First of all, HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU ALL!!!
WISHING NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR ALL OF YOU! STAY STORNG AND BE MERRY!
Now, most call this year the Year of 2013, but in Chinese Zodiac which is common to most Asian countries, it is also known as the Year of the Snake.
Chinese Zodiac is a scheme, and a systematic plan of future action, that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to 12-year cycle.
In Japan, when your birth year comes back after 12 years, you gain a temporarily title called
"年男／年女, Man/Female of the year".
And I want declare that today because THIS IS MY YEAR!!!
Time to cut the crap and get things rolling.
Since this is a blog about my dance life, I'll post my resolution related to dance.
1. Cultivating my body.
I've been doing this for a while now but I really want to be consistent.
It has helped me in many ways. Strength, balance, speed, endurance, and looks.
But its not enough. Right now it is in the process of a change and I'm unstable. I need to change that and get to a point where I feel comfortable to dance and make my moves and poses look the way I imagine.
2. Raising the level of consistency.
This is one of the advice that I received from my dancing god father and master, Jazzy J, few years ago.
It is also something that I've been working on for a while, but this year, I need to raise it up higher. In order to do that, I need to retrain on things that I've learned through out the past years and perfect it as much as possible. Only than will my dance consistency can see a signifiant improvement.
By having a higher standard, I will gain more control over my get down at cyphers and battles.
3. Battling
To tell you the truth, I've been afraid to battle against someone that I don't know for a while now. I just don't feel comfortable because I'm throwing my energy towards something that I don't know. Also, recently I've been meeting and battling famous dancers across the world. Most I lost but some I've won. By loosing against someone, I felt that I was going to ruin their reputation or disappoint the teachers and dancers that took time to teach me new knowledge of the dance.
But with out the challenge, you will not grow as a street dancer. Battling, to me, shows you the moment of truth. It is when you get tested by the dance floor. It is when all your effort reveals its self. It does not lie. It is the ultimate test that teaches you what you need to work on in order to get better.
I need to release myself from the fear of loosing the battle.
4. Learning different dance styles.
I have some experience in other styles of dance, but I haven't really taken a class to learn it seriously. I've decided to make this my New Year Resolution after being enlightened from watching a cartoon series called "The Last Airbender". The main character is an Air Bender who is chosen to be the Avatar. The Avatar is the only person that can bend the four elements, Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. By learning all the elements, the Avatar possesses the power to outmatch any other benders and maintain balance in the world. Just like the Avatar, if I embrace different styles of dancing, I believe I will grow more as a dancer with unique energy, flavor, and characteristics.
Furthermore, to do this, I need to select my mentor carefully.
This does not mean that I'll through away the mentality of "every dancer is my teacher". However, having a strong basic is essential for my learning process. Thus, the teacher must have the flavor, energy of the dance I can relate and have an similar understanding/vision towards the dance that he/she does.
This leads to my final goal.
5. Understand the ORIGINAL=Myself.
I believe the term "Be Original" does not indicate someone to do new things, but be yourself.
As much as I loved learning from various teachers through this past couple years, I've gain knowledge but lost who I am as a dancer. Therefore, there are constant questions that comes in my mind when I practice or session. The toughest question is "What dance defines you as SUGALOO?" What dance, flavor, energy, looks, characteristic, moves, technique....etc make people recognize you as SUGALOO? I can not answer that question with 100% confidence at this moment. This is the reason why I have to face this question and figure out an answer this year.
I'm not sure how much of this I can accomplish since I have many private things that I need to accomplish this year. But my gut is craving for change and improvement. I need to take on many challenges this year. I gotta fight it!!!
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