8 Dec, 2010

I'm planning to have a mandarin lesson for the next CAS yet i haven't found a suitable tutor. I'm trying to get one next week.

December 1, 2010

As for today, we continue on searching choreography for the new edited music. We repeatedly practicing on the new movements until we get it right. I think that the new movements contributed more to our team work and it is sometimes hard for me to remember the steps. Even though its challenging, it's really fun and i think that the dance moves are way more interesting and unique. We hope we could perform a good dance for the Art fest in the upcoming February.

November 24, 2010

From the previous weeks, we've been discussing of editing our music since we think that the audience will get bored with just the same song and the same rhythm for several minutes so we ask Larry, our friend to help us. We discuss on what songs to put in and what timing. With the edited song, most of our choreography will be cut and we might have to find new movements to follow the new songs. Even though we still need to revise some part of the edited song, we started using it today. We showed Ms. Risa the song and we decided to make some new movements and see if we can put in some of our previous choreography. We managed to create new choreography but I face some problem. Kristie and I have a misunderstanding of our movement. I have difficulties in actually doing the movement itself so at that particular part, i keep on reminding myself not to make mistakes and that took half of my concentration to my power and facial expression. Other than that, all of us were immersed with the new movement. So, Nihal and I paired up and we do this (sort-of) couple dance where Nihal will be behind me and doing this hand movement. We hope that this movement will entertain the viewer for our performance in February. We don't realize that the time has gone by so fast. We've been practicing for 3 hours - 3,5 hours. We were concentrating so hard and try to make our first performance a huge one.

November 17, 2010

Today is a school holiday which cancels out our practice today.

November 10, 2010

Today, we learn so many new movements. Ms. Risa also contributed 2 times 8 beats for the dance movement. We also decided to dance taking turns. So Kristie and I will dance first then Nihal and Carissa will dance their own choreography. I contributed in making the new choreography for Kristie and I. I also help Nihal to find a better choreo. I love the new movements especially when we line up in a straight line and just spread our hands in different levels. I think that it's amazing to see our progress in our cooperation skill. I'm just hoping that we can do the dance well for our performance in February.

3 November 2010

Todqay, we don't have the opportunity to learn our new dance moves for this week because we want to focus on the prepared choreography first and make it nice and clean :)
We change our opening style and keep on practicing it. Ms. Risa want us to add details and make our movements clear. We practice on being cooperative so that our dance will be better. All of us think that today's practice was very tiring since we really try to use our power so that we can improve our dance movements. Since we're planning to perform at Art-fest, we have to do the best for this CAS. I think I have improved my power but i still need to work on at following the beat.
The learning ourcomes: increased awareness of increase and areas of growth, worked collaboratively with others, shown perseverance and commitment to the activity, and also developing new skills.

October 27 2010

Today, Ms. Risa can not attend the lesson because she is sick yet we still continue on practicing by ourselves. we practice on our new movements and thinking of remix songs. We're also planning to perform at the Art Festival yet we haven't fully decide yet. I think this wekk is a bit disappointing because without Ms. Risa, we don't actually know if we're good enough or not and honestly, Ms. Risa gave us the urge of wanting to try harder. When she's absent, we feel that we're less motivated even though we're still trying our best to practice.

October 20, 2010

This week, we can not attend our dance lesson because we have Youth Camp. We will continue our lesson next week.

October 13, 2010

I did not attend last week's meeting because i was sick and did not get a permission from my parents to join the CAS for today. I've told Ms. Risa about this and she's fine with it

October 6, 2010 *New dance moves and member!

ON last Wednesday, Ms.Risa had prepared some physical training for us. The physical training was actually for us to improve our power in dancing. Nihal's sister, Sonia join the practice even though she's not actually a member to our group. As Ms.Risa have told us last week to prepare 8x2 movements, we started practicing together. As for the competition, we did not go pass to the final stage yet we believe that we could do better next time. We realized that there are many areas that need improvements therefore, we will practice harder and make our own creative movements rather than making a dance cover. We realized that our own dance movements were actually better than following other people's choreography because we believe, the movements that we've made actually express ourselves.

