Dancing And Singing 2

Today we began to learn the choreography of our Contemporary Dance Piece for 'The Variety Show'. I found that I was very slow at picking up the choreography. I noticed that last week, I was considerably quicker, despite both Dance Routines being fast paced. I feel that when I am tired, my ability to pick up new dance moves is a lot slower than when I am more alert. Therefore, I should try harder to get more sleep prior to the days that I know I will be dancing. However, today I have practised the dance 5 times over, in front of the mirror (so that I can execute the moves correctly in the future). I am still not entirely confident with the dance, so I will spend The Weekend learning it thoroughly.

Our singing lessons started with warm ups. I noticed that these included physical warm ups, as well as vocal warm ups (e.g. stretching the body). This is because, in order to feel fully warmed up before singing, the body needs to feel ready to sing, as you need to engage your anchoring muscles and adopt the correct posture while singing, which are both physical actions. I found that I am still finding it difficult to sing with others, as I cannot here myself. It is therefore important that I bare in mind, the following technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK_42Vyo3iw
I am seting myself the target of using this technique the next time I sing with others.

Here is are videos explaining ways that you can effectively warm up your voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3vSheVC0t8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBSaMrKku54