Okay, sorry about last week, guys. My new baby cousin was born, and it's been kind of crazy around here. KangarooPaw posted a class for you all, so you should have reviewed the choreography that we've already had.
Another thing: no video this week. I'm in the midst of dance team tryouts, and I really don't have the time. I'm really sorry. I will try my hardest to get one up as soon as possible.
Floor Warm-Up
Across The Stars (Love Theme)-Star Wars
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Start in a butterfly postion. Hold, back straight, shoulders directly over hips, for 16 counts.
Expand, pulling forward from your belly-button, hold 8 counts.
Contract, pulling backward from your belly-button, hold 8 counts.
Expand again, hold 8 counts.
Bend over, keeping your back flat, hold 16 counts.
Relax, bending your back, nose-to-toes, hold 16 counts.
Keeping your head down, extend your legs to the front (pike), feet pointed. Hold 16 counts.
Come up, arms in fifth position, back straight with shoulders over hips, hold with feet pointed for 8 counts.
Flex feet and hold for 8 counts.
Go down, and pull your heels off the ground for 16 counts.
Make sure that you are pushing the backs of your knees into the ground as much as possible throughout these exercises.
Come up, and spread your legs into a straddle.
Reach over your head to the right for 16 counts.
Rotate to the center, 16 counts.
Rotate to the left over your head, 16 counts.
Come up, hold with arms in second, feet pointed for 8 counts.
Flex feet and hold for 8 counts.
Point feet again, and reach, nose-to-knee, to the right, hold 16 counts.
Rotate to the center, 16 counts.
Rotate to the left, nose-to-knee, 16 counts.
Go into a right jazz split. Hold for 32 counts.
Switch to a left jazz split. Hold for 32 counts.
Go into your furthest straddle, pull-through into a center split, and continue through to your stomach. Take 8 counts, and repeat. (Total of 16 counts.)
Hold right, left, and middle splits for 32 counts each.
Standing Warm-Up
Wake Me Up When September Ends-Green Day
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(Song starts around 1:45)
Start with feet in a parallel second position.
Slowly plie, 4 counts.
Come up, 4 counts.
Releve, 4 counts.
Come down, 4 counts.
Repeat the Plie/Up/Releve/Down combination three more times.
Reach down to the right, and rotate around to the left.
Come up in a back port-a-bras facing the front left corner.
Reach down to the left, and rotate to right port-a-bras.
Repeat two more times on each side, with slightly increasing speed each time.
Bend into a deep grande plie, 8 counts.
Rise up onto forced-arch, 8 counts.
Straighten your legs onto releve, 8 counts.
Come down, 8 counts.
Bend into a deep grande plie, 4 counts.
Rise onto forced-arch, 4 counts.
Straighten, 4 counts.
Down, 4 counts.
Bend, 2 counts.
Rise, 2 counts.
Straighten, 2 counts.
Down, 2 counts.
Bend, 1 count.
Rise, 1 count.
Straighten, 1 count.
Down, 1 count.
Bend, 8 counts.
Rise, 8 counts.
Straighten, 8 counts.
Down, 8 counts.
Basic Across The Floor
Must Be Dreaming-Frou Frou
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Chasse R, Chasse L, Repeat.
Opposite arms as leg.
Chaines.
Chaine, Chaine, Pique.
Tombe, Pas de Bouree, Glissade, Pas de Chat.
Sote Arabesque R, Step across L, Chaine.
Repeat all starting on the left. Change starting feet when needed.
Leaps
My Immortal-Evanescence
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Chasse, Step, Grande Jete, Step, Developpe, Step, Grande Jete.
Chasse, Step, Developpe, Step, Grande Jete, Step, Developpe.
Chasse, Chasse, Run, Run, Side Leap.
Run, Run, Run, Run, Switch Leap.
Chaine Releve, Chaine Plie, Calypso.
Chaine Releve, Chaine Plie, Leap.
Repeat all leap combinations on the left.
Feel free to repeat until you feel totally comfortable with the leaps.
Pirouettes
Kill The Messenger-Live-Jack's Mannequin
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Tendu, Plie, Hold, Down.
Repeat four times on both right and left, alternating.
Single pirouette.
Four times/side.
Double pirouette.
Three times/side.
Triple pirouette.
Two times/side.
Choreography
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Begin standing straight, feet parallel and together, head down.
Hold "It's like you're a ." in this position.
On the word "drug", raise your right arm up through the side to a loose high V, raising your head as you do so. Then, pull your arm down again, head going back down.
"De-" of "demon": Step on your right leg to the right in the first step of a chaine in plie.
"-mon" of "demon": Step on your left leg, completely the chaine turn in plie.
"Can't": Calypso leap to the floor.
Hold "Face down": in your tuck position on the floor.
"It's like I'm": Roll backwards.
"Stuck": hit a "candlestick" position on the floor. I couldn't really find a good picture or video of one, but, if you don't know what one is, it's basically the first pose the kid hits in this video (
www.youtube.com . . .). However, I'd like for you to place your hands straight down (right by your sides), and put your hands under your back to support your body…If that makes sense, haha.
"It's like I'm running": roll around and stand up to the back, arms pulled slightly behind you, right leg behind left leg.
"You": Step on your right leg to the back, and bring your arms up into a loose high v.
"Time": Rotate to the front, pulling your arms down across your face.
"And" Step across to the front with your left leg.
"I Know": Assemble battu, land in fifth position, right foot in front.
"I": Bring arms to fifth position.
"Let you have": Bend straight down the front (front port-a-bras), then come back up.
"All the": Hold arms in second position, with the hands flexed, as if you were pressing against something , lean right.
"Power": Lean left.
"It's": Sous-Sous.
"Like": Pull legs apart to flat second position.
"The only company": Rotate down to left leg with arms in 5th. Rotate around through center to right leg.
"I seek": Come up, hands down, feet together, facing right front corner.
"Is misery all": Plie, bringing arms to a low 1st position.
"A-": Tilt leap
"-round": Land in original position.
Cooldown
The Little Things-Colbie Caillet
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Start in straddle.
Reach over your head to the right, hold 8 counts.
Rotate to center, 8 counts.
Rotate over head to left, 8 counts.
Bring legs into a pike with toes pointed.
Go over and hold for 8 counts.
Flex feet, and pull heels off ground, 8 counts.
Shake it out.
Any other relaxing you need to do.
