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Today I feel energised! is it because i did those 13 sun salutations? or is it my mind playing tricks on me? HMMMMMM
anyway, I feel like i did well, we warmed up quickly and I did a full run on the whole thing. From the beginning, to the gasps, the twirl up and bellow, and the floating in the ocean bit, FROM THE ABUNDANCE OF MY HEART MY MOUTH WILL SPEAK, the sequence left and right, the flip, bounce over to katharine, bellow again, frenzy slowdown to end position and roll over.
honestly, you won't get what this is unless u're there. The point is, I did everything IN THE MOMENT, meaning I was focused and I did some flips quite well and was feeling it.
just a few things.
1. frenzy too emotional
2. close my mouth when in flotation mode
3. remember changed beginning position
4. still work on sequence
TONIGHT IS AND WAS A GOOD GOOD NIGHT.
;)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
PF TIRING OH
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We had a treasure hunt. and honestly, with the rain and all. IT WAS AWESOME. sorry to you all who missed it. but people who have fun in the sun, the rain is as equally awesome. ;)
met at 9am.
had devotion by andrea S, robert and jerome.
to cafeteria.
treasure hunt.
rain rain rain.
bathe.
to church for tying knots race.
lost to shauny T_T haha. but he's an awesome competitor.
slept.
lunch.
FINISH
We had a treasure hunt. and honestly, with the rain and all. IT WAS AWESOME. sorry to you all who missed it. but people who have fun in the sun, the rain is as equally awesome. ;)
met at 9am.
had devotion by andrea S, robert and jerome.
to cafeteria.
treasure hunt.
rain rain rain.
bathe.
to church for tying knots race.
lost to shauny T_T haha. but he's an awesome competitor.
slept.
lunch.
FINISH
Dance - Blister stickers
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Had to use blister stickers to control the pain of the blister. thought they would work but who knew you can't do spins on them? haha. for walking they work though. TRY IT.
Anyway, I went early to warm up and to try to work on the things I couldn't do. Luckily, I had more energy today and worked it! I honestly did my best and produced my best. unfortunately, she also changed the route because it just wasn't working out. :P
Now we just don't grab my leg, we make it burst out and suddenly shrink in with knee on floor and that pushes out with the momentum that takes me into the dead ballerina twirl. Easier and do-able. thank you katharine :) I did it and PAIN. ouch. HEEL? oh no. my skin tore off from the previous blister i had. no pics, its gory. and after awhile I realise that there is blood. run for wallet to get plaster. I'm lucky i carry those around.
We did more, I found my center by doing more exercises she gave, and she said that the quality of those moves i have been showing her was definitely different form the ones before. good and better :) *BEAMING* so we incorporate it into the piece.
We sit down to determine the sequence of the piece because i'm going away soon and she is so.....whoa. its kinda hard.
I work on my mini somersault and oops. the time flies.
class is over. see you tomorow with my leg.
;)
Had to use blister stickers to control the pain of the blister. thought they would work but who knew you can't do spins on them? haha. for walking they work though. TRY IT.
Anyway, I went early to warm up and to try to work on the things I couldn't do. Luckily, I had more energy today and worked it! I honestly did my best and produced my best. unfortunately, she also changed the route because it just wasn't working out. :P
Now we just don't grab my leg, we make it burst out and suddenly shrink in with knee on floor and that pushes out with the momentum that takes me into the dead ballerina twirl. Easier and do-able. thank you katharine :) I did it and PAIN. ouch. HEEL? oh no. my skin tore off from the previous blister i had. no pics, its gory. and after awhile I realise that there is blood. run for wallet to get plaster. I'm lucky i carry those around.
We did more, I found my center by doing more exercises she gave, and she said that the quality of those moves i have been showing her was definitely different form the ones before. good and better :) *BEAMING* so we incorporate it into the piece.
We sit down to determine the sequence of the piece because i'm going away soon and she is so.....whoa. its kinda hard.
I work on my mini somersault and oops. the time flies.
class is over. see you tomorow with my leg.
