Post by HardcoreMaMa on Mar 31, 2010 15:03:51 GMT -5
I am a bgirl because I simply want to be. I look at the places I've gone like....New York, Cali, Boston, Toronto, Atlanta to learn about the culture....I just fell deep in love with it.....learning from Crazy Legs, Frosty Freeze, Storm, Ivan, Iron Monkey, Abgirl, Prince Ken Swift is priceless. The best part is to try to spread the knowledge. When I teach footwork basics and freezes; I tend to educate about the history of the moves...and then I catch myself and say, "I'm sorry, but I know you just want me to show and teach you how to do the moves, but I really want inform you of understanding the history of the move as well." I shouldn't say sorry...but I tend to say that a lot.
When I talk about the dance, I tend to speak highly passionate about it and I just want to make sure people who's been bboying and who is just starting to dance to NOT be afraid of the dance and to really seek what they are looking for and what they want to do with the dance. For example, experiment, experiment, experiment.....people create from getting inspired from anything to a picture they saw to the shape they saw....and your reason to dance is your prerogative..and remember that many people will always have opinions and judgment and biases....who gives a bleep!
Gosh it has been 9 years since I have been dancing, but I know I have MAJOR room for improvement...ever since I went back to school in 2004 I have been fighting this non exponential plateau. I beat myself up all the time because I am aware that I should be a lot better than I am....But when I look at the history of me as a bgirl, I have to stop being hard on myself--> When I first started, I freakin' trained/practiced 5 days a week/ 2-4 hours each day (for the first 3 years)...I noticed that my abilities increased swiftly-----then when I started school, I was lucky to get 1 day a week 3-4 hrs ...that is a HUGE drop...my highest priorities in all reality are school and food. Just because I lost my windmills, can't do flares, 90's, swipes, or any other power at this point....is okay....because I am continuing to strive and be the best bgirl I can be under my circumstances...
In AND out of battles....I feel I am my biggest opponent because I know I am solely responsible for my own execution out there, no one else can make my decision of how I want to interpret the dance and interpret the music.... When I dance, I dance for me and to rep my crew/city...I am not here to impress, I am here to be challenge myself and to keep striving as well as keep educating as best as I can.
Therefore, I am a bgirl because I simply want to challenge myself, to express, and to educate those who are willing to learn:) ABOVE ALL BREAKIN IS FUN!!!!!!!
When I talk about the dance, I tend to speak highly passionate about it and I just want to make sure people who's been bboying and who is just starting to dance to NOT be afraid of the dance and to really seek what they are looking for and what they want to do with the dance. For example, experiment, experiment, experiment.....people create from getting inspired from anything to a picture they saw to the shape they saw....and your reason to dance is your prerogative..and remember that many people will always have opinions and judgment and biases....who gives a bleep!
Gosh it has been 9 years since I have been dancing, but I know I have MAJOR room for improvement...ever since I went back to school in 2004 I have been fighting this non exponential plateau. I beat myself up all the time because I am aware that I should be a lot better than I am....But when I look at the history of me as a bgirl, I have to stop being hard on myself--> When I first started, I freakin' trained/practiced 5 days a week/ 2-4 hours each day (for the first 3 years)...I noticed that my abilities increased swiftly-----then when I started school, I was lucky to get 1 day a week 3-4 hrs ...that is a HUGE drop...my highest priorities in all reality are school and food. Just because I lost my windmills, can't do flares, 90's, swipes, or any other power at this point....is okay....because I am continuing to strive and be the best bgirl I can be under my circumstances...
In AND out of battles....I feel I am my biggest opponent because I know I am solely responsible for my own execution out there, no one else can make my decision of how I want to interpret the dance and interpret the music.... When I dance, I dance for me and to rep my crew/city...I am not here to impress, I am here to be challenge myself and to keep striving as well as keep educating as best as I can.
Therefore, I am a bgirl because I simply want to challenge myself, to express, and to educate those who are willing to learn:) ABOVE ALL BREAKIN IS FUN!!!!!!!