Dance assessment: Showdown!

Since I showed you what I've been doing in Kapa Haka, I thought I'd post a video of my dance class' "showdown". We put this together in about 4 class periods - besides the Bollywood at the end. And we literally learned some of it just a few hours before this in class.

Also: I am in the light pink top, but I should be easy to spot. I also have no idea why I was so late on some of the movements.. ah well. It happens. At least it was an informal showing that we'd only finished that day. Also: Bollywood was the most fun thing we did this semester. Love love love. You'll see.

Also I was having issues uploading the videos, so I'll add Bollywood in a few days when I get back from the Northland. But here's PJ's piece!




I don't have video of the other dances, but the first-years danced ballet to fairy tales that they had made up. There was a musical theater number which was really entertaining. And the third-years presented collaborative choreography, which I must say, a couple of those pieces were fabulous and I found extremely interesting. That part was really cool.

My dance class was interesting, to say the least. Obviously if you've read my blog you know there have been days when I have wanted nothing more than to go to or have anything to do with the class. But I guess I'm glad I took it now? I got to meet some Kiwi dancers (though I wish I'd befriended more of them on an outside-of-class basis) and learn not to complain about Gustavus dance professors because they're better teachers than PJ, and it was probably good that I did dance. Also, since there's no final exam, at this point it's the only class that I'm actually completely finished with for the semester. Also, after getting to know the dancers as dancers I began to realize that there were only a few that were as unmotivated and ...bad?... as I'd originally thought. Some of them have tremendous potential, some of them have clearly trained before uni, and some of them have really improved this semester. It was a good realization, a somewhat humbling realization as well. Also, pretty sure many of them could kick my butt in hip hop, I've seen them practicing.

However.. I do look forward to getting back to the States and dancing. Doing some varied modern dance. Taking ballet. It's going to be fantastic.