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kai

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Re: What does Pita bread have to do with Liquid...
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2009, 12:00:05 PM »
much better this time thru.  thought you handled the track with more ease.  the variations of hand distancing (while actually maintaining an illusion) has shown a lot of improvement, as well as the lines/angles during contours and rails.

only thing i'd comment on to work on would be the timing of the rewinds like tmy and joon said.  complete a movement before your rewind it, and remember to time it with the music (you were on beat, but your phrasing was off).
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Re: What does Pita bread have to do with Liquid...
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2009, 05:49:05 PM »
Yeah that song was pretty nasty. I wouldn't attempt to dance to it. You did improve though. After I saw that locking clip I can see what people mean when they say you draw energy from the crowd. Unfortunately energy is very hard to convey through video unless the crowd is exploding.

You go with the music and seem to understand the music. What your dance lacks is the wow factor. You dance well but your missing the magic of the illusions. You need to develop a really distinct illusion for the viewer to latch on.

I'm basically advocating learning some "tricks" or signature combos. Some dancers seem to look at this as sacrilegious but I make combos all the time. Those combos eventually lead to multiple transitions in freestyle dance. Bring the magic of illusion into your already well developed get down.

Of course you get to hang out with liquid dancers pretty regularly so you're probably getting better advice that's more relevant irl. Just thought I'd give an outside perspective.   
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Re: What does Pita bread have to do with Liquid...
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2009, 12:31:27 PM »
Definitely way better this time around. 
I loved the beginning and how you hit that first beat drop with energy.
That move around 0:46 .... dopeness! (kinda skywalker-ish but you definitely flipped it and made it your own)
After watching this clip, theres one thing that sticks out to me more then anything as far what *my eyes* want to see. I feel like you change direction/reverse your flow maybe to much. I want to see you push your illusions for longer, and flow in the same directions for further. You know when a dancer does something that is is actually pretty cool, but they do it so frequently that it takes away from the impressiveness it ? Thats how I feel about your reversals and direction changes in your liquid. 
Just my 2 cents but I'm feelin like your liquid would really benefit from more continuous flow and less of the abrupt direction changes. 

I'd say the last minute or so of this clip was my favorite. But specifically, I had to rewind these two parts and watch them a few times cause they were just so damned cool.
 4:55 - 5:00
 5:10 - 5:17

 All in all, good stuff, cant wait for this weekend!!!
 
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