modelling, working out, and the like. Tonight I teach again, and then I'm off to wing chun. I have no real expectations from it. It could be good. It could suck. The only way I'll know is by going.
But damn, I sure wish I could find a mantis school around here. That's the style I really like.
Last night, in dance class, I was asked to demonstrate my "fanciest" dance move. I couldn't think of what that would be, but then I figured it's probably my staggered backbend. So at the end of the class, when I was good and warmed up, I knelt on the floor and demonstrated a basic backbend to the floor and back up again. And then I did one of my staggered ones down.
It was easy. EASY.
So I figured I'd stagger it back up again, which is always a killer.
Piece of cake.
Normally, that move is a serious quad slayer. Now it's not. For a moment, I thought I must have cheated or something, so I did it again. Nope. It was still a cinch. I must have levelled up since my performance in Toronto last week.
And just in case you're looking for some good hints on backbends, look what I found: The Gripping Truth. It's an interesting article on the correct way of engaging your glutes during back bends. Good stuff!
I think that today I shall write more on how to teach dance technique, isolations, stretches, and strength-building. So far, I've covered basic posture, psoas isolation, and quad-strengthening for floorwork. Do you have any special requests?
I believe I'm better at writing up isolation exercises which you can use as building blocks for moves/combinations than I am at writing up combinations. That's probably because it's what I'm more interested in. I think you need to have an understanding of the isolations required for a dance move before you can start layering and combining it with other movements effectively. Why would I teach a horizontal rib circle with a shoulder shimmy overlay if the student can't even do a rib slide?
This is one of my main problems with choreography-based beginners' classes. But I digress....
It shall soon be time for me to go to the gym and pump iron, anyhow.
In order to get a drivers' license, you do not need proof of residency.
That's wackadoo.
So hi. How ya doin'?
I feel like I haven't posted much lately. I've been very busy with dance, teaching, modelling, working out, and the like. Tonight I teach again, and then I'm off to wing chun. I have no real expectations from it. It could be good. It could suck. The only way I'll know is by going.
But damn, I sure wish I could find a mantis school around here. That's the style I really like.
Last night, in dance class, I was asked to demonstrate my "fanciest" dance move. I couldn't think of what that would be, but then I figured it's probably my staggered backbend. So at the end of the class, when I was good and warmed up, I knelt on the floor and demonstrated a basic backbend to the floor and back up again. And then I did one of my staggered ones down.
It was easy. EASY.
So I figured I'd stagger it back up again, which is always a killer.
Piece of cake.
Normally, that move is a serious quad slayer. Now it's not. For a moment, I thought I must have cheated or something, so I did it again. Nope. It was still a cinch. I must have levelled up since my performance in Toronto last week.
And just in case you're looking for some good hints on backbends, look what I found: The Gripping Truth. It's an interesting article on the correct way of engaging your glutes during back bends. Good stuff!
I think that today I shall write more on how to teach dance technique, isolations, stretches, and strength-building. So far, I've covered basic posture, psoas isolation, and quad-strengthening for floorwork. Do you have any special requests?
I believe I'm better at writing up isolation exercises which you can use as building blocks for moves/combinations than I am at writing up combinations. That's probably because it's what I'm more interested in. I think you need to have an understanding of the isolations required for a dance move before you can start layering and combining it with other movements effectively. Why would I teach a horizontal rib circle with a shoulder shimmy overlay if the student can't even do a rib slide?
This is one of my main problems with choreography-based beginners' classes. But I digress....
It shall soon be time for me to go to the gym and pump iron, anyhow.
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Date: 2007-02-06 05:05 pm (UTC)From:Yeah this is why Audra is a great teacher. She's not afraid to ditch the choreography from the beginner class when it wasn't improving the student's ability to nail the drilling. He first series and maybe the second ended with a choreography that was learnt in bits from each class. Then one round she didn't do that and the class level went up, so now it's just drilling and small combos then a follow me at the end instead of using up 20 min per class to repeat a choreography. I've often wished in workshops that we don't get a choreography- it's not like I'm going to go and use it as I've learnt it, drilling, being taught something that the teacher is kick ass and unique in and then some juicy combos to drop in my own stuff makes me most happy.
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Date: 2007-02-06 10:01 pm (UTC)From:I'll let her know that when she updated that page the prices went with the updates!
and just FYI that page also needs the short and sweets updated, this page has them in the correct order
http://www.cleopatrasbazaar.com/index.php?cPath=145
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Date: 2007-02-06 10:26 pm (UTC)From:hamstrings!
Date: 2007-02-06 09:37 pm (UTC)From:Re: hamstrings!
Date: 2007-02-06 09:41 pm (UTC)From:Right now, I'm thinking a breakdown of the Egyptian shimmy ("knee shimmy"), arabesques, and some stretches....
Up is so much harder.
Date: 2007-02-07 02:19 am (UTC)From:Re: Up is so much harder.
Date: 2007-02-07 05:14 pm (UTC)From:Re: Up is so much harder.
Date: 2007-02-07 06:32 pm (UTC)From:Re: Up is so much harder.
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