Last Minute Change.....

Opppss…..Our Belly Dance Class will be closed  from  3^rd April – 10^th Apr 2011!!!

Due to the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Reactor situation, Hadia’s  had reorganized her tour schedule and the date of  Hadia's Magical Javanese Oriental Dance Retreat has been changed to 3^rd to 7^th April 2011. Last minute changed of  plan, last minute  I reschedule plane tickets, last minute I canceled all class, last minute I start to pack, last minute emailed to Christine (the studio owner/organiser in Jakarta) for my hotel reservation  & etc… This is pretty stressful to everyone and I  get a little anxious. 

 

I received Christine's email. She said it will be better if I book my flight for early Friday morning so that I don't have to get stuck in traffic or get stressed. I want  to come back on 7^th and I must  fly back on 7^th April because I have a hafla on the 8th and I have to do my preparation work for Hadia workshop!!! I can imagine that this would get pretty hectic,  but, there are so much positive energy during these few days, that I don't even feel tired when I want to learn something new, I am just counting the day to soak in all of  her  knowledge!

Looking forward to our pro course and our workshops in KL..... 

UUM Cultural Festival 2011

Drove all the way back from Sintok UUM last night,  by  the time I arrived almost 1am. I was exhausted and with numb butts after the long hours drive!!!  

Another experiment judging the UUM Cultural Festival 2011!! It was held at University Utara Malaysia on 23 March 2011. Surrounded by it beautiful greeneries and ample space makes it an ideal place to carry out  Cultural Festival activities. Honestly to say,  I am  not from the National Culture And Arts Department’s people, but I’m  still shocked yet excited and overwhelmed when I was invited to be one of the adjudicator  for this event - the Chinese & Indian Dance competition. The rest of the 4 adjudicators were from Culture And Arts Department in Northern region.  Of course, we knew what our responsibilities  and abilities upon couple of meeting and discussion.    

I reached UUM  at 4.45pm. I was  glad because I  arrived there safely in the rain. Thanks to my good friend accompany me all the way to UUM.  As usual, as soon as all other adjudicators arrived,  a short briefing  and discussion start,  then  we headed straight to the competition hall  for  the 1^st session competition started at 5.30pm. The event attracted 15 teams participated throughout the competition. Each  team usually has 4 - 8 Malays/Chinese/Indian student. It was all 6 teams in the 1^st session. It’s really  cool  when the Chinese girls danced to  Indian dance and  the   Malay group  did  the Chinese fans dance. Of course the fan dance  was  absolutely beautiful! Even if the moves were  simple and easy, it still  hard to get it synchronized, especially moving to a certain way,  I guessed  their  wrist circle must be  killing them  during the practice.

At 9pm, before entering the hall for the 2^nd session,  I heard  the  sound of the kompang (a percussion instrument traditionally played during ceremonies such as weddings and official functions). Woohoo…. excited with the kompang team  were  there to welcome us! The  "kompang" team lead at the front and  2 kompang girls ushered all the  adjudicators to the sitting area. Ahhh..... I sang 'Negara Ku' before the competition  start. Cant remember how many years I didnt sing it!!!

Lots of food were served. At then end,  there was a  supper waiting for us, I didn’t join them, after shake hands with everyone and I made an excuses to leave, it really  too late for me. However,  I still came  back with full stomach and a big token!

Sorry for  not clear quality photo when I zoom in,   cant walk to  a good filming spot.  

 

Dance Making

It's 5:40am…..Yup I was up early again this morning! I was especially impressed with myself this time considering I only had four hours of sleep after I arrived from K/L last night. After spent a few hours re-reading an interesting book in the bus, it got me motivated and it really got me thinking choreographies week is in full swing, plans are going full tilt for November show. I got really excited when I think of this, it makes me feel so alive!!!

The weeks seem like I’m getting longer and jam-packed with more choreography and less sleep. Tons of music to pick and ton of choreographies to do. Today is one of emotion and energy day in my class. I feel I want to cry after watching my student picked my creative combo of Tribal Fusion! It was tough combo to beat!!! Suddenly all the joy, anger, love, passion, desire, sadness and all senses in body and soul comes out like a revolution. It make me overwhelmed. I love my job and I love making dances, especially my students!!! 

