Well I have been saying that I can't do a video update until I get my camera sorted, but to my good fortune I went to an awesome hip hop class in Sydney on Friday night with Alvin De Castro and he filmed it and posted it on YouTube. He is a very good dancer and choreographer and is known for his sharp and isolated moves that make you have to have really good technique to do his choreography well.
It was a super challenging class, as it is normally an hour and a half, but he was really late so by the time we warmed up we had about an hour to do the whole piece of choreography, or my other story is that he just teaches at lightening speed. Either way it was the fastest learning I have had to do to date, as I am used to the teacher slowing it right down and breaking down the moves, but he just charged on at basically full pace and did not slow it down at all. At first I got really annoyed at how he was teaching because my poor little brain was not coping, and I was then getting upset because I was thinking that I was not going to be able to get it. However, I let go of that little voice and just concentrated as hard as I could, and managed to slog my way through learning the whole piece. It's definitely not as sharp and together as I would like it, but gives a good view of where I am at. I am happy with it, and can see that my next phase of learning it to really sharpen up and refine my technique, my lines and shape, and keeping movements much more tight. It is always great to be filmed with stuff like this when you are unprepared because you get to see a lot of things that are missing that you can work on and train at. I am kind of glad I did not get the chance to polish it up etc.
So here it is. Enjoy and you will get my own choreographed piece by the end of August!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99CbwVVpWw&feature=channel
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