My Performance at Tribally Yours

[shanmonster]

At long last I can share my performance from Tribally Yours. All things considered, it's not too bad. I was worried because my asthma was in full effect during my dance, but I can't tell by looking that I was barely getting any oxygen.

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[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Danke!

[firelie.livejournal.com]

I must say, I find it hard to equate the utter dork you are in your non-dancing videos to the sensual, graceful woman in this one. :) Your husband must be mystified by you.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[lizreay.livejournal.com]

Totally awesome. Now I have to build myself some poi so I can relearn it...

There are moments in the dance where you, for some reason, remind me a whole lot of River from Firefly.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the hair!

[lizreay.livejournal.com]

The hair, the eyes, the grin, and something about some of the moves in the early part of the routine (pre-poi). At any rate, way way cool. And I did wind up making some practice poi... hopefully the beanbags won't leave too many marks. ;)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I practiced while wearing a bicycle helmet. It really helped prevent injuries! Of course, I was using heavy poi heads with big metal bolts, and I figure I did give myself two minor concussions while figuring it all out.

[lizreay.livejournal.com]

Last time around, I used tennis balls filled with pebbles. Ow. Thus far, I've been nailing my shins more than my skull, but I'll definitely break out the bike helmet. Thanks! :)

[greyanna.livejournal.com]

Great music and fantastic body control! The only indication I had that you might be in pain was that your shoulders are incredibly rounded and pulled into your body. Is that common for you when oxygen deprived, or do you also have issues with your upperback? One other thing to be careful of is that your left hand and arm are so graceful, but it wasn't mirrored by your right hand and arm. My eye was drawn to the differences between the two movements.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The rounded shoulders is something I've been trying to break myself of for quite a while, and comes from my years of studying goju-ryu karate-do. The rounded and squeezed-down shoulder is standard for that art. Unfortunately, it's been a difficult habit to break, and I suspect the asthma didn't help much. I've also noted more of a tendency for this to happen while I'm spinning poi, and need to get more practice in with mirrors or video so I can make the necessary corrections.

My upper back is fine.

I'm mostly ambidextrous, but my left side has finer control. Thanks for pointing out the discrepency! Now I know I need to drill more on that side....