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Facialssss !!

Hello hellooo.. So, for this week I will approach another important criteria which we call ‘facials’ while dancing is the bulding block of dancing. This is because, while we are dancing, we express what the song and choreography make us to feel and reflecting these moods/feelings towards audience is so crucial.

Normally, while dancing, gestures do occur spontaneously (like you do not aware of your face) 🙂 However, these can be improved by devoting yourself to song/choreography and practicing in front of the mirror. You can find in depth information through this link:

http://www.dancehelp.com/articles/dance-performance/facial-expression-Dec09.aspx

The photos were taken while dancing are generally the most fail ones (with facials) :))

Facials can be anything you feel while dancing for example:

  • happiness – facials as smiling
  • sadness – facials as crying
  • feeling of powerful – facials like reflecting the strong face

In this video for example, me and my teacher apparently feel the similar emotions as you can see from our faces:


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm3z5h_jySF/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B602vB-l8mP/

It is important to accompany the song with your facials and body flow. In the video above, the song is slow in the beginning so I tried to fit my facials and movements with musicality, then it speeds up, which alter the facials and movements.

  • I would like to specify one of my opinions about facials. Some people believe that while dancing if the tongue becomes out, it would be irritating or misleading. However, as facials come from inside in terms of what we feel, there should not be any restrictions.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6OafDTlo1p/

In this video, I use my smile face, tongue, don’t care face 🙂 and so on.. I mean, when you fit your facials to your face, you won’t be able to control them which actually is a good thing that you will start to feel the song. I interpret this situation like, when an actor/actress embed themselves to the character, they feel their roles and start to act in accordance with it. This idea in dancing occurs, when dancers feel the song and embed themselves to the story of song.

It’s up to there for this week. Next week, I will emphasise on how to do dance for fun in order to make you familiar to the idea that it’s not impossible to dance !

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