;)
Dance - getting another bubble
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Today was a long day for me. I had THOSE problems, the pfs had an activity which tired me out and at 2:15 or roughly around that time I went over to dance.
Katharine came in saying she was blank because she left her notes at home. We started the day reading bible verses and praying. :) i thought the day would be good.
We tried out a little routine something with the theme of star jumping but with a twist and i did it with much energy. sad to say it didn't last.
I tried doing the whole routine as it was. The hit the hand, and we modified the 2nd one bent all the way to the left with my right arm all over the other side, and the 1st had a tiptoe. My coming up still wasn't satisfactory so i did it again and again.
Basically, my energy level was so low I spent most of it flinging my body aimlessly around. I didn't do well at all, AT ALL. and I made myself another blister which scrunches up my skin. UGH.
hope tomorrow will be better *sigh*
Today was a long day for me. I had THOSE problems, the pfs had an activity which tired me out and at 2:15 or roughly around that time I went over to dance.
Katharine came in saying she was blank because she left her notes at home. We started the day reading bible verses and praying. :) i thought the day would be good.
We tried out a little routine something with the theme of star jumping but with a twist and i did it with much energy. sad to say it didn't last.
I tried doing the whole routine as it was. The hit the hand, and we modified the 2nd one bent all the way to the left with my right arm all over the other side, and the 1st had a tiptoe. My coming up still wasn't satisfactory so i did it again and again.
Basically, my energy level was so low I spent most of it flinging my body aimlessly around. I didn't do well at all, AT ALL. and I made myself another blister which scrunches up my skin. UGH.
hope tomorrow will be better *sigh*
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Dance - Afhan is a-missing
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Afhan is busy setting up the sound system for the Prime Minister for the bi-elections goin on. good luck Afhan!
Today was an interesting day. We work on my little "prayer" bit.
We modify it and its getting to be actually really cool.
here it is in short. I use that impulse feeling to hit my left arm and let it fly up, hit again but this time my left leg comes up as my right arm is extended out. The leg pushes down for me to twirl with my right leg flung behind and at the end of the twirl I catch my leg and fall. After the fall, I pick myself up with what looks like a break-dance move and twirl around like a dead ballerina on a pole, arms drop limp and a fast flip to the back.
I do it. and i do it wrong. but then again, practice makes perfect.
1st thing, the twirl is wrong. I do it and suddenly out of nowhere, i seem to get it. my leg does a full turn before suddenly my body twists and grabs my leg. O. its just like ballet, it looks like one things, but doing it is another. I master! wheeeeeeeeeee. next, I gotta really GRAB my leg, my arms which are flung up need to be sudden. from up to grabbing leg. no slowly floating down to get my leg. SUDDEN. my landing. ha ha ha ha. I'd like to say that I listen to my body, and when gravity pulls it down. don't i follow? well, yes. I do. the problem is, my arms are still grabbing onto my legs. so what do i do? I fall flat on my face and now my lip is bleeding. *sigh* the blood shed for this dance. haha. next, the lift used to carry out the break-dance move i need to work on. definitely. and the ballerina twirl? all i need to do is pull up at the center. And after noticing how easy it is to do if i just work on it a little, it happens. again the flip needs to be sudden and the arms straight.
We do a total run thru from the beginning and we call it a day. :)
I tell you. practice makes perfect
ciao
Afhan is busy setting up the sound system for the Prime Minister for the bi-elections goin on. good luck Afhan!
Today was an interesting day. We work on my little "prayer" bit.
We modify it and its getting to be actually really cool.
here it is in short. I use that impulse feeling to hit my left arm and let it fly up, hit again but this time my left leg comes up as my right arm is extended out. The leg pushes down for me to twirl with my right leg flung behind and at the end of the twirl I catch my leg and fall. After the fall, I pick myself up with what looks like a break-dance move and twirl around like a dead ballerina on a pole, arms drop limp and a fast flip to the back.
I do it. and i do it wrong. but then again, practice makes perfect.
