Here is a video from Nico o'connors class , see more of his work at https://www.youtube.com/user/nicaxtinoboi7 I am the girl with the white shirt , in the front to the right . Enjoy nico o'connors amazing choreography to mya-hurry up
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And you often find, what you least expect is right in front of you. Waiting to change everything forever. Whether you want to or not. Fashion - http://www.shopmika.com Coffee -http://www.alfredcoffee.com/ Photo - Michaela Westerlund Monday : starts with a cup of coffee before heading to the gym . I havent been there in 3 day witch is very unlike me . But now I am back to it . I needed these 3 days to rest and reset after some crazy days out and busy days . Yesterday I got dressed up by shopmika for a photoshoot and we got some really great shoots . I live this outfit who is a par of levis , a basic top with a small cut around the neck , sunglasses from Rayban. Its classical and perfect for a sunny day in california. Now I am sitting with my portfolio and try to organize it with some new pictures that I just got from different shoots. I like that I have gotten more diversity pictures that can show that I can do more than just one style . the rest of the day : Going to edge performing arts for some dancing . I am going to try a new teacher today . Her name is Jojo Gomez And directly after that I am going to take class for Nico O'connor . So 3 h of dancing with no break . Wonderful! Thats what I need right now .
Tonight I might go to IDA Dance studios at Hollywood Blvd to dance with G madison - http://www.gmadisonlive.com/ . He has a class at 9 pm tonight . So if you want to grow as a dancer and be the best performer you can be . Take his class ! He will make you grow so much in just 1 class .
( in the video , I am the girl in the front to the right . Have a black and white shirt around my hips . ) After been spending some time at edge performing arts with Adam Parson I visited another studio in Los Angeles . Fun to dance somewhere new . New people , new environment etc. I went there to take http://www.gmadisonlive.com/ Class and the dance studio I was at was The athletic garage dance center . http://www.athletic-garage.com/ ADDRESS: Athletic Garage Dance Center 121 Waverly Dr. Pasadena, Ca 91105 Tel: 626-229-9769 I think its important to get of your comfortable zoon as a dancer . Try new classes , new teachers , new studios . That will make you grow so much more than just stay at the same classes and the same environments . Also by just changing place in the classroom can make you grow more as a dancer . Don't try to get to comfortable and use to things . Because if you do , you will stay the same . And that is not what we are working for . We all want to grow . Can your past really make you stronger . Can you use the "hard/negative times " to make something positive out of it . Of course you can ! We all have hard times in our life . It can be everything from problems in relationships , problem in your economics or something else that makes your life very negative . But instead of feeling sorry that you right now have one those period in your life or if you hade It before , use it to create something positive . Use that to get motivation to not show up in a similar situation . I am going to use Misty Copeland as an example after reading her book : Misty had a very unstable childhood, she spent her earliest years living in a motel in San Pedro with her mother and siblings. The constant shuffling and moving around caused her to have debilitating migraines and stomach pains. But Misty was determined to hide her unstable home life at school, by arriving early to class and keeping up excellent grades. She used her "hard times " as a motivation to work hard and take her out from the negativity she had at home . Dance became her escape, as she’d choreograph performances to songs by Mariah Carey’s . While the Copeland kids could have used their background as a crutch and just falling deeper and deeper down in depression , they worked even harder to succeed and climb up . The Copeland siblings is now lawyers to artists. So think about that the next time you have a hard time . It's not going to make it better by feeling sorry that it happened to you . It's not going to make it more easier to succeed in what you want to become . It might sounds wrong when I say : don't worry , be happy . Because when you are in a depressive period of your life it will be hard to smile and forget about the problems . But Instead of going around worried and make yourself all stressed about it . Accept it , think about a solution and take the step outside the box . She all the possibilities you have in life instead of thinking about the situation you are in right now or have been in your childhood. Comment : Is this what you want ? I certainly dont want to put you down cause I know that you love to dance and I know that you are the best at it . but do not your dance joy disappear if you push yourself that hard ? Why do you push yourself that hard that you might hurt your body ? I have always supported you and will always do , but I do not want to watch you destroy your body and push yourself so hard. When you became a personal trainer I could really see that you understand the importance of having a functioning and healthy body.you inspired people to feel good and have a body that would be strong throughout life. It feels like you have forgotten this now? It is not good to push yourself too hard.I just want to know what it is you are aiming for and if you like the position you are in now ?You should absolutely to everything you want with your dance . You deserve to touch people with your dance . With your knowledge and talent you can make it .
