frustration

"simply cut out the design with scissors, remove the liner and stick to any window, glass or mirror"


what liner?

So I bought these clear decals - window clings - that you can run through your own printer and then stick on glass - and I repeat WHAT LINER?

I printed the design. not loving it.  The page is supposed to be clear - instead it's got this grid pattern in white with the words IMAGE OTHER SIDE written all over it.  and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to separate the two - surely it does have a liner but how the heck?

---frustration---

chocolate chip cookies for breakfast - also- not a good idea.

DH would prefer I went with magnetic door signs for my vehicle instead of vinyl lettering.  :( I'd much rather go with the vinyl lettering - better placement  but I can appreciate the transitory nature of the magnetic sign and ease of removal for anonymity.

musical breakdown for choreography.

does anyone have tips for breaking down music for the purposes of constructing a choreography.

if a song has lyrics - I can generally break it down into verses, chorus and instrumental segments and deconstruct the music that way.  but I'm working with a song right now that has no lyrics and no real discernible repeating segments.  it more or less continually repeats with a few segments thrown in here and there.

if I was doing it on my own I'd just improv the whole thing and do whatever I felt like - but that doesn't work when you are TEACHING it.

I talked to my mentor about it and she had these suggestions - she said people are either right brain or left brained  in their approach to choreography. 

What she does is count out the entire (4 minute in this case) song in 8 counts - this is not really working for me.  I tried but I lose the count in a few different places.  plus it's just awkward and weird. 

She also said that there's another dancer she knows that puts the music on and dances it/video tapes it.  Decides what she likes where - then constructs the choreography from that.   This may work for me because I'm more improv focussed. 

Since I am now tired of listening to the music and trying to count out the beats I am now going to burn yet another CD with the music on it (in segments) and attempt the improv  approach to choreography.