Amanda (was Aziyade)
Well-known member
So I took the challenge, before my summer got crazy, and started doing a little bit of improvisational dance every night, and before long, it branched out and now I spend a great deal of time improvising. I love it! Thanks!!!
Now here's a question for the American Cabaret style dancers. (I separate us because our music is different.) So I'm dancing to Jallalledin and Kochak and that kind of sound. That's what moves me in my American Cabaret mode. Now, how do you go about creating some kind of STRUCTURE -- or do you -- with your improv dance?
Delilah told us once that the routine should be like a story, with rising action, a climax, and falling action. She told us to think about coming in and GRADUALLY upping the dramatic stakes, until finally you EXPLODE with a fantastic finish. I'm reading Doris Humphrey's book on the Art of Making Dances, and trying to put some of that into play as well.
But how does this work, in reality? I usually seem to be trying to save my "fanciest" or fastest stuff for the most dramatic parts of the end of the music, but I still don't feel like I'm quite getting it.
Any thoughts??
Also, how do work on improving your improvisational skills, like to prevent a lot of repetition and actively remembering to do level changes and such. I'm happy with the fact that I can improvise a dance to a whole song. Yay! Now I'd like to make the dance look interesting. Does that make sense?
Thanks!
Now here's a question for the American Cabaret style dancers. (I separate us because our music is different.) So I'm dancing to Jallalledin and Kochak and that kind of sound. That's what moves me in my American Cabaret mode. Now, how do you go about creating some kind of STRUCTURE -- or do you -- with your improv dance?
Delilah told us once that the routine should be like a story, with rising action, a climax, and falling action. She told us to think about coming in and GRADUALLY upping the dramatic stakes, until finally you EXPLODE with a fantastic finish. I'm reading Doris Humphrey's book on the Art of Making Dances, and trying to put some of that into play as well.
But how does this work, in reality? I usually seem to be trying to save my "fanciest" or fastest stuff for the most dramatic parts of the end of the music, but I still don't feel like I'm quite getting it.
Any thoughts??
Also, how do work on improving your improvisational skills, like to prevent a lot of repetition and actively remembering to do level changes and such. I'm happy with the fact that I can improvise a dance to a whole song. Yay! Now I'd like to make the dance look interesting. Does that make sense?
Thanks!