Didn't think I'd practice today.
I thought it may have been just Devon, Kyle and I, but Warren came through later and so did Prabu. Warren consistently teaches me the value of more. Constantly adding complexity should be what we strive for. As long as it's on the music. Highlight: flare > mill > flare > swipe > mill > halo > baby freeze (clean).
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Thursday
Thumb still jacked, the plan for next practice is to work on one armed power going the opposite way. So only working: swipes, mills, headspins and halo if I'm feeling like a bboy deity. Might use my right palm for taps and steadying myself in headspin, shit's still dangerous.
Considering the hype, it was a pretty bum practice. I never realized how much I use the off-hand for power. Not too much energy for me that day. I left half an hour early because I was tired of being skiddish about doing anything on my right hand. Kind of sucked, kind of didn't really practice much. Was cool to see the crew hash out some of their differences. Sad to know that people will be leaving Pittsburgh to go on to better things. Just means that we need to use our time wisely.
Considering the hype, it was a pretty bum practice. I never realized how much I use the off-hand for power. Not too much energy for me that day. I left half an hour early because I was tired of being skiddish about doing anything on my right hand. Kind of sucked, kind of didn't really practice much. Was cool to see the crew hash out some of their differences. Sad to know that people will be leaving Pittsburgh to go on to better things. Just means that we need to use our time wisely.
Monday
Practice in Rangos today.
Ming and Kyle were already there, heads are hungry. Ming told me so as well :) Pretty light practice today, just drilling handstand walkovers and those stab things that Prabu does. Devon showed up so we got a chance to run through all the routines we have. We hit all of them perfect a couple times despite a good number of foul ups. Also Devon came up with most of the choreography for a new routine bringing the total number of ideas to 4. We are making good progress on that front, but there needs to be much more done in order to be ready how I want to be for the gallery crawl. I know I wanted to have both popping and bboying interchange to eat time, but I'm not sure if house should be added. Right now I'm thinking no and I think maybe we could add that for a longer showcase. All in all a good productive practice.
Ming and Kyle were already there, heads are hungry. Ming told me so as well :) Pretty light practice today, just drilling handstand walkovers and those stab things that Prabu does. Devon showed up so we got a chance to run through all the routines we have. We hit all of them perfect a couple times despite a good number of foul ups. Also Devon came up with most of the choreography for a new routine bringing the total number of ideas to 4. We are making good progress on that front, but there needs to be much more done in order to be ready how I want to be for the gallery crawl. I know I wanted to have both popping and bboying interchange to eat time, but I'm not sure if house should be added. Right now I'm thinking no and I think maybe we could add that for a longer showcase. All in all a good productive practice.
Tuesday
Practice somewhere? My memory is horrible, gotta keep writing these right after practice.
Oh this was the one where Teena, Stealth, Kyle, Chuck and I did this ad-lib circle exercise. So there's one person inside the circle dancing and all the people on the outside are calling out moves. It's super fun! I think the idea is to do things you haven't done before and in different combination. It was fun because we called out themes instead of moves and got to see people act them out while dancing.
Oh this was the one where Teena, Stealth, Kyle, Chuck and I did this ad-lib circle exercise. So there's one person inside the circle dancing and all the people on the outside are calling out moves. It's super fun! I think the idea is to do things you haven't done before and in different combination. It was fun because we called out themes instead of moves and got to see people act them out while dancing.
Sunday
Practicing outside with crew hopefully! Such a nice day!
People stopped by and moved on, I love that going on in the background! The space is like 16 x 16 brick squares with cement running along the sides and benches on the side. The benches are like perfect viewing distance for the space. I want this spot to be the Sunday practice spot.
Me and Devon getting good by ourselves again. I thought I was tired of practicing with Devon, but the outdoor spot is soooo refreshing. We both were forced into moves by the concrete but the only thing it really stopped us from doing was head power. The real reason you practice on concrete is so you don't crash. I never thought about it like that before, but if you practice in an environment that discourages crashing you will crash less. I crashed once today. :) Sloppy technique means skinned knees and bruises.
I saw something in Devon's footwork and based a style around it. I'll call it lazy leg style. You keep your legs as close as possible to the ground at all times (mostly talking about techs and footwork in back). Whenever you want to hit a beat your step completion always needs to arrive to that point in the music. No sharp movements. To exaggerate the movement more, make sure each step covers more ground than you do normally.
Danny Krivit
Should be a paaaartae!
Nah, Pittsburgh is still wack. The people that mattered were there (GDG and a fly breezie). So much good music, what do you do? Dance as much as possible in as many different styles as possible (and appropriate). Much of what the djs were playing transcends multiple styles so that wasn't too hard. Danced for a good 4 hours. That's the best extended performance I've had. I took breaks when burned out then kept at it. I'm glad that I'm able to cypher a bit with Matt and have him teach me things. I think fundamentally that encapsulates the relationship between crew members. I think crew should be a collective intellectual enterprise. As such all members are students and teachers beholden to one another. Right now I sense a "duh" moment coming on, but that's not how people act. People crave stratification and all too often the reason to be in a group becomes finding themselves through comparison.
Saturday
I don't want to go to practice.
Had a really good time today! Stealth and Devon were hitting moves and we were cyphering for a bit. Stealth's tombstones are coming along. My flares were on today (wearing sweats) and I almost hit halo > stab jump through > rollback. Lots of power but no airflares. Next time.
Wednesday
Practice whut?
Pretty cool, I crashed alot and was tired from no sleep (which apparently means blog it and get trill on Jameson in the process). Stealth was looking good and the overall vibe was good. Practice today was fun, but not productive at all for me. Did feel like crew with the GDG that were there. :)
Pretty cool, I crashed alot and was tired from no sleep (which apparently means blog it and get trill on Jameson in the process). Stealth was looking good and the overall vibe was good. Practice today was fun, but not productive at all for me. Did feel like crew with the GDG that were there. :)
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