July 7, 2016No Comments

Justin Timberlake – #ThrowbackThursdays

The main man. There literally is nothing this man can do that is wrong. Back in his Sync days I used to refer to him as the guy with scrambled egg on his head (have you seen it?!), and wasn’t such a fan. Then he went solo. And life changed.

This guy has moves, he has the voice that just rocks it and the tunes he brings out are just awesome. Some of my favourites are actually from his first album. A little bit of Seniorita and of course the classic Cry Me A River. I still remember getting that first album and enjoying everything about the sound. Finding a way to escape into the music and even before dancing was such a big part of my life, just letting my body do it’s own thing. Letting it find it’s own rhythm, letting it flow, sway or shake any which way it wanted.

Justin Timberlake was one of my turning points in music. He helped me to just relax, enjoy the music and have fun.

That is why when he made his comeback this year his track HAD to go into my playlist. It’s the cool down before our stretches but is such a tune every time it comes on I completely lose myself in the music and the words and just dance. The song is such a fun loving song it always makes me think of those days where you’ve had a cider or two, the sun is beating down and you’re dancing in the park to someones speaker or phone, barefoot on the grass just catching snippets of fun with friends as often as you can while the sun lasts.

JT, a true legend and I reckon would be an absolutely great laugh on a night out!

What’s your first memory of JT? or maybe your favourite old school JT move? haha share it here!

Ciao for now x

February 16, 2016No Comments

The Kick!

It's been a little while coming but here it is, the final move for our routine!!

Next video will be all about the full routine and walking you through it....have fun with this one!

Ciao for now x

January 29, 2016No Comments

Day 29 – Tick Tock version 2!

You've tried version 1, now try version 2. Remember to only take it as far as you need to and don't hurt yourself!

Ciao for now x

January 18, 2016No Comments

Day 18 – Tick Tock Version 1

Today's blog post is another move that will be leading up to our final choreography. This is called the Tick Tock.

It works your abs because it forces you to pull them in and hold your back nice and strong and protected, it works your legs, both front and back depending on how low you go down into the move.

It also helps with balance by forcing most of the moves to be done on one leg and we also do this move pretty fast so make sure you practice lots in slow motion before the big choreography comes up soon.

Ciao for now

January 10, 2016No Comments

Day 10 – Example choreo – What do you mean?

So for the last few videos I've showed you two of the moves needed for our final choreography for our full song.

Today is just a little video taken by one of my class in last week's class. Obviously I wasn't completely aware this was being taken until mid way through the video hence my laughter but this should give you an idea of what we are building up to and what you can expect the final song to look like.

Enjoy it, have a laugh at how red and sweaty I am and if you feel brave enough why not give it a little go with just this short clip.

Ciao for now x

  
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