1st thing, the twirl is wrong. I do it and suddenly out of nowhere, i seem to get it. my leg does a full turn before suddenly my body twists and grabs my leg. O. its just like ballet, it looks like one things, but doing it is another. I master! wheeeeeeeeeee. next, I gotta really GRAB my leg, my arms which are flung up need to be sudden. from up to grabbing leg. no slowly floating down to get my leg. SUDDEN. my landing. ha ha ha ha. I'd like to say that I listen to my body, and when gravity pulls it down. don't i follow? well, yes. I do. the problem is, my arms are still grabbing onto my legs. so what do i do? I fall flat on my face and now my lip is bleeding. *sigh* the blood shed for this dance. haha. next, the lift used to carry out the break-dance move i need to work on. definitely. and the ballerina twirl? all i need to do is pull up at the center. And after noticing how easy it is to do if i just work on it a little, it happens. again the flip needs to be sudden and the arms straight.
We do a total run thru from the beginning and we call it a day. :)
I tell you. practice makes perfect
ciao
Dance - Afhan making music for Prime minister
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Back again to dancing :)
Katharine announces that she made alot of changes to our fixed routine.
my answer was : Thats ok :) keeps it fresh
AND TRUST ME. IT DOES :)
So today we do many sun salutations and according to Katharine, doing it 13 times every morning makes you focused and flexible. HAH! gotta try that and see aite?
So after that, she tried to get me to find myself in the way I move. Pretty easy to say and hard to do i tell you....
So here's what we did. She asked me to stand still and close my eyes. "Be very aware of ur feet" ok, so I move my feet and my feet alone, toes, ankle, heel, everything.
"Move the motion up to ur knees" I follow. "Now to ur hips" hips. got it. "Now ur pelvic area" I'm moving to her funky thai music and then she says "Try experimenting with dimensions and heights"
DIMENSIONS AND HEIGHTS. yup. ok. i try my best. honestly. but looks like i didn't get it.Her meaning of dimensions is literally flinging ur legs high into the air, letting it wander around, y can't my legs go here? or here? what if they go backwards? and there u go, out comes a somersault. It flipping and the way she does it is amazing. I just didn't get it. O WELL.
She said, ok. Lets play a game. You know that game where your partner puts a palm to ur face and you have to follow it? Yea we did that, and I rolled around in many ways possible, frantically following her hand. She did it again with my knee.
RESULTS:
I always get into positions that are within my comfort zone
IMPROVEMENTS:
don't be afraid to explore positions like resting on ur elbows, ur neck etc.
Ok. I get it. and I told her this before, I don't listen to my body well, you have to show me what I can do before I can do it. hehe
Next we lean on each other and she says : whenever I push you, follow the direction in which you feel the movement is leading you to.
To me, that means just relax and let me push you around. But instead it actually is the feeling of floating but receiving mini impulses here are there.
We lean on each other, an invisible force causing ur to be stuck together like magnets but each time in different parts and we push, I bounce off her and she does too. We get into the most awkward positions! but then again, that is contemporary dance.
Next and last activity. we stand diagonally opposite each other. She is one corner and me in the other. She asks we to do a movement that is sort of a "response" to hers. I think in the end i misinterpreted what she wanted but in the end it worked well. hehe. We jumped around in that line, maintaining that diagonal axis and moved to her funky beats again. It was fun because it was like taking her ideas and making it my own. She jumps up, I jump up in my way. she claps, i do it too. It was fun. But thn it was my turn. O_O alone? *gulp* She asked me : lets hear that CD i asked you to bring.
Oh right. she asked me to bring along with me the kind of music I listen to. All pop btw. hehe
In the end, i freestyled diagonally to Coldplay- viva la vida.
She said she saw something in me that made her think I would do the "breaths" again. I was getting it? yippee!!
We worked abit on the floating in the ocean bit and did some warm down exercises. :)
THE END
Back again to dancing :)
Katharine announces that she made alot of changes to our fixed routine.
my answer was : Thats ok :) keeps it fresh
AND TRUST ME. IT DOES :)
So today we do many sun salutations and according to Katharine, doing it 13 times every morning makes you focused and flexible. HAH! gotta try that and see aite?
