Thursday was the first day of SPINS term 2. This term I am only in one SPIN as only one interested me. It is a Dance Company one, I have done this SPIN before and I really enjoyed it. It is run by the dance teacher Sophie who I know very well.
The start of the day was all pretty normal as I had a maths workshop with Elizabeth and worked on some writing and some maths buddy. Then in the end of the middle block I did a coffee and hot chocolate run for the teachers as Lisa had asked me to.
We walked over to SPINS as a group and were very early when we got there. It was only just lunch time for them so we had all that time to spend. We started to head upstairs to Bravo where the dance room was.
We bumped into Sophie and she said we could go in the dance room during lunch. A couple of students came in to practice a dance and then it was just us in the dance room. We stretched and practiced walkovers, handstands e.t.c.
When lunch was over many of the students started to arrive. There was about 14 of us in the class which was good because it made an even amount so that we could do partner work. We started off by some warm up games.
We then started to get put into places and learning each step. The start of the dance is a canon (when dancers follow the move one by one). So far it looked really cool. We then added in some more moves and they looked kind of like formations.
We then started to swap places while dancing and getting partners. Mine is a girl called Charlotte who does Ballet and Contemprey. She is very flexible and has delicate but fast moves so I need to practice lots to be as fast as her.
I am really happy with what we have so far and can't wait to add some more moves and see what the dance looks like at the end. To finish off the class 2 little kids started watching us sitting down and doing a reflection from outside.
One of the girls asked the kids if they wanted to come inside so the little girl sat on the chair that was keeping the door to outside open. The little boy went running down the stairs. We then performed once more for the little girl.
While we were performing our dance the little boy came running up the stairs and watched the end of it. We then sat down and thought about what the moves make us think about. Sophie thought the start was like mountains with formations.
I cant wait for Thursday next week so we can add some more to the dance and we can have some more practice all together.
It was nice to know exactly what you did in your day and to know that you stayed focused and on track,its good that you told detail about what happened in the dance and how you know what you need to work on for next time .Its great that you are having fun in your spin and enjoying it.
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