Choreographically I am pleased. Dance making - I gain confidence in working prescribe form, I dare to experiment with development ideas that are more personal. What makes me want to create a particular dance in the first place? I am usually inspired by one of two things: the music or the theme, and choose an appropriate form trying to communicate to the audience. Making such a dance decision is important to dance making. Whether performing as a team, a duet or solo, the right music can have a positive or negative effect on the overall performance. 

For our opening dance, I have choose a piece of 6 minutes music. I will keep dance moves simple and flexible, so we don’t waste too much time in rehearsal. My students, be ready to practice my prescribe format with theme and variation movement. Again I feel the most alive when I’m choreographing… 

Farewell Party

Farewell Party!  19^th May 2010 Thursday

Venue : Music System Studio.

Time: 7pm

 

2 of our little kids Joey and Shannen were moving to Kuala Lumpur.  I don't even have time to plan anything but we had a small KFC dinner in the studio! in the last minute decision.  

In May, Joanne is leaving to UK.   A “Bon Voyage” party is a sad one!!!  A Farewell Party Invitation  is a ways for you and me to really make the Party  especially memorable for Joanne Teh!! Considering the sad nature of having to part with loved ones, the party definitely be a lot of fun – a last hurrah to celebrate and savor the people and memories.

I will plan it, check with me your creative ideas, tips and suggestions for making this party one to remember…the kind that will surely create wonderful and warm memories.

Hadia Asia Tour Teaching Workshop

April 9^th & 10^th, I’m counting down the days of Hadia Workshop!!! This is the third time I have brought Hadia to Malaysia. partly because she is one of my mentors in this Oreintal dance and partly because she has such a knowledge  of this dance. I love her teaching elements, the magic of Hadia's technique and doing things small and large, and with proper alignment. This time I want to study Beledi Baledi Baledi with Hadia!!!

Some girls asked about  the private class,  I am very sorry Hadia   is not available to teach. She will go  straight to the airport after the workshop on Sunday. You see,  the workshops are advertised and announced months in advance. Those girls still can not make their plans for things. I think that sometimes they need a baby sitter not a dance teacher. Those knew about the dates from me  and from Hadia and did not even bother to check before they  booked their vacation! Hadia  also not be able to come back next year, so they will have to wait another 2 years before they have another opportunity to study with Hadia. Otherwise, you  might have to purchase  Hadia training DVDs online. This is why Hadia is  working on line DVD project, because people don't pay attention to much of anything these days or even seem to value the fact that qualified teachers come from far away to give them special training opportunities.  I will share with you the  information about this new project and how you can earn credits for free training DVDs online, by referring your students to purchase an annual membership. This is the very best deal as it will give you a new DVD every month and lots of other great extra  support material. Stay tunes!

Japan Earthquake And Tsunami

Today, as we all know by now,  Japan has been hit by one of the biggest earthquakes and left such a disastrous sight.  Even for a country used to earthquakes,  The  8.9 magnitude quake, was of horrific triggered a 4 metre tsunami that washed away cars, and even buildings. Numerous casualties are feared. This made me worried  about Hadia… as I know b this time she is travelling to Japan.  Thanks God I read her message on Facebook  -  she  landed in Sapporo and finally safe  in the hotel.

As I sat in front of my TV and watched the umpteenth images and news  reports , My heart sank! Let's pray for Japan together!

A collection of the most compelling images of the aftermath of one of Japan's largest recorded earthquakes from buzzfeed.com

My Birthday....

I wasn’t really expecting much of a birthday celebration this year, but I was pleasantly surprised! I also have so many “happy birthday” wishes on Facebook, I can’t even count them! Point being, I was touched by every single one of them. This is one of the fun things of belonging social networking! Thank you to all my lovely dance teacher, students and friends, you made me very happy!!

CNY Gathering

Some  photos  during Chinese New Year -  we had small gathering at Yin Shu’s  house. She then flew to Taiwan pursue her studies last week. Her dream finally came true! I hope she is doing well.....Happy Weekend to all!

Re-Mix Routine!

NEW Belly Robics class : starts this Monday, Feb 28^th  7.30pm to 8.30pm!  

What do you get when you mix the ancient arts of belly dance to a modern dance music??  I already teach a beginner and intermediate cabaret belly dance class so this is a step in another direction. I have a great core group of students are looking for an exercise workout than a disciplined dance class.  Yay… I am going to start a new class is influenced by the new modern techno music  -  belly aerobics class.