Recording for the Conpetition :DD

Today, our aim is to record Replay so we can send it to the contest committee. We feel extremely exhausted because we keep on trying to give our best shot. We still need a lot of improvements but my friends and I believe that we've gotten better than previous weeks. After recording, we fee satisfied of the result and so we move on with another song. Ms. Risa want us to make oour own choreography and by next week, we should come up with a song and 8x2 beats for the song/person. Before we go home, we think about the dance movements and we decided to use "Are you a good girl" by DBSK as the music.

Replay video

22 Sept, 2010 *preparation for the competition

This is our first meeting after the break! We have been waiting to finish our Replay dance. We do finish the choreography but practiced some more for the competition. We've been wondering to send our Genie or Replay video but we've come to a decision that we will use Replay. All of us feel that this dance practice really do improve us a lot. Before, we don't have enough time practicing and none of us knew the right technique to dance so even though we're doing the wrong movements, none of us knew. This practice gave us understanding that we're actually in the beginning of enjoying dance by learning the proper way. I'm so happy because this is the time where i can recklessly express myself with my friends. We perceived on accepting our mistakes and try to make it better. All of us knew that none of us are good enough but we knew that we will be a great team of we continue on practicing. All of us have the passion to dance. I've gained the same learning outcomes as the previous weeks.

wednesday, Sept 15 2010

Today is still Lebaran Holiday so my friends and I can not complete the CAS for this week. All 4 of us are intending to join this dance competition to challenge ourselves. Next week, we will record our practice and contribute it to the competition.

Lebaran Holiday

Last Wednesday was supposed to be our 5th meeting but because the school is having Lebaran holiday, we can not meet and complete my CAS activity. Next week will be the same due to the long 10 days holiday.

Wednesday, Sept 1 2010

Last Wednesday was our 4th meeting. We were planning to continue Replay as the Ms. Risa had told us in the previous meeting. We continue Replay and got until 3/4 of the song. It's a great progress and she promised us to finish the dance by our next meeting. But, we will not meet the next 2 upcoming weeks because it's the Lebaran holiday. She expect us to still remember what she have taught us. Last Wednesday, we achieve the same learning outcomes with the previous meetings.

Replay 2nd recording video:
Youtube -- Shinee Replay dance cover by XQST 010910

The 3rd meeting with Miss. Risa :))

Today is our 3rd meeting for CAS! I can't believe one more week will be a month with her :) There are so many things that we learned from her including today. We're planning to still continue on our first dance (Genie - SNSD) but surprisingly, Ms. Risa want to continue on the 2nd dance first (Replay -- SHINee). She said that replay have more complex movements than genie and all of us have gotten better on genie. But, in the end of the course, we still review genie because we don't want to forget the details that we've learned. Today i learn cooperative skill, stay in commitment with my work, new challenges (new choreography), and increased awareness...

At least, every meeting until now is a BLAST!!

This is the video of our dance practice:
Replay Dance practice
Genie Dance practice

Independence Day Celebration and CAS

Today is exceptionally tiring because we have so many activities before our CAS time. We had games and competitions for celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day. Today at CAS, we expect to continue our lesson from last week which is perfecting our dance. Eventually, we managed to start out new dance while still working on our previous dance. I can't really enjoy today's meeting because i don't have my fullest energy and it resulted a not synchronized movements between the 4 of us. The learning outcomes that we achieve today was pretty much the same as last week's which are group work, knowing strenght & weaknesses, new challenges, new skills and perseverance. I feel like my movements are more powerful than before and it's because of the basic techniques that Miss Risa have taught us.

THE FIRST DAY

Today is my first day doing CAS. My activity was dance lesson and I spent 2.5 hours with the teacher. Before, i planned on perfecting the dance that I've prepared with my friends but surprisingly, Miss Risa (teacher) have prepared some new movements too. So, I learned some new movements and basic techniques of dancing. It was exhausting yet very fun because I can learn the things that we need to improve and it's fun to spend some times with my friends. The learning outcomes that i got today are creativity, challenging myself with new movements, working together with my friends, and understanding my weak and my strong points.