Dance means a lot for me to . But I have come to a crossroads where I do not know what to do with my dancing. Is it enough to dance here ( sweden ) , or do I have to leave ?. I've been thinking a lot and felt lost , I am quite sure of one thing , and that is that I want to touch with my dancing. Standing on stage and touch people with feelings . But do I really need to give away so much of my life to make it ? You are so incredibly good that you deserve to touch others . Dont take this wrong but I'm in short trying to say is that I just would like an answer ,if this life you have now feels right ? Sometimes it feels a bit like you think it is a fail if you would choose a different path, though still within the dance. It is not. But as I said the main thing for me is that you feel good and you feel that it is right , but do not lie to yourself. I love you and will always be here What are your goals with the dance?I am so scared that you are pushing you to hard , so scared that you will hurt your body and get injuries, you must think a step ahead and on your future . is the dance the love of your life that you could scarifies a little bit of you body for it ? and one more question , Is your dream to live in the U.S. why not dance in sweden ? My answer :wow a lot to answer . But I guess I start with the first question If my dance joy disappear when I am pushing me so hard as I do ? No it only gets stronger . Its like if I ask you : would you love your family , boyfriend , friend less if you spend all your time with them . I am pretty sure that your will only love them more because they are all your life . Dance is my love , the one I want to spend all my time to . You more time I am doing it , the more I love it . And I will always push me more and more to be able to spend all my living time to it . Dance is my love , my lifepartner . And I know I can do this . I know I have something that will make my dance inspiring and special . You have come to a crossroad where you may need to choose between 2 lifes . The dance life and the life of creating a family . I dont even have to think about it . Because I already taken the step to the dance life . I choose to not take the "create a family life with house , car and dog . If you even think about choosing away the dance life you will have it really hard to make it as a dancer . Because you need to put all of your body and soul to the dance . Go to dance classes , auditions , build up your body , sleep , eat and do it all over again . There is no stop , There will not be a lot of people that want to have a person in their life who will choose dance before them . So it will get lonely some part of your life . You maybe find someone who wants to share their life with you . But that person may have to handle to be the other love in your life . So ask yourself . Do you see yourself in a big house with a family on the country, having a safe life with your loved ones . Or do you see yourself always on a travel . Never have a safe economic situation , never be sure if you got the audition you went to that will give you food on the table. Are you not ready for all the doors slamed in your face when you dont make the cut to the second step at the audition , Then dance life will eat you up . And just because you choose the family life you dont have to end dancing . But you maybe cant have it professional . First you need to make it as a pro dancer to be able to create a family as an artist . you need to put the dance first . Your family time as a dancer maybe come after you turned 30 . Hope you understand what I am saying . You can still dance but if you want it as a job you need to put everything else a side . What are my goals with my dancing . I think I made that pretty clear . I want to have it as a professional job . Be in a company , travel around and share my love to dance . do some musicals and tours with artist . And why I choose to do it in usa . Because I feel that this city will give me the best tools for making it . I have teachers , dance partners and friends who believe in me . In sweden I felt hide and I didnt have the same support as I have here . I have done twice as much here in 8 months than what I did in stockholm ( 3 years ) I feel that I am growing here . That is one of the best feelings you can feel . And is it worth sacrifices my body for dance . I am just going to say this : I will dance til I cant walk and when I cant walk I am going to dance in my mind . I will never stop dancing . I maybe will dance in another country in a few years , But for now . I am here . I am dancing in Hollywood and I have never been more happy about my life , even if my life is more stressfull than it ever have been . How have you unlock your hidden self , what personal skills have you developed and so on. 1 thing I was surprised that just popped up in my head and that I was telling outloud was : I am not trying to be the perfect dancer . So the thing I meant with that is that trying to be perfect can actually lock yourself and not grow. You get afraid of doing new things or step "outside the box . Because what if you are not doing it perfect . What if you step out of your comfortable zone and you will not be the perfect person ( dancer in my case ) that I want people to see. After 3 months of trying