Ladies' StarLast night was another neon wig night. The dance group I'm in had a performance at 10pm. This time, I am happy to say, went a lot better than last time.
Since I was pretty nervous about performing the same number again, I did some further preparation:
- My spatial sense is not great when I transfer from rehearsal space to performance space, so I made a little chart of the first figure.
I realize now that this looks a bit like a roundabout in the UK. The line is roughly my path and the letters are my partners. For example, I start the figure with E and switch partners in the circle, then ray out with A, come back in and ray out with K.I practiced by myself with the chart and then double checked with all my partners that I got it right before the performance.
- There are two arm windmills in this piece, which I kept screwing up. I kept doing the backstroke instead of the freestyle. So, all week in my cube and whenever I had a free moment, I cadenced with my feet and freestyled with my arms. Note to self: your co-workers can see your arms swinging over the cubicle wall.
- Most importantly, I washed my hands a lot and drank Emergen-C after four people in our troupe got sick!
5 comments:
Very cool hair - I love it!
you were awesome! thanks much for the dancing. :)
Thanks for your dedication! It was indeed a great show.
I bought another box of Emergen-C today. Just in case.
Such complex dance routines. Someday, dancers may need personal GPS guidance systems ( with voice and vectors indicating direction of body, head, eyes, arms and legs ).
Just don't dance around the rotary backwards like I once did in the UK....
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