Monday, May 31, 2010

Feedback for Flashdance =)

FLASHDANCE

First, i would like to thank you for watching my demo
Secondly, thanks for the compliment from mike, the choreographer, several instructors from vancouver (tim), LA (linda), malaysia (michelle), singapore (cecilia) and a very good friend, who's also an instructor from Hawaii (auj)

as mentioned in my dance descriptions in youtube then you know there are different versions of the script - i) copperknob; ii) yipee iii) the choreographer's site.
thanks to mike taylor sent me the 'official script' which was downloaded from the choreographer’s site

from her site, i learnt that she's is a very experienced dancer and started line dancing several years ago. of course I admire her; she started her dance career long ago not like us, gave birth, raised the kids, became a 'sei lai' and started line dancing.

there was a feedback of the dance that i have to bring up here, a comment about our hand movements in the intro of our video; an instructor from my instructor's dance group commented the hand movements weren't in the script and 'WRONG' =O

oh, does the script say 'tie your hands at the back' and walk out the steps like walking ?

thanks to my friend reminded me, your dance group have 'added' to - things that were NOT on the script, i.e. 'am i ?' with the arm movements - they are not in the script; wooly bully diagonal shuffles instead of forward... AND your boss's own dance - 2 butterflies, the rock recover, side receover with hand movements, you better not to say she's wrong or she'll fire YOU =D

watch Rachael McEnaney in her own dance - Sentimental, note her body & hand movements, my gosh, a piece of art, i never felt the beauty when i learnt the dance until i watched her. we, are far from there, learn more, feel more, dance more WITH THE HEART .....

there're lots of knowledge about music, dance, hand movements, can't teach you all here, that worth money unless you pay and join my class; listen to the music - let it 'speak' to you.. go with the flow as they say (not with 'everybody else' - but with the music)

SIGH, i'm happy for you coz. your student same naive like you and listened to you, other than that .......
my only advice - NOT JUST WALK OUT THE STEPS and call that 'dancing'

HAPPY DANCING \:D/.......
Have a wonderful day =D

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

TO MY ONE STAR VIEWER

i admire your persistance to keep watching my videos and rate me the ONE star
DAMN YOU very much for the view count anyway

a wish to your students, don't dance like you;
and don't talk like you

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

FLASHDANCE

Flashdance - my new dance demo, mike taylor promoted the dance on sunday, i printed out and checked at nite, hummm, wait a minute, the script was totally different from the choreographer's video; i then checked another website, mamamia, another version !!!

then i thought, that's ok, same like 'push it up', as long as there's a video, i can do it, then mike sent me the 'official script' the next morning, SIGH, what is official and what is unofficial ??? anyway, steps are still a bit different but 95% close to the choreographer's video

yesterday was victoria day, a statuary holiday, tony was home, i had to run home after class to have lunch with the family and i got no chance to go back to the studio to take a better dance / walk through video =(

anyway and anyhow, that's how the dance came out, hope you enjoy it

you have a wonderful day =D

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

A BIG THANK YOU

My dear dance students,

A BIG THANK YOU for joining my BD party last Sunday !
Also for bringing in all the delicious food.

Look forward to dancing with you in the upcoming parties
Hope to see you again in my next BD PARTIES and the ones after…..

It was a blast! Thank you.

sorry to my dance friends that i didn't invite you, i held my BD party in the studio and the space is limited so i can only invited my students, that was a great night with all my students. another surprise - my husband, tony, and the kids also came to cut the birthday cake with me.

i ordered my favourite cake, black forest, and 2 more cakes from the students; other students bring in lots of delicious food, especially those home made ones; we spent lots of time to take pictures, enjoyed the food and lucky draws. thanks to my student's sponsor for the prizes and congrat to those who won the prizes.

thanks to some students' praised & complimented me in the party, now tony knows i'm serious in teaching and that's not an easy way as he thought that i just dance/move around, he also impressed to the students' appreciation; i can see he's happy that i got so much support from the students and he will let me spend a bit more time in teaching, this is really a big BIRTHDAY PRESENT to me

thanks again for the students who joined me and those who couldn't join me this time, hope to see you next years and the followings ......


HAPPY DANCING \;D/ ......

Friday, May 14, 2010

hi there

it's been awhile, i have been sick for weeks, no big matter, just flu & cough, on & on like a never ending story .........
i tried everything, no help; last sunday, i gave 2 lessons in the morning, then 2 lessons on monday, i lost my voice, i finally took the last step, went see doctor and got the antibiotics, feel much better now ......

my sister visited toronto from maryland 3 weeks ago, i drove her to the airport for going back home today, i miss her a bit; these weeks, we didn't do much both together coz. i was sick and she was busy in her projects.

she's a freelance translator; she left many years ago to get her master degree in states, then married an american and stays in maryland. good that she comes back here once every year to file her tax return and body check and so & so, then i get to see my lovely sister once a year ....

my brother is coming in august for meetings, he has a doctor degree in business administration, a professor in the university, holding chairs of several worldwide academic programs. he runs academic conferences around the world, i always say he works like a tour guy more than a professor, indeed, he teaches very little in a year, more in talks and conferences

another brother in australia, a physiotherapist specialized in kids' area.

me, major was legal administration, was appointed by the law firm be an executor to take oaths; i got the less education amongst my siblings, but they all say i'm smart, clever, sweet .... heeheehee, just kidding, i quote myself 'the black sheep in the family' and i think my mom is proud of us, we all have strength in different area

may is a bit quiet, i will get busy in june
stay tuned for my moves =D

Thursday, May 6, 2010

15002 view hits

can't believe my blog meter reached 15002

when I started, i made this blog to release the steam from BMF & BFW
didn't expect to generate so many readers, glad that they are getting well known; especially BMF says she's proud of being 'well known' like 'Edison Chen', a bad reputation star in hong kong

BFW told her friends/students she knows the meaning of BFW, so, what ? that's a humble calling not the courtesy to you but to keep my manners in my blog, if you wish me call you 'little’ instead of ‘big’, i can change it to LFW (how's that ?) =D

my viewers, come back in a month time from now, i need to think about my future steps. quoted BFM aka LFM, i'm a conspired person and well planned and know how to promote myself =P