to do everything perfect and wouldn't take a challenge because I didnt wanna show my un perfection side . After these months I realise with help from Adam . Who decides what is perfect . And is perfect the optimal dancers quality . So i finally started to delete that mindset . And something have been happening in me as a performer . I see the wrongs and use them to grow . Use them to become better . And sometimes I try things I would say its wrong for a few months ago ,and see that it was the perfect way to get the feeling I have inside , get out to the watcher . The "wrongs" can actually be the most beautiful because it get the right feeling from them and the watcher can relate to it and feel the same feeling . And sometimes the wrongs is just wrong and didnt end up like you wanted to . But then you learned that its not the right way to go . So one of the most important things that I have learned, dancing with Adam Parson as a Mentor is : Perfect is not always the best way to do it . Sometimes you need to see the "wrongs" to discover the beauty you never thought you would see. Its about the progress not the perfection We talked about much more but it was really this I wanted to reach out to you guys . And also say thanks to Adam Parson who bought me clothes from australia . I never had expensive brand clothes and getting it from him and hear him say that I deserve it , means a lot . Feeling to do something good and fun today? IDA having 3 master classes today with Viet Dang , G Madison and Hamilton Evans and all the profits they get will be donated to a organization called : Project Angel Food Project Angel Food cooks and delivers over 500,000 nutritious meals each year, free of charge, to the homes of men, women, and children affected by life-threatening illnesses. Our vital food and nutrition services, including medically tailored meals and nutritional counseling, help underserved people throughout LA County who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. Created in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we expanded our mission in 2004 to help our neighbors who are struggling with any life-threatening illness burdened by hunger and malnutrition. We deliver more than 10,000 meals every week to people in need...for Life, for Love, for as long as it takes. So today you can get three amazing classes for the low price of $25 And also help Project Angel Food Help others . If I wasn't busy today you woudl have seen me there . But today is a busy day , so I decided I wanted to help by sharing and to some commercial for IDA Hollywood for doing such a good thing for the humanity . So go to IDA and dance to support an amazing company as Project Angel is . http://www.idahollywood.com/ Viet Dang 1-2pm G Madison 2-3pm Hamilton Evans 3-4pm And if you want to know more about what Project Angel is and are doing . Visit their site . http://support.angelfood.org/site/PageNavigator/homepage.html Yesterday I got really offended by a close friend to me . One of comment who I let got to my head was after me telling this person what I need to do for an application to a dancer school . One of the the things is that i need to choreograph a ballet combo and a ballet barre . Her respond to that was: well that can't be so hard , just "tippa pa tarna " ( The translation is pretty hard to do but it means that : just skip around on your toes ) and at the same time the person jumped around silly .
This person seems to say that my dancing is so easy so it can be hard to do it good . I find this very disrespectful and I got really offended . I just wanted to say : wow have you even tried it yourself ! Do you know how much practice it takes to be good in ballet . DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ! But I am not the person who screams. So I just said : please show some respect ! it so much more than just skipping around on your toes. To be a good dancer is when you have :expression ,technique , strength , feeling ! and the most of all the passion and that special thing no one can really describe . How many good ballet dancer is their in the world ? and those who made it have put down all their life on it ! So that this person saying it is a easy thing , don't really now anything about what you need physically and mentally to be a good technical dancer . This got to my head and had me in a bad mood all day til I talked to e person who "kicked my ass" for even letting that person put me down like that, even if it is a c person you stand very close to . He got me to understand that not everyone will understand but it's not anything I need to waist focus on . Because if I decide to put some of my focus on that , that I could have put on my dancing instead , then I can go home and give up . I will never give up and I will never let anyone get to my head again . So while you dance/do what you describes to be the only good/real dance , I keep fighting and one day my " skipping on my toes " will get me to a place I dreamed about . Because I didn't let a stupid comment like that got to my head . This morning dance inspiration and motivation video is from a guy called Dylan Mayoral and he is from London . I love the emotion he gets from every step he takes . You can not only see the emotions in the face but also in the movement .
