{"id":12123,"date":"2023-05-20T22:27:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T04:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/?p=12123"},"modified":"2023-05-20T22:27:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T04:27:27","slug":"hip-hop-dance-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/hip-hop-dance-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop dance progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since I started taking  classes at Alchemy of Movement in Boulder I&#8217;ve been trying to improve my hip hop skills.  I never studied the genre before.  I&#8217;m expanding my vocabulary of steps, learning new transitions, picking up choreo faster, and generally loosening up my muscle carriage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I took a 2 hour workshop aimed at the intermediate\/advanced level.  It was so fun!  Exhausting and super sweaty too, but totally fun.  We danced for over 2 hours.   The only breaks were for 3 minutes of ab crunches routine on the floor, and another &#8220;break&#8221; with strutting\/posing across the floor to refresh our brains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were told to wear baggy pants, a tight\/small top, and an oversized jacket\/coat\/vest.  For the small group filmed performances she separated us by jacket type and my vest group was relatively small.  So I took the chance (with open doors and fans blowing) to dance without a mask for the first time in forever. Eep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How fun was this?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5\/20\/23 Int\/Adv Hip Hop workshop\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Zm_Vrnqjak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s some other choreo class videos from this spring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2\/25 choreo class pitbull small group\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YDfyxmOy41E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The girl filming this for me missed our footwork, but you get the idea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4\/1 choreo class small group\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96Doc_TJ7zQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This was a really fun style.  My feet and knees must not have been hurting much that day to be jumping so high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sugar Rush Ride choreo class 3\/4\/23\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hzM_qitbMKs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This was another group of kids teaching k-pop choreo. <em>(I think I look so tired because I already took an hour of zumba that morning, and the class vibes were uncomfortable).<\/em>  This k-pop class was better than the one I tried last year, but still pretty bad: weak warm-up and bad explanations. The teacher clearly learned the dance off of a youtube tutorial recently and couldn&#8217;t really perform or explain the steps like a real choreographer.  Plus the class wasn&#8217;t fun. Like last time, I felt like I was intruding on a group of nervous friends at a university club. <em>Here&#8217;s the original <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OBwzrriKf1g\">dance<\/a><em>.<\/em>  It&#8217;s too bad I can&#8217;t find a really good k-pop class. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Choreo class 4\/22 group AM\/PM\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRjudfqiP64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I was fighting a depression spell this week with the news of Moonbin&#8217;s death.  My brain was a little slow linking the moves so my performance looks halting, but overall not bad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5\/20\/23 workshop Final all together\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rjim4NFAao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One final vid from today. I was soo tired, I did NOT want to get on the floor at the end \ud83d\ude05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I started taking classes at Alchemy of Movement in Boulder I&#8217;ve been trying to improve my hip hop skills. I never studied the genre before. I&#8217;m expanding my vocabulary of steps, learning new transitions, picking up choreo faster, and generally loosening up my muscle carriage. 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