Genres; The value of Dance?

*Been a while I know but last term was so hectic. I've organized this term so that I'm not as busy.

So as the title suggests This entry is about genre and style of dance. As a contemporary dancer I value all forms of dance that require ultimate flexibility and true work ethic. Saying this may sound like I don't value street dance very much, but I do! I can see the technique and the athleticism of the whole genre, but barely any stamina. If a street dancer was to try out for a dance school and told they weren't what the school was looking for there would be this whole issue of "Oh ya'll are close minded and stuck up!" when simply its probably because the dancer can't point, or jeté, or anything else necessary for dance schools. However street dancers are constantly saying that classical dancers are pussy's and snobs and constantly making fun of ballet, the ultimate dance! Ballet is the most disciplined dance I know of and street dancers are just scared to even try it. If they want respect, they should show some.

By the way I'm not taking Hip-Hop this dance term ahaha

Hip-Hop

So I have started Hip-Hop classes and I can I just say "fudge it. As a contemporary dancer I am finding hip-hop alien and weird, I'm OK at it but still getting kind of frustrated. My hip-hop classes run from 7pm to 8pm on a Tuesday, my biggest dance day as I have morning dance class is college from 9am to 11am and night contemporary from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. In my hip-hop class there is this one guy, no I'm not crushing, who is very good, well great and he knows it. He is so cocky that it pisses me off, I can't believe it, anyway I caught him looking at me in the mirror during a run through and snickering at my incompetence at his style, I wasn't that bad I was just a bit slow on technique. I grimaced at him and he seemed to noticed that I wasn't pleased. I had half a mind to go up to him and say "why don't you try my style for a day see how you cope" but I didn't. I could tell that he couldn't, he was very skinny with no upper body strength, so he certainly couldn't lift a partner in any classical based style. I was very offended but I kept up with the choreography and got it by the end of the hour, I was very pleased but felt bitter after the class, there must have been almost 20 students in that class, none of them did anything else but hip-hop and all of them had the same rudeness about them. So I left the class to go down two storeys and wait for my contemporary thinking "what a jerk that guy is" as I felt so insulted but then when the other contemporary dancers arrived I felt better because we all started chatting and having fun.

I want to know what is the matter with street style dancers. Hip-Hop dancers, Krump dancers and so on are all so rude to non street dancers, its so annoying because we should all be looking out for other dancers. I never look down my nose at a B-Boy because they can't do contemporary but I may as well because they seem to do it to me when I'm just trying to learn they're style!

Intro (The Dancing Blog)

Hey you guys, so I guess I owe all of my followers a huge apology for not writing in my blog in so long. I have been busy with college, internships and I recently sign a two-year contract with Mythology at the Basics ( http://www.europemyth.eu ) as a performer. So, I've been climbing my little ladder, but its no excuse for abandoning my blog here on blogspot and I hope you guys will believe me when I say it won't happen again. As you can see I have created a second blog, Dancing Angel, here I’m going to discuss my career, college, dance and anything that may relate so I hope you guys stay tuned and give me input, ask questions and request my view on a topic if you’d like to know. If you already did not know, I am a performing arts student and I will be heading off to university next year, God willing, to study dance and performing arts.

Anyway, here is the low down of what I have been doing recently. I am doing dance in college, but I have started hip-hop classes outside college and I am finding the choreography alien as I have not danced in this style in three to four years and am more adapt to lyrical or contemporary. However, I am going to keep at it. I returned from Poland on the thirty-first of October after a ten day training course with Mythology at the Basics, where I got to study under a hero of mine; Nicolai Veprev. In college now, we are preparing for the children’s play, The Big Book of Nursery Crimes, in which I play Jack from Jack and Jill. I am also the co-choreographer of the dance scene with my dance partner Danielle. This show will be showing in Dublin during the end of November to mid December and we are taking it to Swansea, Wales on the 2nd to the 4th of December. I have filled out my UCAS and I am just waiting for my reference to be completed before I pay for it. Through my UCAS I have applied to five colleges, four in London and one in Liverpool. All of the courses I have applied to major in dance and minor in physical theatre and drama.

Ok you guys that’s all I have for now. Please leave me a comment and say hello. I also have a vlog, face book, myspace and twitter, I will link them so you can check them out.

Sending out good vibes, so much love and positivity to you.

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