Episode 2 - Meeting Demands

Having trouble meeting specific requests from your clients, students or audience? Here are tips and tricks you can apply to fulfill various demands.

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Terms Mentioned

Styles

Popping

A funky dance style that includes sudden contractions of body muscles called “pops”, flowy movements, and angular body poses. An umbrella style that includes other dance forms such as Electric Boogalo, Waving, Tuting, Roboting, and Puppeting.
Learn more:
- https://www.everydaypopping.com/blog/a-comprehensive-guide-to-popping

Contemporary

An improvisational style that emerged to break away from the rigid structures of classical dance styles such as Ballet, Jazz, and Modern Dance, Focuses on fluid body motion and storytelling.
Learn more:
- https://thedancefacts.com/dance-types/contemporary-dance-guide/

Moves/Concepts

Contractions

A curving of the spine and inward push of the abdomen forming a C shape.

Woah

A TikTok move which involves the action of seemingly throwing something up and catching it when it falls down, using one arm.

Monastery

A Hip-hop vocabulary move wherein the dancer steps from side to side while the arms perform corresponding circular motions, mirroring each other.