So after that, she tried to get me to find myself in the way I move. Pretty easy to say and hard to do i tell you....
So here's what we did. She asked me to stand still and close my eyes. "Be very aware of ur feet" ok, so I move my feet and my feet alone, toes, ankle, heel, everything.
"Move the motion up to ur knees" I follow. "Now to ur hips" hips. got it. "Now ur pelvic area" I'm moving to her funky thai music and then she says "Try experimenting with dimensions and heights"
DIMENSIONS AND HEIGHTS. yup. ok. i try my best. honestly. but looks like i didn't get it.Her meaning of dimensions is literally flinging ur legs high into the air, letting it wander around, y can't my legs go here? or here? what if they go backwards? and there u go, out comes a somersault. It flipping and the way she does it is amazing. I just didn't get it. O WELL.
She said, ok. Lets play a game. You know that game where your partner puts a palm to ur face and you have to follow it? Yea we did that, and I rolled around in many ways possible, frantically following her hand. She did it again with my knee.
RESULTS:
I always get into positions that are within my comfort zone
IMPROVEMENTS:
don't be afraid to explore positions like resting on ur elbows, ur neck etc.
Ok. I get it. and I told her this before, I don't listen to my body well, you have to show me what I can do before I can do it. hehe
Next we lean on each other and she says : whenever I push you, follow the direction in which you feel the movement is leading you to.
To me, that means just relax and let me push you around. But instead it actually is the feeling of floating but receiving mini impulses here are there.
We lean on each other, an invisible force causing ur to be stuck together like magnets but each time in different parts and we push, I bounce off her and she does too. We get into the most awkward positions! but then again, that is contemporary dance.
Next and last activity. we stand diagonally opposite each other. She is one corner and me in the other. She asks we to do a movement that is sort of a "response" to hers. I think in the end i misinterpreted what she wanted but in the end it worked well. hehe. We jumped around in that line, maintaining that diagonal axis and moved to her funky beats again. It was fun because it was like taking her ideas and making it my own. She jumps up, I jump up in my way. she claps, i do it too. It was fun. But thn it was my turn. O_O alone? *gulp* She asked me : lets hear that CD i asked you to bring.
Oh right. she asked me to bring along with me the kind of music I listen to. All pop btw. hehe
In the end, i freestyled diagonally to Coldplay- viva la vida.
She said she saw something in me that made her think I would do the "breaths" again. I was getting it? yippee!!
We worked abit on the floating in the ocean bit and did some warm down exercises. :)
THE END
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dance - with Afhan
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Today the dance came together with Afhan.
I showed Afhan abit of what me and Katharine had come up with, the starting, the breathing, the sitting and going mad with rage. and HE showed me abit of what he thought.
"Do you really believe in what you say you believe?"
"would you really die for what you believe in?"
Very strong views he has. WHAT A CHARACTER
So anyway, today wasn't as tiring as it was on sunday and monday. Partly because Katharine had Afhan to work on.
In the beginning Katharine had me and Afhan rolling on the floor. Our four limbs suspended by a force held still at our center, which is the pelvic area, the body moving initiated by the movement of the center. The back is relaxed and the arms are free. This I found to be very very very relaxing and comforting. I wanted to do that! But it was Afhan's. In the end, this exercise had alot to do with me. It helped me feel like how i was supposed to feel during my squatting position. Relaxed yet with my back up straight and limbs loose.
Next we had Afhan's entrance, walking on all fours, slowly, dragging the feet. why does he get to do everything that I like?! haha. Then he gets to do something we both do....THE FLIP. but his is more animal like.I practiced it at home at voila! I seem to be better at it :) during the flipping, i learn that Afhan has a heel problem and is scared to land squarely on his feet. reason? He jumped from a 2 storey building before. I KNOW. he is perfectly normal. and when he jerks his head, he gets a fizzle up in the brain and his tongue goes vertical. AHHHHH.....must take precaution when jumping.
So all night, we were working on putting it all together.