When I dance I don't want to bring something that is not true for me . I wont bring or show an emotion that I have no ide how it feels . The time when it feels amazing for me to dance is when I can feel the feeling inside, not just putting on a smile or a grumpy face because someone told me to . The moment when I can really feel the happiness or the hurting in my body, by connecting it to something that I have experience myself , is the moment I feel like I give that choreography the best . I am not one of those who will put on a fake smile just because the choreographer told me its a happy dance . I really need to focus on something in my mind that I can use , that will make me smile natural . Because I wont smile If its not a real smile . The same with a sad choreography . Lets say the choreographer tell you that you just found out that your love have been hurting you real bad and left you . I want to find something inside that made me feel just as unhappy like that would make me feel . I want to feel the hurt when you barley can stand up , you shaking of sadness when something like that happen . I wont just put on a sad look because that what the choreographer want . I am not saying that I am not going to try to give the choreography , I will always bring the best of me , I just need to find the right memory that can bring those feeling alive again . The most magical thing when a dancer is dancing , is when you can see that they really understand the feeling and they feel it in every muscle in their body . Not only in the muscles in the face . When the dancer is latterly giving all of them ,their memories and their feelings that they maybe wont speak about because they hurt so much too say . That is a good dancer for me . And this guy is a good example of it . You can see the emotion running from his head to all the muscles in his body . Your body’s knows exactly what to do to make you a slightly better version of yourself onstage. The excitement of performing gets your Body to release epinephrine, a hormone that makes your heart work harder and your senses get sharper. The hormone endorphins also boost your confidence and artistry.
But what if something you did yesterday cancels out these natural release of the hormone ? What if everyday habits are sabotaging you and your metabolism—the way the body makes use of fuel? The basics of proper food, rest and exercise seem straightforward, but for dancers, there are biochemical loopholes that come with the irregular schedules and the intense work hours you have as a dancer . I am going to mentation some reason that can make the endorphins release out of balance . Alcohol Alcohol can put a dance career in danger. Jorie Janzen, a registered dietician specializing in sports nutrition who has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. says that he have seen many dancer escape through parties and alcohol ,because they normally have a very strict and structured schedule . And he also have seen dancers quitting because this bad habit . Even after just one night of drinking can decrease athletic performance by 11 to 30 percent. That’s because while metabolizing alcohol, the liver is unable to refuel the muscles with glucose. Additionally, even one drink can interrupt the production of human growth hormone, that is important to muscle recovery. It can also dehydrate you, impairing balance. “The next day or week in the studio you can see dancers’ heart rates are up because their muscles are flagging. Just because they drinking to much the day before or if they being drinking after a performance on a tour and need to be back on stage the day after . They are going to have decreased their performance and that is not something you want to be happening on tour . I am not saying that you can never drink again as a dancer . Just be wise . 1 or 2 glas of wine is okey . But if you do have a glass of wine or beer now and then, eat a good meal first and begin rehydrating immediately. A combination of carbohydrates and fats (example ,quinoa or pasta with vegetables and an oily fish like salmon) will aid your muscle recovery from the day’s training while slowing the absorption of alcohol to your bloodstream. Natural fruit juices are also better mixers than diet drinks, which can speed the absorption of alcohol. And the day after you should eat a breakfast that includes eggs, toast, a banana and fruit juice will help stabilize and reenergize you, as would an electrolyte-enhancing drink something like coconut water. ( I can recommend the brand aloe gloe ) Staying Indoors Trainers at a soccer teams hand out monthly vitamin D supplements. And those soccer players train outdoors, where their bodies are exposed to sunlight, the best source of vitamin D available. Dancers, who train indoors, have low blood levels of vitamin .Researches have shown that elite dancers who supplement their vitamin D in winter months retain greater isometric strength and lower their risk of soft tissue injury. Vitamin D helping our muscles use the calcium and phosphates