Hi all,
Thanks again for another great crawl last week and thanks to Hannorah and Janet for organising.
I'm really sorry that I forgot to get our final dance recorded on Thursday. I did, however, take this very dark video in the pub where we did two dances
http://youtu.be/PaXcSmnIDRA.
So, DERT. It's nearly here! We've put a lot of effort in in the last two months and it's really paying off. So much of the dance is crisper, tidier and tighter than before. The reception we had at some of the pubs on Thursday just shows how good we've become! There's obviously more we could do, but there's only one more practice before DERT. I'm trying to plan our two hours wisely so I'm thinking, for the DERT set:
Little bit more precision work:
- Straight line of swords in fourth corner
- Snappy hands in pixies
- clash
Rapper is about getting the right balance between precision and buzz so I also want to work on:
- Keeping heads up throughout the dance
- Smiling at appropriate times
-Flicking skirts in walk the dog, back 8 and pixies - please bring skirts and petticoats if possible
-Dancing in tight spaces
I've sent round a lot of videos recently and I've put the links below. If you're in the DERT set please can you think of ONE thing about your personal dancing that you want to make sure you get right. It could be something you usually get right but sometimes forget, or it something that doesn't quite feel right. If you don't get time I'll think of it for you ;-)
DERT set, please let me know if there's anything crucial I've left off the list above of things to work on on Monday.
For the DERT reserve set:
More dancing to improve fluency and timings - Sinead can work with you to iron out any issues so please have a think about any figures you want to work more on.
Sue, I think you did really well on Thursday and that your timings for the jokes which relate to the figures was good. Let me know if there's anything you specifically want to work on.
Finally, please bring your sashes - Sue wants to attack them with her new diamonte gun!