back at one

Day 6

So I’m realizing this week that we’ve covered lots of ground as it is, and repetition of some concepts and lots of review is what is needed most. So this session we started on the floor and went over some things that we did the previous week. We practiced our basic roll across the floor - always remember to keep the pelvis as low to the ground as possible. Also finding the spiral in the forearm is really key in positioning your palm on the floor to help push you up or across. Step out to step up, so that you’re not having to push straight up with the legs. The more we can utilize the horizontal movement of energy and weight, the easier we can approach the floor, the softer we can come in contact with the floor. The pathway to the floor is just one large undercurve, so the shallower the curve, the less force I have to control the fall to the floor. We revisited our plies, which we hadn’t done in a while. It was nice to see everyone filling up the music more, and coordinating the timing of the upper and lower halves of the body…meaning, the arms arrive, the same time the legs do. We worked on some basic chainee turns across the floor. And leading up to it we practiced a walking pattern with two pivots. Remember that a pivot step is basically the same as a half turn. And then on to the combo. We didn’t add any new material, and simply reviewed the new stuff from last week. Next week, I think we’ll continue on this path of remembering. Perhaps learning the left side but not adding any new choreography to the routine. Keep up the excellent work, dancers! I hope you’re having fun.