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08 November 2009 @ 12:39 am
November 8, 2009  
It's been a hectic few weeks.  I haven't had a lot of time for myself, especially for this blog.  Finally I have some free time!  I've added a bit more depth to this blog as I will also be writing about my vocal lessons and theatre experiences.

Dance:
I had a huge fight with my dance partner on October 23rd, which lead to some drama.  Won't go into details.  I had a chat with Peter, my dance instructor, and he said that "arguments are normal in a partnership.  The girl tend to have it rougher so that's why the guy has to be an anchor and stick with it."  Some words of experience coming from him since he's went through far more dance partners than I have.  My dance partner and I made up on the sunday, which was, in and of itself, shocking since she was the one who apologized to me.

Jumping on along, on the 6th was our latest dance lesson.  We both learned the Jive.  Peter was very happy and surprised to see that her and I learned about 86% of the Bronze Level Dance Moves within a lesson, which is an hour long.  He gave us both a very good and needed morale boost after our first and, hopefully, biggest fight.

Theatre:
I participated in something called the "24hr Theatre," which is where writers get 12 hrs to write a play and actors get 12 hrs to rehearse it.  The experience was something to be remembered.  The play that I got to perform in was named "Obese Child," where a young girl gets lost in a mall trying to find the candy store.  I played as a Macho Mall Cop who, in the end, rips off his shirt because the mall was getting too hot.  Our's wasn't the best play but somehow it won.  We get to perform it again; we get to charge this time.

I did my Othello scene for my class.  I wasn't all that proud of my performance as I could've done way better.  I'm blaming it on the fact that I over rehearsed my scene and also the fact that another group stole our appointed time on stage at the last minute, leading to the loss of concentration.  I am still pretty happy since my Prof. gave me some much needed criticism, saying how I had a lot of passion and believable anger but yet it dulled the text.

Vocals:
I started taking some vocal lessons from my mother.  She and her side of the family can all sing very well.  So far I'm only doing the breathing exercises but it's working wonders.  All I do is breath using my diaphragm but it gets me tired all the time.  It's suppose to get easier as I do it but, right now, it's still as tiring as ever.
 
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16 October 2009 @ 08:49 pm
October 16, 2009  
Today at dance I was all by myself.  My partner forgot her dance shoes at her home when she went back for the long weekend.  We could have danced with socks but she used this to catch up on her studying.  I don't mind because I let her do what she wants and she really wants to get good grades.  So, to not waste a day, and to not get too far ahead in dance without her, I learned technique today.  Nancy, my instructor, coached me on how and what I was doing wrong.  It helped a lot.  I also got to dance with her, which, in and of itself, was terrifying since she was so much better.  But with some practice, I'll be as good as them.

Before class; however, I wanted to get my partner something to cheer her up.  I went and got her two posters of her favorite Japanese Musicians.  It wasn't that big of a purchase, though it was a hard find.  I was going to give it to her after class was done but I had time to spare.  So before class I went to her place and dropped it off.  It wasn't suppose to be a surprise but turned out that way; I handed the items to her roommate so that she could give it to her instead.  Punch-line is that the text I got from my partner made my day/week/month.

This week, in general, was terrible.  I had two midterms and a quiz.  I did well in one midterm and the quiz.  But the other midterm is still in the dark.  It was a math midterm and I did not quite get the last question.  Next week will be even more interesting.  I need to memorize a scene, study for a midterm, and do an assignment, all by monday.  I'll just play everything by ear.
 
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09 October 2009 @ 08:53 pm
October 9th, 2009  

So today marks my 4th week of dance lessons.  Nothing special about this week other than the fact that my bulk payment has now run dry and I have to pay again.  My dance partner and I learned a lot from this session.  We mostly learned that our technique needs improvement and that we are about a 1/2 beat faster than the music: my fault entirely since I'm the one who keeps rhythm.  Another thing I learned is that my footwork strays to the side, which is totally improper.

But before my partner and I actually started the lesson, I witnessed some drama between my two dance instructors, Peter and Nancy.  I arrived at the studio about an hour early and walked into my instructors arguing.  It was mostly about the competition they are attending tomorrow.  Anyways when they heard me come into the studio, Peter decided to take the arguing outside.  When he walked passed me while I was sitting down he said to me, "Women.  You can't live with 'em.  You can't live without 'em."  I didn't want to laugh, but I was laughing inside.  A lot.

After dance I took my partner to the bus station to go home for the weekend.  It was a short walk from the studio so it wasn't that bad, considering it was raining.  We didn't know which line to queue.  So we plowed through all the lines, asking questions until we got into the right one.  We met our friend Chris there since he was going home as well.  After he left, we started to practice what we learned in dance.  We stepped on a few bags but it was all for fun.

 
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07 October 2009 @ 10:18 pm
October 7th, 2009  
No major progress on my ballroom dancing.  However, I've been watching more Hip Hop recently and it has influenced some of my dancing.  Yesterday, I tried to make my own dance routine to the song "Mad" by Ne-Yo.  It didn't go as well as I planned because I don't know that many moves yet for my Rumba.  I got the chorus bit figured out with a little Hip Hop move to tie it together.  I showed it to my dance partner, but she didn't like it at all, mostly because of the Hip Hop move.  So I'm back to square one.

Dance aside, I got a nice little confidence booster from my Theatre Professor.  I played a tree in my previous performance about rituals.  It didn't seem like an interesting part to play, but I knew that it was a major part; our ritual was on Hindu Tree Cutting.  I knew that it was a hard part to play and, today, he gave me some feedback that 1) it was a hard part to do and 2) that I did the part wonderfully.  I'm glad that he understood how hard it was to actually stay in the Yoga Tree Pose for 3 minutes so my efforts didn't go in vain.
 
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05 October 2009 @ 09:39 pm
October 5th, 2009  

I found a spot to dance on campus.  It's not the best spot to be in, but at least it's big enough to move around.  It's kind of in front of the school bar so it's kind of awkward to dance there.  Should be good practice then!~

I practiced there today before each of my classes.  I danced my Paso mostly since my Rumba is already good enough for Bronze Level Competition.  There was a few people studying there so I had a small audience.  At first they looked at me all weird since I was dancing without music.  I had headphones on so I was listening to my own Paso music, but that doesn't count.  But as they saw me progress with my dancing, they started to gawk.  I'm not that good at all in the Paso but they seemed to like me.  Hopefully they were gawking at how well I moved and not at something else...

On a lighter note, I'm playing Othello for my Theatre Class.  My theatre partner and I are doing the big argument scene before the actual killing.  It's a lot of memorizing to do because there are a few long strings of dialogue, but as I say everything does get done in the end.

 
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