30th september 2013

In Todays class the Learning objectives were:
Develop on Blogs due to technical problems on accessing them.
Develop health and safety presentation
peer observation - Learning Mike's and Brodies workshop
Recap Urban Dance

On the Health and safety presention there is a section where I will need to analyse about Diet, and eating healthy, so today I learnt all the food groups that intergrate into the food plate/ pyramid.

17th September 2013

Styles of urban dance 

Street 

Lyrical 

Locking - 1970's James Brian 

Popping 

Krumping 

House 

Commercial 

Old Skool hip-hop - 80's - 90's 

Boys per men - fad dancers 

Nu Skool hip - hop 

Whacking 

Freestyle - own interpretation 

 

What is a tempo ?

Every. Best per minute 

Today in class I learnt a lot of different urban styles I did not realise there was this many or a variety of styles came upon this category. There was a few styles that I had never heard of before and therefore I will look up these styles to widen my range.

Health and safety presentation (draft)

My presentation will be presented with Billie. We will dicuss and provide research on health and safety for a performer. 

It is important that we warm up before a class and cool down because when warming up this will increase the blood flow making the muscles warm up. Also warming up will stop the percentage of joint/ muscle injury. 

When warming up you start gentle and slow and then gradually get more faster and intense performing this will gradually will increase the body's temperature and therefore will make contractions & force much more powerfully performed. 

During being part of a dance crew I was made to wear a lot of layers of clothing. My dance teacher explained the more clothing you have will limit your performance and therefore you will need to put a lot more force & effort into the movements, yet when it comes to the performance day/ night you wear hardly any clothing and will find it highly more easier & the level of performance will be fantastic due to having no restrictions. 

This therefore worked and I always did this during rehearsals for a show or competition.

Exercise description: 

There are many simple exercises that will get you warmed up . 

Walking that could then lead into jogging & running , this will get the temperature of the body increasing vary.

Dynamic stretches to reduce muscle stiffness. 

Specific stretches for the different parts of the body you are going to be using. Eg. If you are going to be using your legs for ballet then intense stretches on the legs are needed before this commences.

Whole rehearsing you should have a positive attitude at all times !! Also a 'I want to learn ' as if this is not the attitude while rehearsing then the atmosphere will be very dull & will effect your own personal learning but also the other peers 

Everyone is learning. No body is perfect and therefore you should respect each individual performer how you want to be treated. So showing respect, dignity & a positive approach invade they need help or advice then smiling and being polite is a must! Yourself and the teacher should have a strong bond, treating each other with respect on how each wants to be treated, we are all wanting to learn , so therefore we look up to the teacher showing respect & listen at all times.

An appropriate environment in which I could dance in would be , no obstacles to restrict my space. We do not have strung floor yet If we did then respect this  and use it always in the correct manner.

When dancing all day it can get very hot, so the correct temperature for the dance studio should be always correct. The temperature is between 18-21 degrees .

No food or drink should ever be consumed in a dance studio, by obeying these rules will therefore enhance no spillages.

Being fully alert in the dance studio is very important due to yourself not being the only performer in there, you need to be aware of each other but also being fair on the levels of room you have each to rehearse / perform.

Clothing & footwear is essential! Having the correct footwear is important , due to different styles of dancing you will all be aware of the different footwear used, eg,

Tap dance - tap shoes 

Ballet - ballet shoes 

Contempary - jazz shoes 

Jazz - jazz shoes 

Street dance - trainers 

You must never wear jewellery during practical , this is not just for your own personal safety but also others , wearing rings & necklaces while performing a lift can be dangerous, as the performer could move there arm & rip it accidentally out. There are many dangers and stories of performers wearing jewellery while doing any performance. 

Hair must be up , neat and tidy in a bun , this is to stop any distraction for yourself but also individually not hideing under your hair when performing as this can restrict the visibility of judges seeing your presentation & facial expressions.

At all times you should walk into the studio wanting and ready to learn . 

100% commitment is recommended at all times, making sure the level of concentration is on point , by showing your committed & wanting to learn. 100% focus is needed at all times, by having this it will help through development and experience. 

Diet :

At all times you should be eating a healthy well balanced diet. 

There are a range of health issues if to much fatty/ unhealthy foods are consumed, 

( look into this more detail) 

Slow release food is important expecislly to start up your day of dancing. Porridge, weetabix, bananas are a good well known source of slow release energy. 

Urban Dance;

I struggled on some movements of performance, yet this was because of simple foot techniques that I kept miss placing. Yet due to this I kept puttting the commitement into this and carried on learning thye next part. Once all performers kept repeating the dance I personally felt much more positive when i performed the choreography. I then got into a small group and performed the Dance infront of the class, this helped as I could visualise each performers techniques, to make sure that I was performing the choreography correctly but also see how each performer made it there own style and used different dynamcis. I performed the dance twice, one with Kat dancing alongside us but also then on are own in the group, this helped alot due to not reliying on Kat and watching her as a guide.

I had never been taught Urban before so I personally found this very interesting due to all the moves being new to me. This therefore was already widering my range of styles and technique that I can use in the near future for choreography and auditions.

I learnt alot of new vocabalary in todays lesson. These were names I had never heard of before and therefore the names were unusual so I found them easy to remember.

The names that I learnt interacted with each movement these were;

Cabbage patch move -

Bart simpson - The Bart Simpson was very sharp, making sure that you hit the beat. The move was all in the arms, hitting the beat when the arms elevated to the top.

Smurf - The Dynamics for the Smurf was very gentle, pushing each arm individuallly to the front, in  a slow motion groove.