Wednesday, July 28, 2010!
Grooved at; 9:39 PM
hello people (: long time no post.
anyway, this post is meant for the juniors. wanted to say you to you guys in person but i realised that i probably won't get to see all of you all in one place anytime soon due to suspension and stuff. plus i'll forget what i wanted to say. this kinda gives me time to think and type sense lol :D
so here goes.
i think quite a few of you are going through a difficult time now. results going down the drain. parents breathing down your necks. school admin and teachers just right behind them queueing up for their turn to breathe down you necks.
yeah i know how that feels. kinda experienced that last year. and actually still am. but i hope you guys won't lose your passion for dance just because of these difficulties. cos right now, when i go for pracs, i'm not feeling the enthusiasm you guys used to show anymore. it feels kinda empty, like you guys are just going for pracs because you have to. i'm not saying all of you are like this. but quite a few of you are.
just keep dancing, and soon you'll be over this phase.
but right now, i guess you guys really need to study. i didn't expect your results to turn out so bad. hope you guys will study hard from now, at least for the sake of MAD's reputation. without it, how would you all be able to fulfill your new exco's goals of bringing dance night out of school? how would you be able to improve your dance standards if you're banned from pracs? try to organise your time properly, and try to get a decent pass for promos. it may be difficult, but try your best yeah (:
ok so that's for studies. now for another issue.
i'm not sure if it's because of class, but a whole lot of you were late for anan's practice today. and not just this practice. past practices i've been to have also been like that. and i remember there was once when i had to go to class benches to hunt those of you late for prac down one by one to go for prac. i just want to point out that going to prac on time is not just because jingyao or congzhi tells you to do so, but it also is a sign of respect for anan, and to let prac start on time and not make people waste time calling you to tell you to come. this is the first time i'm actually seeing such things happening, and for my senior batch and my batch, we were seldom, if not never, late for anan's prac. in fact, we always reach at least 10 minutes earlier to change and maybe warm up a little. so i hope you guys will take punctuality seriously in the future yeah.
and lastly, something about your dances.
i'm glad that i'm seeing some of you improve pretty quickly. but some of you are still almost the same as when i saw you during auditions. i think you know who you are, so please practice hard cos i don't think you want to be left behind while your batch improves without you.
and for those people improving, you guys need to work on your basics more. don't try to skip steps and try advanced things when your basics such as down and up rythms are still in a mess. your form (meaning how nice you look when you dance) will suffer if you do that, and it'll be hard to change after a while. especially for the guys, who're trying out funk styles. practice your up rythms more, and take note of small details such as your arms, lines and so on. it's just like writing an essay. your techniques are essentially your vocabulary and grammar. how can you write anything without those? well i guess you can but it'll all be gibberish no one understands. same goes with dance. without proper technique, nobody would understand what you're doing while you're dancing, and probably won't find it appealing either.
and try to start with slower songs too while freestyling. focus on control and groove, as well as power, and try out techniques anan taught with variations and different transitions from one move to another. fast paced choreos and freestyles are visually appealing and all that, but once again, start from the basics.
hope you guys actually bothered to read all that. and managed to take in some of it.
jessica and me picked you guys from over a hundred people. please don't let us down k (:
