DAY 41 - October 24th 2014 (By Nico O´Holi)

DAY 41 - October 24th 2014 (By Nico O´Holi)

Good evening to all you beautiful readers!

I´m back & ready to tell you about the blessed day we had today - I hope you all reading this has had a successful week and continue to be positive!

So regardless of anything that happens today, it is still going to be somewhat of a sad day as it is our last day after 2 weeks with the phenomenal choreographer and teacher Miss Andye J. 

The amount of things we have learnt is incredible, this woman really knows what she’s doing and it´s just as much of a pleasure to watch her teach as it is actually taking her class and learning all she has to offer us. 

During the past two weeks we have learnt 6 different choreographies where each of them have had a specific target we had to reach which was understanding musicality and using space, dynamics, and performance.

Today is the day we show all of them back to her not knowing what order or who she was going to pick to perform which choreography so you can imagine the rehearsals we all had to put in last night to make sure we kill it today.

After performing the 6 choreos it was now time to do our solo´s.

The first day Andye J was here she made each of us pick a word that describes us when we perform., and then we had to choreograph a solo based upon that word.

My word was passion but instead of doing something I’m used to, I wanted to challenge myself by doing lyrical hip hop with some contemporary elements. I wasn’t satisfied with my solo however I was happy with the emotion I portrayed which left everyone silent after the performance. At first I was thinking was it that bad that no one clapped haha until I saw that the majority of my family were crying. Before I began to dance I had explained that my solo was about me losing my Mother but wanting to still feel connected with her, having the privilege to be able to call someone Mum that means the world to me (Lin) & people that inspire me around me to remind me what family really is (The Hip Drop Students).

Although I wasn’t happy with my solo I achieved something that was even more rewarding, I had managed to make people in the room feel something real. I awaited feedback from Andye but after moments of silence she just told me to do it again. This time as I performed it I felt free, looking into peoples eyes as I was dancing and seeing them cry as I danced was a feeling I’ll never forget. 

Andye told me after that I have made her look at life in a different perspective, that she appreciates me, to continue to work hard and that she has 100% faith in me, Lin said a few special things and that she hopes I know I’m her boy - how could I not be 1000% content with life! Everyone killed their solo’s and the growth in just two months is crazy! 

As for now, I have to love you & leave you - its time to throw a house party for Zhian’s 18th birthday but after he received a personal birthday message from Lyle Beniga today that of course the dream fulfiller (Lin) managed to get. I don’t think there is anything else that could put a bigger smile on his face! :D 

Nico