Did a total run through and I had to run. Musn't let parents worry :)
My tailbone hurts >_<
Today the dance came together with Afhan.
I showed Afhan abit of what me and Katharine had come up with, the starting, the breathing, the sitting and going mad with rage. and HE showed me abit of what he thought.
"Do you really believe in what you say you believe?"
"would you really die for what you believe in?"
Very strong views he has. WHAT A CHARACTER
So anyway, today wasn't as tiring as it was on sunday and monday. Partly because Katharine had Afhan to work on.
In the beginning Katharine had me and Afhan rolling on the floor. Our four limbs suspended by a force held still at our center, which is the pelvic area, the body moving initiated by the movement of the center. The back is relaxed and the arms are free. This I found to be very very very relaxing and comforting. I wanted to do that! But it was Afhan's. In the end, this exercise had alot to do with me. It helped me feel like how i was supposed to feel during my squatting position. Relaxed yet with my back up straight and limbs loose.
Next we had Afhan's entrance, walking on all fours, slowly, dragging the feet. why does he get to do everything that I like?! haha. Then he gets to do something we both do....THE FLIP. but his is more animal like.I practiced it at home at voila! I seem to be better at it :) during the flipping, i learn that Afhan has a heel problem and is scared to land squarely on his feet. reason? He jumped from a 2 storey building before. I KNOW. he is perfectly normal. and when he jerks his head, he gets a fizzle up in the brain and his tongue goes vertical. AHHHHH.....must take precaution when jumping.
So all night, we were working on putting it all together.
Did a total run through and I had to run. Musn't let parents worry :)
My tailbone hurts >_<
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dance - we did 12
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Today I warm up at church, where robert and ronald are playing ball. they jump, i jump. they teach me how to fight and run around. robert is so cute, and ronald is just strong. OH WELL. i stretch and walk over to the yoga studio
I want to work on making my first part perfect! but katharine walks in 5 minutes after i arrive. SIGH. she comes in and she says she wants the beginning position to look more distorted. but in the end, my right leg really has no where else to go. so it stays. after awhile, she asks me the oddest question. "in that position there (squatting) what do u feel like doing?"
what do i feel like doing?
just staying there. i'm a little lazy.
"after awhile I feel like humming, and singing"
wow. why didn't i think of that?
that was pretty smart and so after lolling around with my hands heavy and resting on the floor moving around in figure 8's i start to hum and sing, a folk-ish fairy tale like song. She asks me to change my rhythm. I do a little twitch.we play with levels, turning around, wanting to go up but gravity pulling us down, body getting parallel to the ground in something that looks like a froggy position, and i realise, look, when i'm singing, with my face close to the ground, my voice is louder. I want to hear it louder it echoes and the feeling is good :)
soon, i will be like, my voice is going into the ground. can i go too?
i fly with only my hands supporting my body and the figure 8 on a loop. soon i get frustrated and tired. And it actually is pretty tiring so there's no need for fake emotion, and i start fighting my far, digging my feet into the ground, the ball of my foot peeling and rubbing against the floor. I still can't get into it. and then my hands can't take it, its arches and pushes me straight up and i'm stiff.
Then here comes the interesting part. my hands creep into a ballerina tiptoed pose and my full weight is supported by just that. my weight pushes on my fingers and my right hand is drawn away, i tiptoe, tipping over, my weight is going, its stretching, and BOOM, i flip 180 degrees bounce off my knees and fly to the other corner of the room.
and that ends it. 12 minutes into the dance and we're only half done. nice job
assessment again
NEED TO WORK ON
1. maybe we'll just go striaght from head pop to gasping. more DRAMA
2. the inhalations still need to be complete, let it settle.
3. vary the hands. they all look so dramatic.
4. get more into the circular motion.
5. get more tired and frustrated.
6. more sudden-ness during flip.
