MATTHEW ONLINE WEEKLY is here to revive teh blog! :/
alright so if you don't have short term memory lost, you will remember we did a short choreo as well as freestyled today.
the choreo quite hard la. go download the song and practise. it's called symphony by a lot of people according to jessica :D
anyway next up, more importantly is the freestyle session.
i thought today was pretty good. you guys all went up without hesitation to freestyle (: that's a great improvement from before, attitude wise. keep it up :D
but right now i'll talk about what freestyle really is, and how you guys can improve on it.
basically i'll just be summarising stuff i've read all over the net. you may have read it before but just read it again :D
freestyling is in short dancing to music impromptu. (duh)
so you might wonder, how the hell do i come up with something to throw out on the spot if i haven't heard the song before?
and then some of you would end up spamming downbeat and some move you may have pre-choreographed before.
like what anan said, freestyle isn't about just going up there and spamming all the moves and technical stuff you know.
it's about listening to the music, and getting the rhythm and the feel of the song.
it's comparable to writing a compo (:
so for writing a compo (your freestyle), you'd need proper grammar, a good vocabulary bank, punctuation, as well as good ideas (:
grammar in a compo would be like your flow while freestyling. just like grammar in a compo, flow would be essential to proper freestyling, otherwise people won't be able to understand what you're trying to do on the floor.
vocab would be like your moves. although freestyling isn't all about moves, it's obviously important to have come basics and techniques la duh.
next, very important. punctuation would be like your rhythm. remember to vary your rhythm. like instead of going "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8" and throughout the whole of your freestyle, try going "1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and". something like that. can you imagine a whole compo with abosolutely no punctuation at all and just a monotonous chunk of words? that would be what your freestyle would end up like without rhythm.
also, very importantly, is your ideas i.e. your content in your compo. this would be like the feel in your freestyle. listen to the music, decide on what you want to do, how you want your freestyle to be like, be it strong, smooth, funky, more upbeat or more downbeat. try to fit it more to the music. the music would be like your compo question. if you don't answer the question your compo will end up weird. same thing goes for your freestyle (: like, if you see someone krumping to a song like mad by neyo what would you think? a bit exaggerated la, but you get the point. vary your freestyle according to different songs.
bascially this is all i can think of now for ways to improve your freestyle. try to read up more on your own. understand more about hip hop, more about dance. understand more about what you're doing for almost a year already :D
alright that's been a whole lot of words. hope you guys actually took the time to read through that. see yall at dance camp! (:
it's really informative and has lots on info on hip hop and dance. go read up and learn more about the history of hip hop yeah (:
aaannndd. there's a hip hop jam coming up next sunday at natasha studios. come and check it out if you want to. detail are at http://www.natashastudio.blogspot.com
entrance fee's $5 and no prior booking of seat is needed. just come and pay on the spot. see ya :D
Sunday, December 13, 2009!
Grooved at; 8:57 PM
HELLO PEOPLES.
hope you guy are coming for the pre dance camp activity on the 17th! (next thursday)
basically, it's just an activity to let you guys get to know people in other divisions better before dance campe. you'll be put into groups to play some retarded games :D but these groups wont be your dance camp groupings.
OHOH and very important. please bring the following items on the day itself.
white hiphop hoodie
vector lecture notes :D
pen
mad shirt
yep that's all. hope to see you guys next thursday. oh and i'll be going off till thursday morning. SEE YA PEEPS :D
Wednesday, December 9, 2009!
Grooved at; 12:49 PM
HELLO THIS IS JESSICA :D
I'm not posting any dance stuff.
But just to brighten your day, I'm posting this super cute funny wth-ish video just for the lulz.
ORIGINAL
Chipmunk version
Be sure to compare. :DDDDD
Maybe I'll post some kpop weird dance stuff here :D
Honestly, just for the lulz, and some may be good too! I think.
Like this.
They're one of the boybands I like now :DDDD But not the point :D
I'm preparing to go to school now, after I hang up the towels from the washing machine. AND ITS RAINING OH NO :(
Friday, December 4, 2009!
Grooved at; 10:05 PM
HELLO :D
i'm BACK AGAIN to revive this blog :D
WITH A SQUEAKIN NEW ISSUE OF MATTHEW ONLINE :D
open class today not bad leh. didn't expect so many people to turn up.
and today was a back to basics lesson to us too. i think most of us realised today that our basics are not that strong yet. so remember to practise up and downbeat yeah. they're just as important as the techniques and choreos anan teach us. in fact more important.
oh and remember to practise with different tempos. try not to keep trying with slow songs yeah(:
oh try to remember today's choreo too.
OK NEXT UP.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
LOOK HERE PLEASE :D
alrighttt :D
next friday, we're gonna have our very own
*drum roll*
SHOWCASE SESSION :DDD
*cue applause*
basically, what you have to do (yes everyone of you :D) is to come up with your own choreography by next friday and some of you will be selected (OMG THE HONOUR) to showcase them.
those of you not selected to showcase next friday will be selected to do so in the subsequent weeks(: so no worries yea :D
anyway, the choreo should be at least 6-8 eights long, which means it should be more than 30 seconds. song choice is entirely up to you.
AND PLEASE CHOREO YEAH. I DON'T WANNA SEE A BUNCH OF YOU FREESTYLING ON FRIDAY. I'LL KILL YOU ALL IF YOU DO D:
oh and please sms me once you're done with your choreo.
take this seriously yeah (:
alright leaving you guys with another dope video here (:
