My Critique on Dance Workshops

For this blog post, I’m going to critique dance. I wasn’t really sure how to do this at first, but I will try my best! I’m going to critique dance by applying one of the dance workshops I took. So about 3 years ago, I took a dance workshop at my dance studio. My dance teacher was able to get Victor Smalley and Angel Armas from “Dance Moms Miami”, to teach a master class. Victor and Angel are seriously top-notch choreographers in my opinion from watching the show. I even remember watching Victor On “So You Think You Can Dance”. He was absolutely amazing! So I was a little nervous to take the class because, they don’t mess around! They are strict and will push you to the limit.  When class began, they we did an intense warm up, and when I say “intense”, I mean like I could not move the next day! After the warm up, They taught us a combination, which wasn’t easy. But once I got the combination down I really liked it! I love their choreography, its contemporary so its very different but elegant at the same time.  But after were down the choreography part, they wanted us to improve. For me, I am seriously bad at improve! Most of us taking the class were kind of lost at first doing improve. So they stopped the music and had us sit in a circle. They asked us if we loved dance, and if we dance in our rooms. We all said yes, and their point was, we need to apply that to our improve. They said to forget about everything else in life and just feel the music.  It doesn’t matter if you look silly, no one is judging, just move the way the music tells you to move. After their motivation speech, they had us do the combo again. When it was time to improve, I did what they said! I totally forgot about everything and I just dance, I felt like I was in my own world.  Improve can be stressful, but if dance is your passion and you have to show in you improve that its your passion! Improve gives you the chance to show people your way of dance and how you interpret it through different movements based on the music. With that said, Victor’s and Angel’s master class was inspiring. They are truly great people and phenomenal teachers. They really get you to understand on how to be the best dancer you can be. Even though they may seem scary, their really just trying to help you, and its amazing how they train their dancers. After taking their master class, I would defiantly take another one because I had the best experience with them. If you are a passionate dancer, I recommend taking their dance workshop, or any dance workshop for that matter! Dance workshops are a great tool to help you grow as a dancer and you get to work with different types of choreographers. They give good advice and help guide you! And lastly, dance workshops are absolutely inspiring! The choreographers I’ve met, take the time to get to know you personally and help you out a lot. I just love dance workshops!!!! 

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(Angel on the right, Victor on the left)

(Me with Angel and Victor)