This is pretty Re-Mix Routine classes for the "just exercise please" market.  The routine is  simple movements, non complicated moves that are least likely to cause confusion and or injury.  Lots of footwork from side to side and forward to back.  Basically I try to keep the range of movement entirely horizontal or vertical. A song that can be easily broken in to 8 counts, and a maximum of 4 movements/steps in an entire song, repeated and infinitum.  I hope you don't feel  boring. but the proof of the pudding for them is the sweat factor,   It doesn't sound like much, but once you get to the end of a 4-5 minutes song we're all sweating buckets, me too! And am sure your muscle soreness the next day.  Let's see how....

 

Going Back To The Start

I had a nice lunch today with a friend from work, we discussed topic, following our dreams. She has decided to leave the company to do something greater with her life.  Of course I am  honestly happy  for her, she is at a good age where she has no commitments and she can do as she pleases... follow your dreams, this is the best time to do it. We discussed my blog, she gave me her advise  trying to push me to follow my dreams... I promised her  that hopefully one day, and one day soon, I will try to do something wonderful with my dance career!  Thanks my friend  for the great pep talk,  since I am way older then you, I should be giving you the pep talk and I think I did..... here's to you and your dreams....

After Chinese New Year  was all over- I was exhausted and decided to take it easy for a while. It's hard to believe it's end of February. I've been missing blogging!  When I took my little blog break, I  received emails from people asking me if I was ok.  I was touched, surprised that my blog would be missed.  Thank you guys (you know who you are). After not blogging for several weeks, I wrote my first posts today. Yes,  I am start blogging again.  I have lots of random photos that I took from events of the last few weeks.  I'll share them with you over the next few weeks! It's good to be back.  :-)

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All classes back to normal! So happy to see the girls again! I am starting back at the hectic time in my life! Actually  this keeps me alive sometimes when I'm in the middle of the so much work here... It will be so nice. Plus, a new beginners group will start next week! A serious thunderstorm is about  to come!!!  Cant wait to welcome HADIA  back and the  two AMAZING artists who will rock my  world!!!! SERKAN TUTAR and MERCEDES NIETO,  I bring them to you again-united!!!!! Soon I will announce the artists of the gala show as well - it will be really amazing.  

HADIA PRIVATE CLASS

If  you  want a private class with Hadia,  please make yourself available before 8^th April, Hadia  will also not be able to come back next year, so you  will have to wait another 2 years before to  have another opportunity to study with her.  Thanks for all your time energy and effort and I look forward to seeing you soon. Waiting for all of you here! Dance, Dance, Dance!!!!!! Oh…… how spectacular this will be!!!! Life is great! :-))))))))))))))

Inspiration behind the new look & Goodbye!

Finally launched  my new look website, although happy with the content and layout of the site, there are still some of  the banners and need to work with a designer to create a consistent flow of images that depict the sections correctly…and the coding of the intro page still pending:)). 

I have paid particular attention to this while developing design of the new look! I really wanted my main content to be the focus rather than the design of the page, especially the workshop were made to catch attention. I love the colors, the bright green and black make them stand out above the background. I haven't added much work to my art gallery lately as scaling images to fit a design in all browsers is a bit tricky, it took me so long to figure that out.

In my last design I had linked my blog post, for  those who are interested, my website history  tells a story of my dancing.  I've experimented with over the last 6 years ... Has it really been 6years? :)  Wow..time flies! I am saddened to announce that I have decided to stop making posts to my http://arabesquebellydance-annie.blogspot.com site. This does not mean that I will stop dancing and entertaining; it just means that I will stop using current blogspot.com. Thank you for the feedback! I have read every message sent to me, and I have thoroughly appreciated all the kind words and support. It feels good to know that I was able to make days better for so many people. Without support from you, I would not have kept my site going for so long.

So, that is it. But, for now, I say "GOODBYE".

Super Busy Super Calm....

I am still doing my very basic breath meditation. Breathing just happens naturally on day 20th,  I  will be completing  total of  21days journal  and I am bringing to a habit. I am really occupied with my day and night that I hardly find enough time to rest, moreover when it comes to posting updates with regards to the happenings to my life, for sure my life aren’t  exactly dull... not exactly very happening at the same moment but we spent a lot of time practice  (we are currently preparation to perform for  a company annual dinner event) on next week. I watched their practice video, it  made me smile because the girls work hard to practice in a short time. Gosh…. The girls . were   exhausted but still can dance and they just want to dance... and I have too much energy within me.. hahahaha.. Think they  are all HYPERACTIVE like me!!