TADAA. the body will surely ache for tomorrow
Today I warm up at church, where robert and ronald are playing ball. they jump, i jump. they teach me how to fight and run around. robert is so cute, and ronald is just strong. OH WELL. i stretch and walk over to the yoga studio
I want to work on making my first part perfect! but katharine walks in 5 minutes after i arrive. SIGH. she comes in and she says she wants the beginning position to look more distorted. but in the end, my right leg really has no where else to go. so it stays. after awhile, she asks me the oddest question. "in that position there (squatting) what do u feel like doing?"
what do i feel like doing?
just staying there. i'm a little lazy.
"after awhile I feel like humming, and singing"
wow. why didn't i think of that?
that was pretty smart and so after lolling around with my hands heavy and resting on the floor moving around in figure 8's i start to hum and sing, a folk-ish fairy tale like song. She asks me to change my rhythm. I do a little twitch.we play with levels, turning around, wanting to go up but gravity pulling us down, body getting parallel to the ground in something that looks like a froggy position, and i realise, look, when i'm singing, with my face close to the ground, my voice is louder. I want to hear it louder it echoes and the feeling is good :)
soon, i will be like, my voice is going into the ground. can i go too?
i fly with only my hands supporting my body and the figure 8 on a loop. soon i get frustrated and tired. And it actually is pretty tiring so there's no need for fake emotion, and i start fighting my far, digging my feet into the ground, the ball of my foot peeling and rubbing against the floor. I still can't get into it. and then my hands can't take it, its arches and pushes me straight up and i'm stiff.
Then here comes the interesting part. my hands creep into a ballerina tiptoed pose and my full weight is supported by just that. my weight pushes on my fingers and my right hand is drawn away, i tiptoe, tipping over, my weight is going, its stretching, and BOOM, i flip 180 degrees bounce off my knees and fly to the other corner of the room.
and that ends it. 12 minutes into the dance and we're only half done. nice job
assessment again
NEED TO WORK ON
1. maybe we'll just go striaght from head pop to gasping. more DRAMA
2. the inhalations still need to be complete, let it settle.
3. vary the hands. they all look so dramatic.
4. get more into the circular motion.
5. get more tired and frustrated.
6. more sudden-ness during flip.
TADAA. the body will surely ache for tomorrow
pf - taking a break
Ever since I started the contemporary dance, I had to take a break from pf. its only for 1 or 2 months :) they can live without me.
BUT
i heard i missed Thai cooking and enzyme making. ARGH
BUT
i heard i missed Thai cooking and enzyme making. ARGH
Dance - she's back
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Missed one week of dancing with Katharine. she went holidaying with her hubby :)
Ok. so sunday comes and its awfully tiring again. I RUSH to class because ppl make it hard to be punctual to find her there already....ALL SWEATY. sorry I'm a little late, its 4.40pm thinking I was only 10 minutes late. turns out i was 40 minutes late. o_O but she wrote 4.30pm on the calendar thing. isn't my fault. My lucky she isn't the kind to throw tantrums. So I'm still feeling a little sick from my one week H1N1 scare but I dance. After warm ups the little movement we put together from the week before she left was still in my mind. me curling up in the corner, leg to the side, neck bent over to feel that stretch, arms sprawled in a lifeless tangle. elbows up, head roll, lift body, gasp for breath, slowly sink down, sudden alertness, scramble on all fours, bump into Afhan, flip, float & impulse, do it again.
It was clear.
Then we changed it. haha. its not something bad. :) change is always good. makes the dance new and exciting.
So now after the change I add new breaths. after my gasps, i breathe out, finding new life in my newly found excess to air and energy. *breath out* wow, this is nice, I want more. So I have a sequence of 4 or 5 inhalations that bring me to my position at backstage right where I have a sinkingly comfortable happy squat.
People would love to see this I know.
after about 2 hours of experimenting, she invites me to do the whole thing from the top. I still can't find my "breath" or my center that holds the body together or the connection between my body and the ground. OK. LETS DO THIS.
