Feb. 7, 2012 at 8:00pm with 15 notes View comments
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30 day solo jazz challenge?

So my fuzzy goal for, well, ages has been to work on my solo jazz. In order to unfuzz that goal, I was thinking of doing a 30 day challenge, which would be a combination of the “answer questions” type challenge and an activity type challenge. I don’t think I could complete it in a month, though.

E.g.

Day 1 Do the Shim Sham and find new ways to style all the steps

Day 2 Find a slow song (<140 bpm) and dance to it

Day 3 Find a fast song (<250 bpm) and dance to it

Day 4 Watch an instructional video of the Big Apple and go over the section you find most difficult (oh, you know which one) at least 10x /if you don’t know the Big Apple: start learning it

Day 5 Record yourself dancing to a favourite song. Pick one thing to improve on, and record yourself again.

Good idea? Terrible idea? If you wanted to join in and do it with me, you could obviously post videos of yourself dancing, too, instead of just writing about it (you’re a braver soul than I am). I may also have to invest in a full-length mirror that is not in an enclosed space in order to preserve myself from injury before starting…

I have some more ideas than the one I posted above, but do you have any more ideas for the different days?

  1. kittymccourt reblogged this from fuckyeahswingdance
  2. spearlet answered: Start a solo cutting battle at your local venue!
  3. katie-emily answered: Watch one of your favorite solo jazz videos(my personal favorite is one by Sharon Davis) and learn the choreography from the video.
  4. bristolswing answered: Those are HUGE tasks for just one day each! As for ideas - dance a whole song solo somewhere prominent at your local regular dance night :)
  5. tangledletters answered: oh, this one looks great! Maybe have three question-days and then one activity-day, so that there#s a bit of prep-time :D
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