My Blue Heaven

Pain

Argh I am soooo sore today!!! It was to be expected of course. Having attended FOUR hours of dance class yesterday. I knew my muscles would be killing me today. Suprisingly my legs aren’t too bad – just a bit sore in the inner thighs (go those plies!) What is the most stiff and sore is my back, neck & shoulders. I can’t even breathe in deeply or walk without it hurting. At least its not a popped rib – I hope.. I was very careful at class, and I think the rib actually stayed in! Guess only time will tell.

So how did I manage 4 hours of dance class? Well I went to Ramon’s int jazz at the Sydney Dance Company = 2 hours. Haven’t been to his class for aaages, so it was good to be back. The main routine was to the latest Guy Sebastian song – quite a funky routine. And the lyrical was to Usher’s “Confessions Part II” – my fave song.. not. Hehe. 😛 Then at lunch I went to 2 dance classes taught by Farah Shah – a jazz/funk and UK street funk class. Makes another 2 hours (yeh I took a 2 hour lunch break for it.. *cough*) At the jazz/funk class I was actually the only one there – so it was basically a private lesson! Very cool! The routine was to “All Nite” by Janet Jackson. I got heaps of pointers and advice about how to improve, esp if I want to go for auditions. She said what makes a dancer stand out is clean lines & precision + the strength/energy in each move. Thats what I needed to improve on. (But damn its tiring!) The Street Funk routine was to Sean Paul’s “Get Busy”. T’was a fun routine! 🙂

Dancers workshop!

Now why did I put myself through that rather intense day of dancing? Well, its all in preparation for this:

I’m gonna be attending the International Dancers Workshop II in Sydney on Oct 2 & 3. I got my tickets in the mail the other week… and I’m soooo excited about it!!!! 😀 Choreographers are Kevin Maher and Teresa Espinosa, coming out from the US. I’m really really looking forward to Teresa’s classes in particular as she is the choreographer for alot of Britney’s stuff, including her latest DVD live performances, and also was head choreographer for Janet Jackson’s Velvet Robe tour! It’s gonna be sooo good to learn from her! 😀 Kevin Maher is replacing Dave Scott (who was the choreographer for the movie “You Got Served” – but ended up not being able to make it out coz of passport issues). But yeh, Kevin should be great too. I think he was actually one of the dancers in “You Got Served”. Anyways, look at the website for more details. I dunno if you can still get tickets though.

I bought the 2 Day Unlimited Pass – which means I get to go to ALL 12 classes over the two days. Thats 6 classes per day (gee 6 hours of dancing.. how am I gonna last – I can barely manage more than 2 hours of dancing!) But yeh, I wanted to try the different levels – even Advanced/Professional! And also it is by far the best value for money option.

Anyway, for this reason, I’ve been upping my exercise regime and dancing. And I really hope my rib is 100% better by then!!! :\

Current listening :: “Canned Heat” – Jamiroquai

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