I was a bit regretted to accept this  offer as the person in-charge  is too demanding! When I had a conversation with him, I know he  has been heavily influenced by non-traditional aspects. First, he personally like that kind of hot and sexy dance uses pop, hip locks and drops, some undulations. I understand it can be very good  entertaining and interesting but I don’t consider it is strictly belly dancing! I  personally do not like that type of dance, and I think its honestly fake,  over done or  trying to incorporate a kind of "sexy" feel too it. It just makes me mad to say that something that is so lacking of culture can be considered belly dance!  I am  insulted  because I can understand what is it call  belly dancing (That's what I've spent my life learning) I think that people should know the amazing thing about belly dance is something that culturally beautiful!  And it is logical that as a dancer you would take the experiences and techniques that you have seen and been through, and you would add that to your dance, I am just most obviously biased because I DO have that opportunity to see and learn many many Egyptian style belly dancing.  

I have also found that many people are defensive about belly dance history. I am proud to say I  learn their  cultures arts because it helps me better understand the culture in a manner which is far more natural for me. Aahh....Anyway, everyone has there own opinion.  As I said earlier,  I never meant to insult anyone with what I said,  if I did I apologize,  I am not going to spend time on this,

As I have mentioned in my previous post, there is quite a lot of happening stuff going on this first quarter  of the year. The Chinese New Year gathering already line up!!  Some of friends and students  start planning  my birthday celebrations this year. I am not greedy,  I do not want to have a big celebration, I just don’t want all of you  waste your money buying  things for me! Hmmm...I am getting my BlackBerry handphone in next two week. Well, unless something happen and there is big surprise from heaven, I want to hear a birthday wish that I haven’t  got it for years. There is really only one thing I want. And I can tell you now that it’s not gonna happen, but it’s the first thing I think of when I start dreaming of birthdayland.

Because of my dance commitments, I just paid the fees  today for Hadia in Jakarta Training from 16^th  to 20^th April 2011. Next thing is booking the flight and accommodation. April is full of excitement!  Lots of crazy people, cocktails and great parties. I cry...and  my pocket cries with me,  Woo hooo !!

 

Breathing Make Me Move....

Its Day 12th meditation challenge -  I've been pretty faithful to my commitment to sit. I actually look forward to a special time in each day to be just with myself – to go slowly, breath and smile. And now  I'm coming to a place of peace with it though and I will not give up entirely. I'm so glad this came at the right time for me.  The most important is calm during my super busy time,   take a 'Pause' and make a quick mental checklist of what I am grateful for. I felt  calm and have peace no matter what's going on around me….even when feel tired and grumpy...there is space for all of these feelings to be held at once. 

To be useful to others,  thought must result in action. There must be no laziness only constant activity in good work!  So, I am not lazy and I work extremely hard!  I'll have to pay closer attention in 2011. I still have other things on my mind, so far….January – April  is booked and packed with quite a number of travel. The troupe is busy with practice, rehearsal and performance on 28th  Jan 2011. I am also a bit struggle to launch my new website with the fabulous  Serkan Tutar and Mercedes.Neito workshops. My web designer still  working on some mass updates on the videos and etc. I'll let the video speak for themselves. Hadia workshop on 9th & 10th April registration filling up fast so do not wait!! This is a great opportunity for every potential belly dancer to learn from  her. Please feel free to call or email if you have any questions about registering or the workshop. I can be reached by email at annie_arbq@yahoo.com or  by phone at  012-4895395.

Oasis Night!! Unforgettable Hafla with Amazing Raks Star, Hadia  is fixed on 8^th April 2011 (Friday). Thanks to Emily who is supporting my workshop by organizing the hafla for everybody to perform. The hafla is for  ladies event, no male this time but if you are male dancer,  you are most welcome to join us!   I'll post  it and spread the goodwill once the poster is ready. Please let me know if you want to perform so we can put you on the list, number of places is limited. So you can "add" us on Facebook  to follow news, photos, discussions, etc even if you can't make it to this year's workshop.  And for the latest program schedule, I’m updating it at this link.  Thanks everyone. See you soon! 

Much Love and God Blessing!

What’s Up On January 2011

What I start in January?  As you know me, I was diving into too many things all at once, nearly going crazy at one point because my mind was processing too much information. I finally  set  an hour meditation firmly in my waking early goal. The best in the early morning hours..... I decided to give it a trial and see how it works out for 21 days.  If it was really beneficial, I would keep it as part of my daily routines.  If it wasn’t, I would have learned from the experience.

