Rehearsal Process:
I was always punctual to all my lessons that I could attend to for Street dance, when I was absent it was only due to my physiotherapy sessions. During my absences I always took it into account and made sure to ask my classmate (Marta) for videos of the choreography that they've done so she'd send it to me so I could practice the dance routines at home and my absolutely ready for the next lesson that I'd be attending to; this enabled me to never really fall behind in class work/dance routines. Although I injured my knee earlier on in the year (October) I continuously worked hard and gave it my all with my exercises and warm ups to allow me to be fit and be prepared for my end of year performance.
I believe I had great focus upon the teaching Inez gave to me, as I am a lover of Urban dance, I've done dance lessons from the age of four and had training from Brit School. So therefore focus is something that comes naturally to me. On this unit I had the ability to concentrate on the movements I done as I had to keep being aware of my injury. Most of the movements in break dancing requires a large sense of concentration especially while doing the 'poses' such as the windmill spin, shoulder freeze and the helicopter as you need to maintain a strong, straight torso.
I had to put some self discipline and commitment towards the unit on the dance style Capoeira as it was a dance style that I've never come across before. Doing some research on the history behind it, helped me massively as it allowed me to get a full picture and wider understanding on why/how it was originated and also on the idea behind it. I found out that this Brazilian art was originated in Angola where I am originally from but I had no clue about the style of dancing, so from this point on I learnt how to clearly adapt to something new and different.
I do strongly fee I work very well with other people in my class, I let other people give criticism and ideas on my work. In my opinion I think it is essential to get that from others as people view things differently then you. In the RDMC battle dance routine I used Rafa to continuously video me each week so I could see the improvements that I am making or being aware on what isn't working in my in and out two counts of eight.
The rehearsal preparation was quite intense as others were only attending the second lesson which wasn't acceptable as we have double lessons with Inez. A pupil turning up late slightly lets the team down as we'd need to start all over again for them. I was in a Capoeira duet with Daria and then Cagla was thrown in last minuet within' our group which became a trio. This was a challenge that I needed to take as I needed to remove some dance moves we created which couldn't be performed as a trio and also on top of that It was in my duty to teach her our sequence.
The Choreography:
Our choreography was a mixture of Urban dance styles which was, break dancing, street dance, Capoeira and freestyle.
