I just came from ACDFA( American College Dance Festival Association) a day ago and it was sooooooo AWESOME!!!!!! I met some pretty cool people and learned so much about myself. It was such a blessing to be able to experience it. I went with some students from the dance department and it lasted from March 25-March 28 so we had about 4 days of dance classes and showings and the last day several dances were chosen to be apart of the gala.
There are the classes I took along with the showing times( BTW there were like a hundred plus classes to choose from)
Mon March 25, 2013
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Latin Dance with Luis Martinez( we learned some steps from the bachata and meringue)
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Middle Eastern Dance with Nabila Nazem( Belly Dancing)
8:00 pm- 10:00 pm: Showing
Tue March 26, 2013
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Improv/Comp with Pam Vail( Movement in the moment but still being conscious about choices)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Theater Dance with Tara Dunleavy( Learned part of a number from the play Anything Goes and brought character and sass into the character)
2:00 pm- 4:00 pm: Showing
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm: Modern ( Saleem Ward) with Makeda Thomas( Advanced Modern/African I think, ha-ha it was a challenge for me i must say. I sat out and watched half the class)
8:00 pm- 10:00 pm: Showing
Wed March 27, 2013
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Musical Theater with Devyd Suber( Choreography made to the song in the Broadway Hair.It was taught very quickly and quick movement and much technique.)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Contact with John Evans( Work with other dancers and our bodies were in contact with each other where e learn partner work and awareness)
2:00 pm- 4:00 pm: Showing
4:15 pm- 5:45 pm: Body Percussion with Tigger Benford ( Sort of like Step. Tigger is actually an percussionist so it was a really cool class( Plus his name is like WOW-WAM in yo face) . We did some rhythms with our voice and with out hands and bodied. So we made music with our bodies and used different counts and rhythms.)
8:00 pm- 10:00 pm: Showing
Thu March 28, 2013
9:00 am - 10:30 pm: Jazz with Julie Johnson( Warm Up, Jazz technique and movements, Jazz combination that was tons of fun to do )
11:00 am- 12:30 pm: Lindy Hop with Tony Fraser( We learned basic , Steps and Turns and Lifts and footwork of the Lindy Hop. Plus Tony Faiser is so AWESOME. Such a cool dude. Such an inspiration way to end ACDFA. I was very inspired and open to the idea in perusing Swing Dancing, Salsa or Ballroom Dance when i get out of college. It is an AMAZING option for me.
2:00 pm- 4:00 pm: Gala
4:00 pm- whenever: Reception
This week like i said was just AWESOME. I learned about how i choreograph and move, about partner work, about what training need to do about what i may want to do when i graduate in May 2013 with my Theater and Dance Degree, etc. I am also more motivated to keep dong what i love doing! Thank you God for such and wonderful blessing <3
BTW Have you ever seen a movie in which someone in a school cafeteria pulls out a boom box and the student turns on the music and begins dancing,Then a crowd wraps around that area and other students go to the center of that circle showing the crowd what they've got?
Well Yeah Uh huh i experienced that... AWWWEEEESSSOOOMMMMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! A Movie Experience. Ha-ha.
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Carly
