First new routine after coming back from the Philippines!
**I told Xernan and David that I would do a video for them.. which I have not yet… and I owe ‘em, so.. be on the lookout. I promise I’ll do it :) Sorry, and I love you guys, but I need more time haha!**
Woke up at 8am, drove to Starbucks for my daily coffee, heard this song on the radio, came back home to choreograph, then taught this routine 4 hours later at Debbie’s. I was pretty delirious and had been dancing for hours straight prior to teaching… but it felt good to be back in mah studio!
This video is from my 2nd round of teaching this routine… trying to get back into choreo-mode. Check it.
Yesterday, I met up with the brotha Mike Song to record a piece with him. yay for Debbie Reynold’s Dance Studio :)
Mike and I have known each other for a while now. we went from being Kaba Modern Dance-A-Thon finalists in 2004, to dancing on Kaba Modern together, then Legacy, and now on to the professional world of dance. For the longest time, he’s been one of the most positive and motivating friends in my life. He’s been someone I’ve learned a lot from as well as someone I’ve grown with, being part of the same group and rehearsing so much together. We have lots of crazy Kaba Modern/college memories and I’m really happy to know this guy.
Thanks for everything, Mike!
ps. Check him out in the very first piece I taught Kaba 5 years ago (far left) :D woohoo!!
Here’s my latest to a dubstep track. I love how grimey this song is!
Thank you to the following dancers from Japan and Poland for coming to class and sharing your talent with me: Akane Miyoshi, Ami Saitoh, Kana Takahashi, Sonia Felbur, Misaki Kato, Ola Papior, Mami Osuka
It was my pleasure to have these women in my class this past week, and I can’t thank them enough for their time, energy, and for killin this routine in ways I couldn’t even imagine. Thank you!
Professional video shot during the workshops I taught in Poland. Check out my interview and dancing on the beach at 15:04.
Poland was such an amazing experience for so many reasons—being able to take classes from the other instructors, feeling the energy of the amazing dancers all gathered in one room, great treatment by everyone I met and my hosts.. there were so many great things about it. I miss it and hope to go again! Thank you FNF.
Other interviews by Joesar Alva, Lee Daniel, Erica Sobol, Tony Czar, Kevin Maher, Jun Quemado, George Jones, and Miguel Antonio.
New video of class. Sorry for the external linkage, but I’ve decided to leave the video on Facebook til I can teach the whole thing. Just wanted to share some of the nastiness I witnessed in class today—I’ve never EVER seen some of these girls before, but they just beasted this choreography and I got excited to post up what I recorded. Enjoy :)
Been listening to a lot of different stuff lately. Here’s something I decided to choreograph while I was practicing waving and isolating. I couldn’t seem to get the song out of my head, so although it’s a lot different from what I’m used to doing, i thought “What the hell.” I’ve gotta step outta my box sometimes… My execution is a little rough—not as clean and powerful as I’d like, but I think this is really only the beginning to what I wanna achieve as a dancer.
Ps. It was 104 degrees outside of the studio today. Thank you to the class for your energy and for pushin it :) Quick shoutouts to a few dancers I’ve recently learned from: Anthony Thomas, Chopper, and Bionic. Thanks for the lessons.
A goofy, bashful filipino woman trying to "make it" in the dance industry.
