daimere
New member
I joined the shimmy mob when I started my classes. The moves go so fast that I can't keep up as a beginner. I think a lot of it might be I'm trying to concentrate so much on what moves go next that I seem to always be 1 to 4 beats behind, especially when the music gets faster. Last week's issues was combining walking/arms + dance movements always wound up lost. I've been practicing my mayas and that seems better as long as I remember to keep up instead of doing a slow maya. During the section we went over tonight, there was a lot of pivots and that's where I tend to get lost the most. When I get lost, I keep my eye on someone and join back in the moment I can. Do I practice the choreography slow until I get it and then start speeding it up? Will listening to the song more help me so then I can feel the music? I really am having fun. The choreo goes super fast which is fun since my basic class goes so slow sometimes. We are 2/3s of the way through the choreography. My teacher says once I get the moves down the song will "slow down." Maybe when I'm at work I can make flash cards on what set of moves come next and just review review review even when I can't dance? There are choreography notes but they just look crazy to me.