17th class

Today, I showed my mentor the choreo that was started last week. In the previous post, I failed to mention that one of the criteria she gave us for creating the choreo was to do something on the floor. So to fulfill that criteria, I just kneeled on my knees, did a simple spin, and stood up. Overall, the choreo was pretty short. It was only about 15 seconds long.
The choreo we learned today was to a rock song, to add a little variety. But just because it's to a different song genre rather than something such as hip hop or dubstep, doesn't mean that we would have to overall change the style. For example, it was somewhat just like a hip hop choreography. Another thing, was that this choreo was very fast. So I worked on trying to be sharper. But that was hard to do since I had trouble keeping up with this choreo. I just need to get better at learning "hard hitting" and fast choreos quicker.

Time Logged This Time: 1 hr
Time Logged In Total: 18 hrs
Yesh.

-Austin Gumban

16th class

 Today, we didn't really learn any new choreography. Instead, my mentor played a song over and over again, and told the class to create choreography to it. She gave us a few tips beforehand, and sent us on way to creating choreo. It was hard for me to do something like that because I felt awkward making things up and trying them in front of other people. But my mentor noticed, and told me that everyone was doing the same thing, and I shouldn't worry about being embarrassed. It helped a little, but I still felt self conscious. In the end, I only made a few seconds of choreo due to "dancer's block." So she told us to finish the choreography at home, and show it next week. So I guess my next project would be on creating the choreography for this class.

Time Logged This Time: 1 hr
Time Logged In Total: 17 hrs
Yesh.

-Austin Gumban

15th Class

Today I learned another piece to a dubstep song. Nothing much was different. Just practiced retaining info, motions, and body awareness. I kept up fairly easily because it was in my area of comfort. Of course I had some problems though. For instance, there was a part in the song where we do a series of quick movements. I had it down fairly easily at first, but it was sloppy. I was told that I could do it fine, but I need to do it sharper, which means that I would need to be a bit faster and more precise. Except it's hard to do that since it would be similar flailing around like a robot. So basically I need to work on being sharp and on point when at the necessary areas of the songs and choreos. I think I'm continuing to make progress as I learn more choreography. I also plan on creating a lyrical choreography, rather than to a choreo that ignores the lyrics that is just to the beats.

Time Logged This Time: 1 hr
Time Logged In Total: 17 hrs
Yesh.

-Austin Gumban

14th Class

Today I learned another hip hop style choreo that wasn't too hard. I believe that I got even better at focusing on myself, rather than looking at other people. Although we learned a lot of choreography, I never fell behind, even though hip hop isn't exactly my forte. Since I was on par with everybody else, I was able to fix small details without worry of losing focus for upcoming new parts of choreo. I think I'm gradually getting better at retaining new info, choreography-wise. It seems like my mentor doesn't need to focus on me as much lately because I have been keeping up for the most part. But every now and then I miss some details that she corrects. For example, sometimes when in a choreo, there might be a part where we would just be standing. She would tell me that I need to have my feet together, and when I would look in the mirror, there would be some space in between my feet. So I need to work more on being aware of what I'm doing with my body.

Time Logged This Time: 1 hr
Time Logged In Total: 16 hrs
Yesh.

-Austin Gumban

13th Class

Today I learned another choreo to dubstep song. It was fast, but more of my style, so it seemed like I learned it easier than normal. Sadly this will be my last day of going to the AOV training classes on thursdays due to badminton games. Also, tomorrow, I will have no class, because my mentor and her crew are going to a competition over the weekend. I also started on creating the choreography earlier this week, but i didn't like it. So I'm thinking about scrapping it, and creating something new. Until then, I will continue to practice the choreo I have learned, and work on creating my own.

Oh, and yaaay, i finished 15 hours!

Time Logged This Time: 1 hr
Time Logged In Total: 15 hrs
Yeh. 15 hours come see me.

-Austin Gumban