Think about it, wake up at 5am for meditation.  Frankly speaking,  waking up early at 5am is  the hardest habits to cultivate for me. Tell you, today is my 7^th day that I woke  up early and stay up. Of course the alarm clock is essential items  in the first few days.  With the cultivation of this one small habit, I am able to, no matter how sleepy I am.  I  really wake up early,  I have  a very strong reason on why  I  want to wake up,  I want to do it. I  get off my bed to reach it. Thanks goodness  I don’t go back to bed after I turn it off!  

My friend told me I must know the purpose “why” I need meditation. I  remembered our conversation about the mind and my curiosity of how to "control the mind".  He  influenced me in this way, Silence - Gain Inner Peace & Grounded Calmer, and this is how I actually practice it. In the first 3 days I did it for 45 minutes, I got up after that because of  sharp nummed/pain when I crossed my legs for too long. It seemed like torture to me, since the pain in the legs can get intense with 1 hour  of sitting with no movement. During that time, I also thought I was supposed to enter this world of knowing everything. But it was absolutely nothing. Not even peace!! . Actually my mind was racing like normal. The 45 minutes of sitting restlessly thinking what’s next on my yahoo inbox and who updated their status on Facebook, or who sent me a text message. Thinking about “what suppose to happen?”  Thinking about “Am I doing this right?" I ended up with headache, sweat and vomit on my 1^st day. I know my mind was expecting too much. I expected  much because I felt I was "suppose to be there to see something" and that I was going to have some magical and wonderful meditation experiences. However, as I continued to meditate the days after, once I started practicing 15 minutes, I  try and reconnect again, I started slowly breathing and suddenly jumped into a very deep meditation experience. I began to feel peace. I didn't ask for it. I didn't expect it. But, there it was! It made me realize how noisy my previous unmeditated mind was and I was not even aware of it.  

It became obvious I am clear within myself, my thoughts, my emotions, my inclinations, as well as a strong enough “why” I adopt these habits.  I felt motivated, sparks and  inspiration carry me through in this week when  I take notes and focus on what I am  doing at the moment.  It's a new adventure. It is a time of year for me when ideas are flowing. New ideas for business, choreography, shows and class.   New trends continue to pop up and there is a sense of newness all around - energy and passion for 2011 and beyond!!!  Let's see how it goes if I continue to achieve success for the 21 days meditation.

My New Day Start....

Thank you for a great 2010! Each and everyone of you made it special in a way and I'm happy and thankful. Wishing all of you A Happy New Year 2011!

Almost exhausted with year end parties/gathering. Time to awake! I want to Awaken! I have to change, I need to change, I must change and I will change! It's not been easy, but this something that I need and want… Feel the answer within me, know the answer within me, and honor and respect it. I remind myself the first person I have to love… is ME!  I am beautiful, I am  amazing, I am courageous. After reading The Sphere of Silence,  I told my friend  I’m getting to start my purpose of  practice the journal  with Sphere of Silence. My dear friend, please pray for me, I need your prayer that give me  strength to  get up in an early morning  to sit, meditate, write, focus and set  goals on my purpose.  

Mean time, I am also updating my new website and loving it!. I’ m pretty new to the world of technology and as such grateful when someone explains something computerise to me, as a lot of the time I feel like a real techno- dinosaur.  I am working diligently behind the scenes to prepare my Master Plan. It is my road map, how fast I travel it depend on me, it doesn’t mean I want to achieve faster, but I am willing to put time and effort to commit to learn, to enjoy!  UP to now, thank goodness for my to-do-list. My brain functions better by seeing what I have to do on a piece of paper. I’ve experimented with different kinds of to do lists. There’s the simple master list that holds everything. For the longest time I never kept to-do-lists. I used to practice  to  keep my goals and reach them inside my head. Sometimes this worked quite well; thoughts are things which are simple to rearrange and update as requirements change, after all. Other times, not so much. In short, I forgot things when I let everything circulate in my brain without writing it down. You know me, I'm still doing it... One of my other to do next is to create a list for all the activities.  I love lists and especially as I get older I need lists – to do list is being the most used one. I find this helps to organise my learning and presents a clearer picture for me to work with. and now is the time. 

Now, I am open my eyes to say, This is a new day, I will live a new way, I will be a new person, I am Awaken to a new existence! Here is a quick peak on my current projects page.

