The Masterclass Experience..
So... this morning we checked out Javier's Ballet Company and CultureShock SanDiego production of Alice in Wonderland... was a really cute lil show. Even tho Samath, Julie and the other CSSD dancers only did maybe 20% of the show, they had MAD applause at the end.. more so than the ballet dancers even! ha!
At this point in time, only had one eight of choreography for tonight's masterclass.. so headed to Balboa Park with Paula assisting to finish the rest of the choreo. Ended up choreographin on some random cliff top in the midst of random tropical plants and some crazy ass bugs... had a mini scare when Paula received an "urgent" message from home - had to cancel choreographing and make a detour till she could check her email.. but turned out to be not so serious in the end! Finished up the choreo then headed to the Dance Center. Couldn't take Kevin Brewer's class this week and almost cried, the choreo was SOO beautiful! And then yeh.. we taught our Masterclass..four eights of mine and three of Paula's.. mashed together in some mad eclectic mishmash of choreography! There were so many ridiculously powerful dancers in class..these guys/girls would rock our own choreo better than us! Was like a dream and honour to be able to see these dancers make our choreo come to life. Obviously i would have prefered more than 16 hours to choreograph for the masterclass, so that I could have tweaked all my choreo so it was all on point, but the class was still a brilliant experience. Was SO happy Paula was still in town to take some of the pressure off me teachin masterclass on my own...it was a nerve wrecking but ultimately incredibly gratifying experience teaching at the Dance Center. Paula's choreo and my own have such different styles, but I'm glad we finally managed to collaborate on a piece, I think the variety created a really nice piece! Angie (CultureShock Director/Owner) was really appreciative and I'm really grateful to Margareta (Director CultureShock DC) for hooking me up to get booked to teach here in SanDiego.
At this point in time, only had one eight of choreography for tonight's masterclass.. so headed to Balboa Park with Paula assisting to finish the rest of the choreo. Ended up choreographin on some random cliff top in the midst of random tropical plants and some crazy ass bugs... had a mini scare when Paula received an "urgent" message from home - had to cancel choreographing and make a detour till she could check her email.. but turned out to be not so serious in the end! Finished up the choreo then headed to the Dance Center. Couldn't take Kevin Brewer's class this week and almost cried, the choreo was SOO beautiful! And then yeh.. we taught our Masterclass..four eights of mine and three of Paula's.. mashed together in some mad eclectic mishmash of choreography! There were so many ridiculously powerful dancers in class..these guys/girls would rock our own choreo better than us! Was like a dream and honour to be able to see these dancers make our choreo come to life. Obviously i would have prefered more than 16 hours to choreograph for the masterclass, so that I could have tweaked all my choreo so it was all on point, but the class was still a brilliant experience. Was SO happy Paula was still in town to take some of the pressure off me teachin masterclass on my own...it was a nerve wrecking but ultimately incredibly gratifying experience teaching at the Dance Center. Paula's choreo and my own have such different styles, but I'm glad we finally managed to collaborate on a piece, I think the variety created a really nice piece! Angie (CultureShock Director/Owner) was really appreciative and I'm really grateful to Margareta (Director CultureShock DC) for hooking me up to get booked to teach here in SanDiego.
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