I made countless mistakes during the first two runs of 'The Nicest Kids In Town', despite easily executing the whole routine, with music throughout my weekend rehearsals. This could be due to a change of environment, as I am use to practising the dance in my room in front of a mirror and so it is just as important to rehearse at college during my free time as it is to rehearse at home (this may aid my movement memory).
Today's lesson began with a warm up. Today I was disappointed with the lack of energy I put into the warm up. Although I did everything I was instructed to, I could have done it with a lot more energy, elegance and precision. On the other hand, I completed my task of being able to go through the entire 'core strengthening' part of the warm up without stopping. Also, due to the fact that I've added balancing on one leg to my weekend exercises routine, I was better able to complete the balancing part of the the warm up. I still need to do more balancing exercises in order to master the technique. It helps to look at a certain point and to keep my eyes fixed on it.
During today's rehearsal of 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' I spent a lot of the time helping others with the dance. This helps me to become more confident with the dance and allows me to put my time spent doing additional rehearsals to good use. I know this dance very well now (I completed my target of being able to run through it, with music, without stopping by Sunday) and my timing has improved significantly, as has the amount of energy I put into each run, as well as my posture and technique. I still need to polish the dance moves, especially the turns at the beginning, as my feet are all over the place. Therefore, I am setting myself the task of going through each move slowly and polishing them twice a day, up to next week a Thursday.
After lunch, when we were asked to practise for The Variety Show, I helped others with the dances. When we had to perform the dances, it turned out that I had once again been rehearsing with the wrong sequence of movements for 'When I Grow Up'. However, my practise of 'The Nicest Kids in Town' has been beneficial, as I can now go through the entire routine with music, without stopping (I have been able to do this since Monday, so I didn't manage to hit my target of Sunday. This means that my movement memory is worse than I predicted and I should either give myself more time to complete a target (when possible) or spend more hours a day practising). I haven't managed to find a partner to add on an extra 8 sets of 8 to the end of the routine with as of yet. So therefore, I am setting myself the task of choreographing an additional 8 sets of 8 to add to the routine and to know it well enough to be able to perform it with music, without stopping to think by Sunday.
I stayed back today, in order to do some additional dance rehearsals at college instead of at home. This is beneficial as I am able to practise in the college environment on the actual stage that the dances will be performed. I am also able to run through the dance with other people who are in it, so that I have a better idea of the space I will have to move in and I can ask them for help if I am unsure of a dance move e.g. I asked for help with 'When I Grow Up' and so now I can practise something closer to the real routine than before, at home (hopefully it will be correct, though the timing still confuses me. Listening to the music and counting in my head should help with this). Although I know from experience that I learn dance routines quicker on my own, doing at least some of my additional rehearsals at college is also helpful. So, if we are allowed, I will spend a few hours rehearsing at college after lessons next week Thursday.
Here is an image of me putting all my energy into a dance. Engaging my core helped me to sit down, stand up and sit down again.
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