Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Show Me What You've Got.

Someone is always asking you at some point in your life to "give it your best" or "show me what you've got" and this year, we at Dancers Anonymous are definitely trying to do just that! Since becoming a business, we are doing everything it takes to make sure that people are getting their monies worth and that they are not disappointed at the end of the class. And after week one, I say we accomplished that!

Our first class last week started with Assistant Director Josh Bernal and a Hip Hop that he choreographed himself to Rhianna's "Where Have You Been". We all had a really great time, a large turn out, and most importantly, we started off our summer with a bang! It was great to see so many students and hear the excitement in their voice for the upcoming summer. As soon as we got started, you could tell we were not disappointing, and that was a reassuring feeling! The first class was a hit, and set a standard for the rest of the summer! Here is a video from that class!


The second class of our week was taught by our wonderful instructor, Julian Rodriguez! This was a new style we decided to add this year, but it is one that Julian is extremely good at! The style is called Tutting and involves a lot of hand movements. This was a beginner class (since we all can't be as masterful as him) and so you will not see a lot of moving in this video, but just the practicing of working on proper hand techniques! He did choreograph a piece, and it was a ton of fun! The kids really caught on and did a great job! Yet another great class to have during our opening week! Here is a video of that class!



The final class of our week was one that was extremely anticipated by not only our instructors, but our students as well. This is a routine choreographed by Dejan Tubic, but taught to us by the beautiful Assistant Director Amber Arnold! She did a great job teaching a routine that is not exactly easy to catch onto, but towards the end, people really started to get the hang of it, got into it, and enjoyed themselves! We started the week out with a bang, and it was only proper for us to finish out our opening week in the same fashion, so I'm really glad that Amber presented this piece to us! I would like to put a little warning before the video and just simply say that, all the dancers in this video would like to express that they do not wish to reflect or promote any of the inappropriate lyrics or vulgarity in the songs included in this video. It is not our intention to offend anyone, we simply wish to show our knowledge of our bodies through the rhythm of voice and beat without causing offense to anyone. Please respect the art form! With that being said... here's a video from that class!



                                         


All in all, it was an absolutely amazing first week and we really look forward to what the rest of the summer brings us. The second week is almost over, and it has been really incredible as we tackle styles many of us have never done, or do not have much practice doing, but I'm so proud to witness how kids stick with it and are doing so well!! I hope you guys will keep an eye out for our post about next week and tell us what you think so far!

Courtney