Today began with a physical warm up and then we went straight into learning the dance routine to 'You Can't Stop The Beat' from Hairspray. I was still slow at picking up the choreography, but their is a slight improvement in my movement memory (the acquisition and retention of sensation that helps the body to remember what a given movement feels like). I find, the best way that I can learn a new dance routine is to practise it by myself, in front of a mirror, without music. When I feel that I know the dance well, I then add music to get the timing more accurate. The more I practise at home, the better able I should be to learn dance routines at college.
Here is a video of me dancing to 'You Can't Stop The Beat'. The video demonstrates how slow I am at picking up choreography, as my timing is off and my movements are often incorrect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjothErvEY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUsc6As_10ht676BbLjDH3iQ
We then learnt the dance to 'Reach' by S Club 7. I wasn't able to pick up the choreography quickly on this dance either. However, as with 'You Can't Stop The Beat', I will a make sure I practise each 20 times a day- 10 times without music and ten times with. I find that this is the quickest way for me to learn a routine, as I found when learning the dance to 'price tag', as I could do the whole routine, without making mistakes, within 3 days.
Later, we danced to 'I Gotta Feeing', the opening number for Panto. My position has been changed and more dance moves have been added to the end of the dance, so I must work on the new choreography at home, as I did not pick it up quickly at college.
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