Suhad
New member
I've been dancing for about four years now, and performing semi-regularly for the last six months or so. I had always felt that my ability to perform was based on having a choreography because I have TERRIBLE stage fright, and that it would give me a security blanket of sorts. But, as I have performed more, pretty much completely in small crowded venues, I notice that I really can't interact with the audience much because I'm so focused on the next step in the series, or counting, or you name it.
So...I performed Sunday night for the first time to a song I know intimately -- line by line, word by word, nearly every little nuance familiar -- and lo and behold! While my performance wasn't stellar by any means, it was a LOT more fun to do, and I was actually able to move around the floor as I chose rather than as the choreography directed.
I have discovered there is a freedom to this, but I have a couple of questions for those of you with a lot more experience.
Is this something that can only come when one knows the music that well?
Do you feel like you miss some of the 'pow' that you might have had if you had choreographed the song?
So...I performed Sunday night for the first time to a song I know intimately -- line by line, word by word, nearly every little nuance familiar -- and lo and behold! While my performance wasn't stellar by any means, it was a LOT more fun to do, and I was actually able to move around the floor as I chose rather than as the choreography directed.
I have discovered there is a freedom to this, but I have a couple of questions for those of you with a lot more experience.
Is this something that can only come when one knows the music that well?
Do you feel like you miss some of the 'pow' that you might have had if you had choreographed the song?