Dance

tk kind of out of date/misorganized

Be with the music first.

Physicality

• Breathe, breathe, breathe

• Look up

• Bend knees a little more; sink a little lower

• Slow down - don't lose control of your movement

• Let chest lead arms

• Stay light on your feet & your weight centered

• Mirror is most helpful for freestyle dancing when it's across the room. Too close and it's distracting. Takes mind out of dance awareness.

• Dynamics:

  • Fasts and Slows, Highs and Lows
  • Tension & Release

• Hold full body awareness, forward and to the tips of your fingers and toes

• Perform, tell a story

• PTF: Pictures, Timing, Feeling

• Find the feeling and emotion, don't dance at the music but with the music, let it move you

• There's no room to criticize yourself when you're in the zone--choose to feel like every movement is beautiful (Kenny Werner)

Bad Dance Habits:

• Disconnected upper and lower body, "arm dancing"
• Lazy eyes, looking down (instead keep steady eye contact in bursts, look at people)

See: The inner game, Hip Hop Dance History, Hip-hop dance moves, House dance moves, Popping

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• Forms of Movement