Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Sad News

I wondered how long my good luck would last. And, as I predicted, it didn't last too long. I'm referring to my fleeting permission to videotape myself teaching my classes in the gym setting. I work for a great club, but they've rescinded my permission to tape at the gym, I assume due to legal implications. It's just my nature to comply with rules, so of course I will stop taping at the gym.

Now, add to that blow, the fact that we took down my green screen at home about a month ago in prepration for our basement to get finished. So, at present I have no "good" alternative for taping locations.

Fear not, however, as I have a couple of things up my sleeve that will enable me to continue to do my videos. My husband thinks he can recreate my green screen in a different part of our finished basement. So that's Option #1. Option #2 is a green screen room that my brother has in his warehouse. I think he'd let me use it, but it's a long distance from my house, so it's not too convenient -- especially not as convenient as popping down to the basement!

So, stay tuned... I am determined to be back. And, in the meantime, this gives me a bit of time to go outside and take some beautiful Autumn foliage pictures to use as my backgrounds in my future videos!

Take care, and look back soon!

Dana

More Advanced Step for You!

I've been idle for a while on my blog, so I apologize! The following 4 videos provide you with 3 combos (with their breakdowns) plus the final product. The choreography notes for the final routine are shown below as well.

Enjoy!


Choreography:

Combo 1:
Turn & Stomp the Floor (4)
Spin to the front (4)
Shuffle & Drag into Tango (9)
Chasse Turn (6)
Tap-Tap, Abduct-Chasse-Box (9)

Combo 2:
"Rebound" Repeater (8)
1 Glute, 1 Glute hopturn (8)
1 Lunge, Box (7)
Ball-Change on top, Straddle (5)
Mambo (or Rhythm Mambo) (4)

Combo 3:
Reverse up into 2 hamstrings on top (aka "Reverse Skate") (6)
Mambo Cha-cha (4)
Stomp Across (aka "Spider") (8)
Quick over, Over Slow (6)
L-Step (8)

Videos:
Combo 1:


Combo 2:


Combo 3:


Final Product: