Before he left, he thought it would be appropriate to pass as much of his knowledge as possible to the new generation of juniors. He had a total of 4 classes, each class lasting up to 3 hours long, his first class commenced on the 14th of March. Amongst the many useful things that he taught, was the waltz, basics in choreographing, as well as a guide to free styling.
On Monday; the first class, he gave us tips on choreography, mainly tips on creating and editing formations, so that the audience could see the shapes that were intended, rather than just a jumbled mess of limbs and colours.
After the choreography session, he gave us a basic lesson on waltz, which both Juniors and Seniors had fun, seeing that not many of them have ever partnered with someone to dance before.
On the second and third class, Tuesday and Wednesday, Ian’s lesson for us was free styling. The main things he taught was to diversify our moves, adding shapes, height changes as well as crowd interaction. Basically training us to be head turners when we dance.
On Thursday, he was cleaning up our freestyle, giving us moves to add into our usual repertoire to add a spark of life. After a short free style session, we were thrown into a Dance Battle, which was severely imbalanced; with nearly 3 quarters of the participants against the rest. It was extremely fun nonetheless.
Thank you Ian for everything. We will miss you as you venture into Ohio and make your mark there!
