Comments on: How To Make Choreography “Your Own” http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/ Giving students, teachers, and parents an edge in dance education Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nichelle (admin) http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Nichelle (admin) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-1762 Hi Jensey, Sorry about the delay in responding - December has been a busy month! I will try to respond as best I can. In your first post, you describe a lack of confidence in improvisation. My specialty is modern/contemporary dance, not street dance, but in both improvisation is very important. The thing with improvisation is that you gain confidence through practicing, which means just doing it. If you are "getting stuck" or having trouble knowing or deciding what to do next, you probably need more experience. And if you really want experience, if you really want to dance, then what your friends do or do not do shouldn't matter. Get out - take a class, go to clubs, <b>wherever</b> there is dance happening. Watch, participate, absorb all you can. Surround yourself with people who want it too. No matter what style of dance - that's the only answer for the problem you are describing. People that make it in dance don't let obstacles get in the way of their dreams or ambitions - they find a way. Dance is not for those who sit back and wait for opportunities to come along, it is for people who seek out opportunities and never give up. That's a tough answer, but it is the truth. I wish you the best, just keep going and working hard! Hi Jensey,

Sorry about the delay in responding – December has been a busy month! I will try to respond as best I can.

In your first post, you describe a lack of confidence in improvisation. My specialty is modern/contemporary dance, not street dance, but in both improvisation is very important. The thing with improvisation is that you gain confidence through practicing, which means just doing it. If you are “getting stuck” or having trouble knowing or deciding what to do next, you probably need more experience.

And if you really want experience, if you really want to dance, then what your friends do or do not do shouldn’t matter. Get out – take a class, go to clubs, wherever there is dance happening. Watch, participate, absorb all you can. Surround yourself with people who want it too. No matter what style of dance – that’s the only answer for the problem you are describing. People that make it in dance don’t let obstacles get in the way of their dreams or ambitions – they find a way. Dance is not for those who sit back and wait for opportunities to come along, it is for people who seek out opportunities and never give up. That’s a tough answer, but it is the truth. I wish you the best, just keep going and working hard!

]]> By: jensey http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 jensey Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:06:26 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-1761 erghh! i need help, is thre anyone out there who cares i REALLY REALLY really love street dance and im not a confident in it anymore. there is one dance group i want to meet and that is diversity but they are all the way in britan. it sucks anyway lol i need help i keep backing down on street dance and im close to quiting i really dont want to quit is there anybody out there who can help me. please.;( if you can thanks;) erghh! i need help, is thre anyone out there who cares i REALLY REALLY really love street dance and im not a confident in it anymore. there is one dance group i want to meet and that is diversity but they are all the way in britan. it sucks anyway lol i need help i keep backing down on street dance and im close to quiting i really dont want to quit is there anybody out there who can help me. please.;( if you can thanks;)

]]> By: jensey http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 jensey Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:50:15 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-1717 i do street dance but sometimes i run out of choreography and i go bilistic because i cant think of other steps its so dumb i can dance everyone says i can but then i back down and thoughts run through my head, then i get upset i really love street dancing, and never want to give up but sometimes i give up easily im by,myself on weekend cause all my friends dont wanna dance no more i want to make up some great choreography but it never happens i keep trying. eventually ill make somthing up. :) once i have a dance group things are okay but when i dont its so hard. :) i do street dance but sometimes i run out of choreography and i go bilistic because i cant think of other steps its so dumb i can dance everyone says i can but then i back down and thoughts run through my head, then i get upset i really love street dancing, and never want to give up but sometimes i give up easily im by,myself on weekend cause all my friends dont wanna dance no more i want to make up some great choreography but it never happens i keep trying. eventually ill make somthing up. :) once i have a dance group things are okay but when i dont its so hard. :)

]]> By: Dawn DeMendonca http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Dawn DeMendonca Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-365 To make a dance your own.. Listen to the music..Release what you are feeling when you dance. Combine rhythmical expression together with rhythimical body action. Change some timings, make use of levels and add change of direction. Brilliant Article Dance Avantage ! Dawn DeMendonca - Founder of DanceMass.tv www.twitter.com/dancemasstv To make a dance your own..
Listen to the music..Release what you are feeling when you dance. Combine rhythmical expression together with rhythimical body action. Change some timings, make use of levels and add change of direction.

Brilliant Article Dance Avantage !

Dawn DeMendonca – Founder of DanceMass.tv
http://www.twitter.com/dancemasstv

]]> By: admin http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-285 admin Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:27:23 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-285 Thanks, M! Thanks, M!

]]> By: M. Butterfly http://danceadvantage.net/2009/04/16/make-it-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-284 M. Butterfly Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:22:35 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=1870#comment-284 Excellent post, N! I want to print this out for my students. :) HIGH FIVE. Excellent post, N! I want to print this out for my students. :) HIGH FIVE.

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