&- 11:18 pm
I forgot to mention.. i watched 'the boat that rocked' a couple of weeks ago. i really liked it! and how apt to release a movie like which is linked to what i'm learning in uni.. 1960s rock n roll! Nice choice of songs and it was really funny. Wish i could live like that... spend my life on a boat, slacking my life away and playing music once every few hours.
My internet is being so friggin annoying i could slap it.
I,alone
&- 12:09 pm
I FOUND IT I FOUND I FOUND IT! A LINK TO THE DEAD AND GONE ROUTINE I LEARNT FROM TABITHA AND NAPOLEAN!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Nappytabs
The combi we learnt was from 1.48 to 2.16 (T.I's verse).
Check out all their other videos too. Oooh especially Arab Money. 2 other contestants on SYTYCD Aus did that. Kat and Charlie. That dance was sick. Had alot of bollywood influence in it.
Most importantly, watch how awesome Tabitha is.
hahah. oh yeah i forgot to mention... at class yesterday they were really excited to announce that T-Pain had mentioned their brand, Nappytabs, in one of his songs. How cool is that. That means that they are officially, celebrity-status. And i was taught by celebrities! hehe!
I,alone
&- 10:15 pm
Tabitha and Napoleon are officially 2 of my most favourite choreographers ever.
How lucky am i to have actually gone for one of their classes?
OH MY GOSH THEY ARE AWESOME! Where do i begin???
Okay, class started off with some of the coolest warm ups i’ve ever done. ALOT of isolations. Which Tabitha is SICK at. She actually did most of the dancing in the front of the class. Napoleon was pretty much walking around with a microphone counting, (it was 2 studios opened up.. you can imagine the amount of people) or helping people with questions out. But that woman is CRA-ZY!!!
Anyway, for choreography, how amazing is it that we got to learn the ‘dead and gone’ routine that BJ and Talia did for sytycd Australia! Not the entire thing. DIFFFICULT AS HELL but sick-as choreo. I don’t know whether to attribute it to the amazing duo teaching us (Nappytab) or the song but i can’t remember the last time i’ve danced so.. emotionally. Hahah. I mean, i suddenly realised how full of emotion T.I’s rapping is in this song. SERIOUSLY! I’ve always liked the song, but there’s nothing like doing a lyrical hiphop item to it to really FEEL the song. My gosh, i can’t remember the last time i really THREW myself into a dance. i was screwing up like crap, forgetting the steps because its so bloody fast but if i say so myself my energy was pretty high up. There was alot of flinging and bending up and down ,and now my back is totally ACHING, but it felt so good dancing.
That’s really what I love about dancing. You just get this.. high.. that’s like the best feeling in the world. I think the high I get at clubs might just be from the music and dancing more than the alcohol! (though the latter makes it way better. Haha)
But back to Nappytab (that’s their clothing line btw. I am SO checking it out). They were reallllly funny! Like i never realised, from watching all the packages on SYTYCD US how funny they are. Especially Tabitha! My gosh she is so cute!!!! And they have really interesting ways of making us remember the steps. Towards the end, they got us to face each other and dance cuz they say its best to dance TO a person, and in that sense PERFORM to get the best out of yourself. There was this one thing Napoleon said that was really cool. Something along the lines of, “You can do all the dancing the world, but if you don’t perform it each time, then it’s not worth it.” i don't know. sounded much more profound when he said it.But I really like their style. They’re steps involve a lot of musicality, and they really follow the song. So its hard, but when you put it together, its so smooth...and if and when you perfect it, its a visual masterpiece. I really wish i could give a link to show the routine. I didn’t expect there to be NO video of the SYTYCD ‘dead n gone’ routine on youtube! Hopefully someone from today’s class uploads it. I really hope so! L
So basically, i had the best hiphop class of my life. OH! Did i mention J.D (from SYTYCD Aus who also guest taught last year) was there. Just watching the class. He was like, standing right next to me i felt so bloody self-conscious.. not that he was watching me or anything. He is one hell of a dancer as well But i mean, there are so many awesome dancers in my class anyway. Even Tab & Napoleon were awed by them, complimenting them like crazy. Sigh. My goal in life... to be as good as those guys. I shall try my best!!!
But today i really realised how much i’ve missed choreographing. I can’t expect to be at that standard, but its only with constant exposure and practice that you get better right? So i’m basically NEVER gonna stop doing hiphop. I just PRAY that sooner or later i get to choreograph again.Imagine how awesome it would be to do that for a living. To me its just super satisfying to see how you can put random movements together to create a picture. And if done in a group, you don’t just write a page, you produce a book. I hope you get my little metaphor there.
I’m inspired. Right now, all i REALLY want, is for the old me to be dead and gone and hope that the new me will be alright. And i’m not just quoting the song.
I,alone
&- 9:09 am
For those who didn't know, Obama gave the Queen an ipod. Or as she would call it, "One's Pod".HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA..Sorry..Rove said it that day and it totally cracked me up. Gosh i love that show.
I,alone
&- 3:10 pm
omg. i really don't know what to do with myself.
I,alone
&- 10:30 pm
i don't know why i keep updating this blog. probably cuz its one way for me to preserve my memories. and amuse myself (unfortunately i do read my own blog once in a while)not that i think i'm funny. its just.. you know.. cool when you see something your past self said/wrote.
i'm in the midst of writing my first every psychology lab report (quite possibly my last as well). i'm not liking it. I'm suddenly REALLY glad i'm doing communication/media in which, common sense can get you by. (Other people's standards of common sense.. mine probably cannot make it.) But psychology's REALLLY interesting though..but of course i love my music course way more. i really wish i could pursue that one..
Okay. i've suddenly realised the problem with randomly deciding to blog. there's nothing to say! damn it!
by the way i've never had so many blue blacks in my life. i have new found respect for strippers and their gallah sticks.
I,alone
&- 4:39 pm
I'm doing music as an elective this year. and i LOVE it! i mean, i look forward to lectures every week! it's called 'popular music from the 1950s to today.' so right now's all about your 1950s legends.. pretty much your creators of rock n roll. (did u know that rock n roll is basically rhythm n blues.. it was only called so in order to cater to the white population who didn't want to be heard listening to [and enjoying] 'black' music)
And now i'm a total oldies freak. i mean, i've always loved oldies but now all those songs are like constantly playing on my itunes! I don't know what is about the oldies that i just love. i think its that idea that it belonged to a time long long back, when life was basicallly not so complicated. Not like i was even born then.. but, its the closest thing to experiencing and living it. Besides, i'm such a sucker for the past.
I,alone