I actually love the front part. playing with my hands? its awesome, its like idle-childlikeness that you don't get to experience much. anyway, after that, my hand-playing shifts from one hand to the other and frantically both hands a searching the ground for answers. Then the realization hits. I can move my elbows, and it is this that props my body up. it pulls and my head pops up, ahhhhhhhh stretch. and my head does an awesome roll. all the way, pull every muscle, stretch every ligament, my head can't go anymore and now it leads me upwards. my body lifts and i feel my body quivering. whooboy. how to do the sudden gasps? well, lets go for it. its fails and i know, but that doesn't mean I stop, I sigh, body filled with all now collapses in a float. next breath, this one with the hand pulling downwards, the next with my leg up to make a variation in positions, a small teeny breath to experiment, a BIG whirlwind that plunges down into a guttural below into the center of the earth, a sudden pulling upwards, slowly sinking down, the anticlimax, where I finally stop playing around with getting my breath, but just letting it in my body, I float, up down, up down. and a happy sigh, I'm in my squatting position.
END.
we talk and assess it.
NEED TO IMPROVE ON
1.Tiptoe styles - I always go up, and its always the same position. try to bend, or do ballet like legs clamped together.
2. Head pop - Not so sudden, open eyes, expressionless, keep body low.
3. Breaths - 1st one be dramatic but not the rest. COMPLETE THE CYCLES.
4. no wobbling. get to a position and stay there.
5. keep the body low.
my body aches. OUCH
Missed one week of dancing with Katharine. she went holidaying with her hubby :)
Ok. so sunday comes and its awfully tiring again. I RUSH to class because ppl make it hard to be punctual to find her there already....ALL SWEATY. sorry I'm a little late, its 4.40pm thinking I was only 10 minutes late. turns out i was 40 minutes late. o_O but she wrote 4.30pm on the calendar thing. isn't my fault. My lucky she isn't the kind to throw tantrums. So I'm still feeling a little sick from my one week H1N1 scare but I dance. After warm ups the little movement we put together from the week before she left was still in my mind. me curling up in the corner, leg to the side, neck bent over to feel that stretch, arms sprawled in a lifeless tangle. elbows up, head roll, lift body, gasp for breath, slowly sink down, sudden alertness, scramble on all fours, bump into Afhan, flip, float & impulse, do it again.
It was clear.
Then we changed it. haha. its not something bad. :) change is always good. makes the dance new and exciting.
So now after the change I add new breaths. after my gasps, i breathe out, finding new life in my newly found excess to air and energy. *breath out* wow, this is nice, I want more. So I have a sequence of 4 or 5 inhalations that bring me to my position at backstage right where I have a sinkingly comfortable happy squat.
People would love to see this I know.
after about 2 hours of experimenting, she invites me to do the whole thing from the top. I still can't find my "breath" or my center that holds the body together or the connection between my body and the ground. OK. LETS DO THIS.
I actually love the front part. playing with my hands? its awesome, its like idle-childlikeness that you don't get to experience much. anyway, after that, my hand-playing shifts from one hand to the other and frantically both hands a searching the ground for answers. Then the realization hits. I can move my elbows, and it is this that props my body up. it pulls and my head pops up, ahhhhhhhh stretch. and my head does an awesome roll. all the way, pull every muscle, stretch every ligament, my head can't go anymore and now it leads me upwards. my body lifts and i feel my body quivering. whooboy. how to do the sudden gasps? well, lets go for it. its fails and i know, but that doesn't mean I stop, I sigh, body filled with all now collapses in a float. next breath, this one with the hand pulling downwards, the next with my leg up to make a variation in positions, a small teeny breath to experiment, a BIG whirlwind that plunges down into a guttural below into the center of the earth, a sudden pulling upwards, slowly sinking down, the anticlimax, where I finally stop playing around with getting my breath, but just letting it in my body, I float, up down, up down. and a happy sigh, I'm in my squatting position.
END.
we talk and assess it.
NEED TO IMPROVE ON
1.Tiptoe styles - I always go up, and its always the same position. try to bend, or do ballet like legs clamped together.
2. Head pop - Not so sudden, open eyes, expressionless, keep body low.
3. Breaths - 1st one be dramatic but not the rest. COMPLETE THE CYCLES.
4. no wobbling. get to a position and stay there.
5. keep the body low.
my body aches. OUCH
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