It’s great when you are feeling extra flirty or need to take
down the level of physical intensity before doing another set of tricks. Nothing is sexier or more primal than a woman
on the floor dancing into the ground!
However, try not to repeat the same moves over and over as you go
through your routine or freestyle. You
can roll, writhe, slide, and grind in so many different ways. Challenge yourself to roll differently than
you did the time before next time you do floor work. It could be as simple as one bent knee
instead of two, or rolling over the shoulder instead of on your stomach. Take your time and live on the floor for a
bit. Don’t rush to get from one pole to
another, but let that moment breathe.
Feel the floor and melt into it as opposed to slamming yourself on the
floor. Keep it smooth and
effortless. Unless that’s what you’re
going for in your dance…some like it rough!
DANCE
Transitions are what bring the entire thing together in a polished way. There are pole trick transitions, transitions on and off the pole, transitions from pole to pole, and transitions in and out of the floor. Whatever you create a transition for you want to take the path of least resistance, with minimal amounts of readjustments or jerkiness. Part of it is execution and part of it is connecting choreography.
Executing a transition smoothly takes experience. For example if you are climbing above your
leg for the first time you might use your momentum to try to swing your torso
up and many hand readjustments before you are in the final position, but a more
experienced dancer will have the strength to lift the torso using the core and
legs with the least amount of hand adjustments.
Give yourself enough time to complete the transitions instead of cutting
them short to get to the next move. If
you are in an inside leg hang and want to bring your back leg forward to switch
your body around to the other side you have to make sure you allow your inside
leg hang to rotate open before going back the other direction or you will be
fighting against your natural momentum.
To make these transitions realistic, the choreography needs
to be chosen correctly. If you needed to
go to a pole on your left, clearly you would not roll to the right. Find the cleanest way to get to the floor or
move to a pole so you can enjoy it and it doesn’t feel or look forced.
Transitions require a lot of thinking on your part as a
dancer or choreographer. Most of these
choices are logical but can take some problem solving. Consider your transitions next time you put
two tricks together or move from one area in the space to another.
- written by JAG