delivered in our foods. Without enough D, these nutrients are partially lost. It’s also very hard to overdose on D, most dancers can safely take 1,000 IUs of D3 a day, especially from September through March. Running on Empty Dancers need to have bodies that is lean and athletic . And that can make many dancers to be afraid of eating as much as they need for their intensive training schedule . These requirements of being in good shape and always ready for a job ,put dancers at a high risk for relative energy deficiency.. And it’s not just women that many of us thinks : male athletes diet, over train and suffer just as much as a female. Performing without energy ( without the amount of food you need )comes with serious health dangers. It can mess with your stress response, causing anxiety or depression, and leave you to illness. It fouls up your appetite and can lead to binge-eating , when the body cries “ I am starving ” to the brain. The metabolic changes decrease muscle strength and endurance as your glycogen stores(the energy saved in the muscles and liver that fuels movement)remain consistently low. The brain is also affected, not enough energy is causing low concentration and impaired judgment. And that is not any dancer want to have when they are in the dance studio or at an audition , trying to get the choreography the choreographer is throwing out in a speed so fast that you need your brain to be with you in every second. I recommend two ways to treat relative energy deficiency: adding a nutrient-rich liquid meal to daily food intake and building a day of rest into the weekly training. Ideally, dancers struggling with this problem should also turn to an support team, including a sports dietician, exercise physiologist and psychologist with sports training experience. Because sometimes you need someone else to analyze your food intake and your training to see another point of few . The problem that can comes with trying to figure these out by yourself is that you making yourself blind . You think you get what you need in your diet , but that is not completely true because you have mad the low food intake a habit and thinks its normal and enough to eat what you always have eaten . I can say this because I have been their myself . I trained in the gym 2,5 hours a day and dancer 6-8 hours and I have always eaten very healthy products ( lower calorie ) so I didn't see that I only ate 900 kcal some days . I ate to healthy that made my kcal intake so low and trained as an pro athlete on that . I took help from a friends to analyze my diet and this is what I found out . I would never discovered it myself because I have been blinded by my own diet so I thought it was normal. And this also gave me into a eating disorder called Female athlete triad is a combination of three conditions: disordered eating, Most girls with female athlete triad try to lose weight as a way to improve their athletic performance. The disordered eating that accompanies female athlete triad can range from not eating enough calories to keep up with energy demands to avoiding certain types of food the athlete thinks are "bad" amenorrhea, (Exercising intensely and not eating enough calories can lead to decreases in the hormones that help regulate the menstrual cycle. As a result, a girl's periods may become irregular or stop altogether and osteoporosis (Low estrogen levels and poor nutrition, especially low calcium intake, can lead to osteoporosis, the third aspect of the triad. Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones due to the loss of bone density and improper bone formation) A female athlete can have one, two, or all three parts of the triad. So I am pretty educated on what happeneds with the body when you are not eating what you need. Skimping On Sleep The quality of your sleep hours makes a difference onstage. A sleep researcher at the University of Pennsylvania found out this after analyzing basketball players “The sleepier they were at the beginning of the season, the more likely they were to be demoted to the minor leagues before the next season.” Why does sleep make such a difference? The genes that control the manufacture and transit of macromolecules to our cells are turned on while we sleep. It’s like restocking the shelves in the supermarket at night. These macromolecules—proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids—repair our cells (including muscles and bones) and recharge our immune systems. The less sleep you get, the longer it takes to recover from minor injuries and get rid of pains. To little sleep also results in poor regulation of hormones that control appetite, and can make you gain weight . Researchers compare lack of sleep to the way alcohol impairs coordination, mental acuity and stamina. So how much sleep is enough ? According to research's seven to eight hours of sleep is considered good for most adults, although 9 to 10 hours is optimal until early adulthood (age 22 to 25). And I now I have many friends who says that they just need 5-6 hours of