adiemus
New member
I've danced in some form or another since I was little. I started by just moving, migrated to ballet for years, then jazz then improv and contact improv, now bellydance.
Improv is something I absolutely LOVE - but (you knew there would be one!) - I have trouble sticking within a bellydance movement repertoire and so I end up getting 'stuck' and not flowing from one movement to another the way I want to, especially when someone's watching.
I find myself wanting to put really well-learned movement combinations and transitions in from contact improv and it doesn't work.
Has anyone else 'cross-trained' and have this problem? If you have, what have you done to overcome it? Or do you incorporate your 'other' dance form into your improv? Because it's driving me NUTS that I can't relax into the music as much as I really want to 'just in case' I end up bringing in these other movements!
...and I really love improvisation so much more than choregraphies!
Improv is something I absolutely LOVE - but (you knew there would be one!) - I have trouble sticking within a bellydance movement repertoire and so I end up getting 'stuck' and not flowing from one movement to another the way I want to, especially when someone's watching.
I find myself wanting to put really well-learned movement combinations and transitions in from contact improv and it doesn't work.
Has anyone else 'cross-trained' and have this problem? If you have, what have you done to overcome it? Or do you incorporate your 'other' dance form into your improv? Because it's driving me NUTS that I can't relax into the music as much as I really want to 'just in case' I end up bringing in these other movements!
...and I really love improvisation so much more than choregraphies!