Showcase chat...
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samina
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pro gave me the edited music for the showcase. a tidy two & a quarter minutes... is that pretty average out there?
can't believe how much he's been able to cram into that small amount of time. with all the changing between dances, it feels like it could be suffering from a multiple personality disorder... but i'm liking it. surely, that says something about me... lol
can't believe how much he's been able to cram into that small amount of time. with all the changing between dances, it feels like it could be suffering from a multiple personality disorder... but i'm liking it. surely, that says something about me... lol
njdancegirl
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I'd say so (unless this was DWTS as we saw on another thread) - most of mine have been in the two and a half minute range, give or take a few seconds. Have heard good things about showcases at the studio you are performing at...best of luck to you!
samina
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fascination
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really looking forward to ours too...this sunday...we are in really nice space, which helps....looking forward to a week of working on something for the fun of it
Sunshines Partner
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I have one of the top coaches in the country on Friday to finish the choreography on my showcase to the song “When you’re good to Mama”. Based on what he’s done so far it should be incredible.
Sunshines Partner
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exciting, SP! what kind of dance is that?
dunno the song... am horribly song-title illiterate...
The song is from the show Chicago.
It’s not going to be a real serious number. A lot of comedy.
There’s some Cha-Cha, a bit of Fox Trot and a whole lot of fun.
reb
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Based on my experience over the past 7 years, I'd say that's a fairly typical time - (our studio is a top pro/am studio and does 2 full production stage shows a year [rents auditoriums] and many of the students and pro also do shows and solos throughout the year).
A quick check of a couple comps:
- Emerald Ball:
- No Solo Exhibition is to exceed two minutes and forty-five seconds (2:45)
- San Diego Dancesport Championships:
- All solos must be completed within 2 1/2 minutes.
I personally prefer shorter to longer.
samina
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sounds like we're spot-on, then... the music begins to fade at 2:20.
i think i would like to perform it at a comp. how does that work... i hear there isn't any placement, but that you can get judge's feedback. anyone have experience in that area? sounds like you do, reb...
really sounds like fun to me.
i think i would like to perform it at a comp. how does that work... i hear there isn't any placement, but that you can get judge's feedback. anyone have experience in that area? sounds like you do, reb...
really sounds like fun to me.
reb
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Solos - yes, although most of the solos/shows I've done in the last several years have been as an amateur couple with my girlfriend/fiance/wife.
As a pro/am beginner, I did some - including a comedy skit based on Steve Martin's My Blue Heaven club scene, as well as a waltz, a serious Bolero, etc.
samina
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double lesson spent all on showcase... added new tango & slow waltz choreography... very nice. an hour and a half goes by in the blink of an eye...
turns out the QS sequence feels crazy fast because he was thinking it was at 50bpm but it's actually at 60, double the 30bpm of the song... ay-ay-ay... gonna be fun, though, once i've got the sequence down.
i like his choreography a lot.
turns out the QS sequence feels crazy fast because he was thinking it was at 50bpm but it's actually at 60, double the 30bpm of the song... ay-ay-ay... gonna be fun, though, once i've got the sequence down.
i like his choreography a lot.