* New Dance * - 22th Of November

Today, we were introduced to our new temporary teacher for this term. I cannot remember her name so I will refer her to MISS.

After all getting dressed and sorting out our kit, we all discussed what we can do for a new piece and how we can pull it together at such late notice. Miss explained to us that we had to use contemporary techniques and that it would be a good idea to use the whole ATMOSPHERE of an "Ice-skating Arena" or "Alice and the Wonderland" for a theme. We watched a clip on ice which involved movement connecting with the energy of winter. To be able to create a WINTER dance, you must compare everything you do to it and enthasise it as snow, wind, rain ect. Imagine how WINTER feels like, looks like, sounds like, smells like and even TASTE LIKE! After watching the clip I personally understood more about WINTER WONDERLAND, we saw rapid movement, cannons, duets. The dancers involved props and costumes such as tutu's and leggings. The colours they used, music and the tone of lighting also created an atmosphere.

After discussing Miss showed us an example of a dance she had previously made up, the dance was complicated and involved a lot of tactics & gestures. Facial expressions and potential costumes are childish and hilarious which will crack the kids up and keep them AMUSED !

The introduction to the dance involves us keeping in step and time with the music, One student (Demi) had a solo at the front and then Me and the others had a together-movement which involved keeping in a tight area and then we scattered around after. This was a good example of comparing the movement with the weather, this movement describes snow. I found this part of the dance easy, but then Miss made it more complicated when she added on turns, hops and swirls, I found this difficult, because trying to keep in step is something my mind has to work on. Eventually I will get it !

We continued out this dance to the best of our ability, I felt very energetic today! I also wrote down a few notes aswell just to remind myself how to do it step-by-step. Enable for me to keep with the counts and steps I think I should either ask Miss for some individual help or just focus more and stop getting distracted.

Overall, today was a great lesson ! :)