sleep and they feel good . Well imagine how you would feel after 8 hours . At least try it ! Your body will not complain . And if you have a hard time sleeping 8-10 hours straight naps is a good thing to add into your life. Just try to take a nap under an hour, and not too late in the day. And don’t forget that the brain converts daytime learning to memory while we sleep. “Those skills that you learned during the day are being refined and improved while you sleep. For example a choreography you learned in class yesterday can make more sense today when you are doing it . Building a Dancer's Diet When fueling for a day of rehearsal, remember that not all calories are equal. So make sure your diet have all these categories : 1. Super foods: Nonstarch vegetables and fruits, with an emphasis on deep colors, for example blueberries, kale, broccoli and beets. 2. Energizers: The slow-burning carbohydrates found in grains and starchy vegetables, such as oats, brown rice, quinoa and sweet potatoes. Try to keep the white bread and pasta that is loaded with sugar , away from your diet. 3. Bone-builders and muscle repairers: Good dairy ( no sugary yoghurts ), meats or vegan/vegetarian alternatives such as tofu and lentils. 4. Fats and oils: The healthy kind, like olive, flax or canola oil, and foods that contain them, like pesto, hummus, walnuts and almonds. NOOO I am sick today ! I haven been sweating and freezing all night long , my throat is sore and feels like my eyes are swollen and about to cry any second even if I am not going to do it . I think I got an pretty big cold visiting . And I had planned to dance for hours today . But woke up like a dead human at 9 am . That is not a common thing in my life. I am usually up at 6.30 am as you all know . I hate being sick ! I am one of those people that can't sit still for very long . One of those people that have "ants in the pants" every day . I LOVE BEING IN MOVEMENT so I think I choose the right business for me = dance and personal trainer .
So what can I do to work on my dancing when I cant stand in the dance studio ? Look at videos , check out agency's . But instead of complaining about my sickness I am going to talk a little about the Choreographers Carnival that I was on yesterday ( that may have me done even more sick , was not in top shape last night either . ) I love being at the carnival . So fun to see so many dancer in one room sharing the same passion . But I just got one negative comment . The opening number was to much for me to take . The whole number was just too ... I don't even how to explain it . But I can say that I don't want to represent that who was showed on the scene as a dancer . The whole number was just distasteful . It didn't represent anything that I love about dance . The dance did humiliating movements when the guys had the girls head in their croths and the girls got more and more undressed as the whole number continue . It ended up that the girls were topless . This is not what I want to represent as a dancer . Dance is so meaningful for me . And I want to share feelings and emotion . Not just selling sex . I am a little bit sad that some of the dance have made twerking more important than sharing the joy and the emotions that you get from dance . Why do we have to half naked girls that is showing off their bodies . I became a dancer because I get a feeling from dance that is indescribable not to get offers to be half naked booty popping on stage . I get chills from dancing , millions of emotions is rushing through my body and that is what I want to share with the audience , I want to touch the audience with feelings and not just get their attention by showing off my body . I am not supporting the artist/choreographers that have made the dance distasteful and just undress the dancers because they are not comfortable with their own creation/choreography ant that is why they must undress the performers to hide their choreography ,so the audience will just look at the dancers naked bodies . U support the choreographers that is proud of the creation and don't need to have half naked dancers on stage . Their choreography is strong enough to give a strong message . Thank good that their was more strong choreographers that gave fantastic numbers yesterday , than this distasteful performance the opened the show . I want to get credit for the choreographer who did a performers to this song : ( sorry for not remembering the name of the group.) Mary Lambert – She Keeps Me Warm They gave me chills and I got tears in my eyes because it was so good . That is good dancing . When you can feel the dancers /choreographers feeling hitting your like a grenade .And that is why I love dancing for ADAM PARSON and why I ADORE his dance company COMMONALITY . I feel something when I she is creations . I get the same feeling as when I am dancing when I see his company . He and his company always gives a strong and confident performance . I love art that make you feel something . |
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