hello, again
Life has been business as usual lately.
The most exciting thing in recent times was my first foray into choreography. I agonized over it for the longest time; kept listening to potential songs and I kept changing my mind… until I had just one week left. That’s when panic set in and I cut myself off from new songs. Haha.
I settled on Let.Me Watch by Ma.rio, which was one of the last few songs I was listening to before I cut myself off. I spent a couple of days listening to it non-stop; initially I wanted to choreograph the second verse but nothing came to me. Then I considered the chorus but it felt a bit bland to me. So finally, I did the first verse.
Err… I procrastinated a bit and essentially only had Friday and Saturday to come up with 8 eights. Actually doing it wasn’t as torturous as I expected. It was a matter of being experimental, listening to the music repeatedly, and letting the movements flow into each other as much as possible.
I was finished with it on Saturday night and then I had to stop self-analyzing, because the more I thought about it, the more flaws I found. I vacillated between thinking it was just fine and that it sucked. No middle ground with me, haha.
Session itself went well. A little nerve-wrecking to teach, to be on the other side. Articulating movements can be difficult; there were moments when I found it hard to verbalize what I wanted. But I got through it and managed to teach the 8 eights within the timeframe.
Overall, it turned out much better than I expected. Everything: the choreography, the teaching, the response to it. People were encouraging and supportive, which was reassuring. Heh.
It was quite fulfilling to watch people dance it. It’s a different feeling when you’re dancing your choreo alone in your room versus with a group of dancers. Hahaha! The energy and vibe is different. Better. (You can see it at youtube.com/rhythmstylus!)
So I broke through that mental barrier and finally did it. Yay self! *pats on back* Next time, I’m gonna go for a more ‘hood feeling. That’s the aim. Haha.
Other than that, I’ve been taking class as usual. There are good days and bad days, though I’m glad there are more good ones than bad. I’ve been noticing some improvement in like the last 6 months or so. This observation is merely based on my tolerance level of watching videos of myself dance. I’ve been less barf-worthy lately, so it’s a step up in my book. Hahahah.
I don’t know what brought it on, if it’s merely a culmination of the dancing I’ve done at OS.chool in the last 2 years. I do think the yoga and pilates I started doing in October helped improve my control. Core strength, bb! I feel that it has made a difference.
So it’s a matter of building on the little improvements until I hit that breakthrough. Still have a lot of things to work on but at least I feel like I’m getting somewhere, instead of stagnating.
In the other part of my life, work has been eventful. Things started picking up in January and I had a lot of things to learn. Made some mistakes, which is a natural consequence of being new to the jobscope, but luckily I haven’t had any major major booboos. Thank God.
The stress hit epic proportions at the end of January/early February… and I was drowning a little. But I survived, intact, and I now know better than to make some of the mistakes I did. It was an inevitable learning experience in some ways, so moving forward I hope things will be more smooth-sailing.
But otherwise, work has been fine. It’s a different challenge from my previous jobscope and in its own way, I enjoy it. It’s not all stress all the time and I still have pockets of time to multi-slack, ahahaha. And I think it’s a good training ground for my next job. Heh.