My Last Post in 2010 - Joy of Receiving

The Joy of giving – better to give than receive. “All giving is an expression of joy. This is a great reminder. We give because of love, and we give without expecting anything in return. Give whatever you can to help others, be it may be time, food, consulting, services, money. If we only give with the expectation of receiving in return, we are missing the joy of giving. It's important to remember to give from our heart and not from a feeling of  MUST.

I learn to be independent from young age. I do the best I can not to rely on others for help. Ever since I used to have this mindset that whatever kind gestures I received from others, I have to return it back one day. I will only have peace in my mind after I have duly returned the kind gestures. I think I give more than I receive.

My students/friends gave me some souvenir each time after their holiday trip :) I cannot describe my joy thru this blog. I greatly appreciate in those little things. It doesn’t matter how small the gift is. It can be something as simple as a card or text message, but the excitement of receive each one of them brings a little delight into my heart.

My best friend gave me this book as one of my Christmas gift last week -  In The Sphere of Silence.  I felt joy in my heart. I went home and read it through the rest of the night and all through the next day until I finished it. I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it! Among books that talk about the secrets of success, this is the only one that specifically deals with the importance of SILENCE. And now I can see much clearer in SILENCE and Peace. I end with a personal plea : don't stop writing, I felt ready to conquer the world, woohooo!! Thanks Vijay Eswaran. It’s time for me to move forward with what I want for my entire life. I highly recommend it to you if you need to change your 21st century Lifestyles.

Well, while it is better to give than to receive, I am willing to receive when someone gives in earnest. If I don’t, I deprive them of that warm, fuzzy feeling. I am now able to view the whole situation in a different perspective. When I receive/take, I’m actually giving the chance for my friend to enjoy the pleasure of giving and sharing. If done in the right spirit, giving and receiving are one and the same. There should be a balance in all things - Giving without expecting anything in return, and receiving with gratitude. I hope I am right to say so!

This will probably be my last post before Christmas 2010, since I’m trying to take some time off around the holidays. I'm excited! I'm looking forward to a break. I do have a lot of stuff lined up though for after Christmas and the new year, I will be back soon.

If you celebrate Christmas, I wish you have A Very Merry Christmas, indulge as much as you like, forget about work and then get ready to get back on it in 2011!

With much love!

December Update - New Newbie & Advance Class

Today I am cleaning my house and have been deciding what to keep and what to let go. Letting go of something I can’t have, letting go things that are not ‘MINE’ .  I am packing and getting things that make my heart just sing. 

I'd been wanting to go on an adventure, but had been so busy it just hadn't become a reality. It is a very hectic time for me when holiday mood sets in, especially  Christmas and  New Year. Oh….how sad  I never have a chance to walk down the streets of Orchard road this time.  I love the snow-themed everything and  I even love the non-stop playing of  Christmas music there. I don’t know how is the decoration for this Christmas. I hope it is not  too bright, I like decorations that create an atmosphere of winter.

Inspiration and motivation is coming at me fast and furious this week. Just yesterday I started a new beginner class for  every Sunday & Thursday. They are my new newbie!  I also started advance choreography for my senior students, 6 of  them really had fun with it. It was a lot of hard work, a lot of "wows". During  the 2 hours sessions, we just managed to dance for 32 seconds of whole track of 5 minutes music. I received the sms from my student after the class. She  told  me she is crazy fell in love with the music and my intelligence choreography. I think I always manage to surprise one another with the variety of styles and the quality of choreography that I come up with. They are my amazing students,  we're constantly learning from each other. I appreciated for what they do and the unique way in which they do it.

On a positive note, my attitude are more important than my intelligence. I see the reason why other can do, I also can do it, not the reasons why I can’t. I concentrate on my assets, that is  positive attitude to use my mind to create and develop an idea. Always develop  an ‘I can do it’ attitude.  So I put a lot of pressure on myself to work hard and believe in myself, believe I can do it. When I'm accomplishing some idea so I am super motivated. On the other hand, I read some articles about training, professionalism, career development and practical advice for dancers. It's definitely geared towards professionals which is great. I love it.

Many more private classes are lined up in the next few days for those who have always had trouble their turnout, they have to work on one-on-one technique sessions to get quick improvement. I say to myself,  doing something I  love and are passionate about and sharing it with others can be such a fulfilling journey, I loved to dance I loved to teach,  I'm glad I did. There is much to be thankful for!  

15 New Newbie in this class, a little crowded.

6  in  Advance, 3 didn't turn up.