Dance Phrases

The videos posted are of dance phrases learnt in lessons. The dancers are Shannon O'Dowd (me!), Julia McCaughley and Rebecca Curtis. We practised them in our own time focusing on the elongating of the spine, a floating skull and general placement of the body. By filming ourselves we were able to provide ourselves with another form of feedback. I particularly found that I hold a lot of tension in the neck which I need to learn to release. Also I found the low level phrase quite difficult when I needed to take my weight on to my left arm due to the problems with my arm and shoulder blade. However, from the frequent rigour of dance and continuous practise of the phrase it has become easier for me.