Hashtag: #FYFchallenge
LAUNCHED: JAN 7, 2013
THE PROMPT:
Watch the video (below) for a short instruction/intro to this exercise. This was a fun one we did a few weeks ago in class, dancing a similar sequence freestyle to three different styles of music – with the intention of trying to make that sequence look different stylistically.
Make sure the songs have either different instruments, different tempos, and/or even a different voice quality on vocals! It can all influence your movement. Full disclosure, this one’s not easy. When I attempted it, my body kept finding it’s set point and I had to start over a few times to actually comes up with some diversity. And sexy/shoes was my hardest!
Yikes, bloopers abound.
A tip: Make sure you keep your planned “freestyle moves” easy! You don’t want to have to worry about forgetting what you wanted to do. I choose to start off the pole, do a standing lean over, then a simple walk to the pole and do a three dip combo into body waves. I chose body waves because I wanted to challenge myself to make a traditionally “sexy” move different, if I could. (This was the most fun move to interpret, for me) Then I went into a climb, chopper, ayesha, to come down off the pole to the floor. Each freestyle took between 1 minute and 1:40, depending on the tempo.
I predict that the more you practiced this exercise, the better you would get at it, the more comfortable you would be at reforming your movement. (The more creativity as well!) Definitely “Fake It ‘Til You Make It” on some styles, but that’s all in the fun!
Per a question I had on the Facebook Page, here are some MORE Style recommendations:
Hip-Hop
Contemporary
Modern
Gymnastic
Latin/Ballroom
Belly
Jazz/Afro
EVEN SEXIER
EVEN DARKER
You can take any of these styles and apply them different. Hope this helps, give it a try!