Day 60 - November 29th 2013 (By Kallum Khaos)

Day 60 - November 29th 2013 (By Kallum Khaos)

Hello all!

I'm writing this from the 1YEP internationals house where most of the students along with my girlfriend are watching “A Goofy Movie” which inspired Antons piece that he is about to perform in our Christmas show next week  :-)  Much needed down time with friends.

So today began with Sara and her floor barre. 
As you probably heard in the previous blogs it involves becoming really aware of our bodies by performing various exercises while laying on the floor that replicate traditional barre exercises. 
I'm probably the most inflexible person on the program so this for me is like a much needed slice of hell, it's tough, it hurts, but it improves my posture, makes me more flexible and opens up my body. 

This is followed by modern, which involves hearing repeatedly phrases like 'open up your hips' 'extend your sitting bones' and a plethora of French words that I hadn't heard before. 
We're really thrown into the deep end, but we have just a few classes with Sara so she really wants to get the most out of us while she can.

After the lunch break we had Michel teaching us again and I really love his classes, he works us hard and his routines so far have been really full out. 
We're all gasping for air and running for water every 15 minutes but it's awesome! 
The dynamics and grooves in his routines are really good for us to work on our performance and dancing as big as we can. 
It's just a few months into the course but I can really see a progression in myself and everyone else on the course. 


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Short snippet of the class with Michel.

Even though it's the weekend now there's no rest for the Yeppers, some of us will be going to the studio tomorrow to rehearse or work on assignments then on Sunday we're heading to take workshops in Copenhagen.

See you next time

Kallum