Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This SO sounds EXACTLY like me!I find layering shimmies on other stuff so difficult - I get all confused and start jerking body parts around that have got absolutely nothing to do with it!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This SO sounds EXACTLY like me!I find layering shimmies on other stuff so difficult - I get all confused and start jerking body parts around that have got absolutely nothing to do with it!!
Dear Kel,
I find that with beginners, the movements that tend to be the hardest to understand and execute are fundamental undulation and fundamental sway. For some reason these two consistently give trouble to at least a third of my beginners.
Among continuing students, I find that maintaining a big blurbly shimmy while layering it with other pelvis generated stuff tends to be the biggest challenge for the longest time.
Regards,
A'isha
Learning choreography in class as well as steps and turns is really hard for me. I'm usually a super klutz in class and have to polish everything when I get home before the next class or I wouldn't be able to learn anything! And turns...I am so bad at turns. I'm not sure whether it's an imbalance of fluid in my ears or something but no matter how much I practice or spot, I still get dizzy. No endless spinning for me...
Dear Maria,
I am also a klutz in class and a slow learner. I attend workshops and try to concentrate on learning two or three new concepts, and try to understand them like the back of my hand before I leave. The rest of it goes out the window. I have found, however, when I study with someone who really resonates with me, the experience is very different. When I have studied with Shareen El Safy, it's like I so related to her teaching style that I was able to learn like a sponge soaking up water. I think other people have had this experience with one teacher or another, too. I know that as an instructor, it make me feel really validated when someone tells me that I have opened up new concepts in the dance for them. I LOVE teaching, and in class and workshop situations, my mission is for everyone in the room to leave with something of value to them.
Regards,
A'isha