One of my absolute fav improv tips that may help anyone reading this is to either dance based upon the nuance and effects of the artist's voice if dancing to a song with lyrics. This really helps me to connect with the song more while also challenging me to move along to a singer's runs or hums. I also love dancing as if I am a certain object. For instance, I once chose to dance like a water bottle, which sounds weird but it worked! I have a mix of fluidity and stiff movement to contrast the physical bottle from what it's containing. This helped me to explore a broader range of motion while also making myself analyze what object I chose as I physically embodied it.
Since there isn’t any :) 1. 2:15 Set your intention (make sure nothing distracted, feel peaceful, set your proper positive mentality) 2. 3:43 React to music (don’t anticipate) make the music flow you, move you 3. 4:42 Speed (slow down, pick a slow song) 4. 5:09 Try to dance to songs you’re familiar with (challenge yourself to dance to song you’ve never heard before) 5. Focus ( where your eyes are, who you’re looking at) 6. 7:10 Conceptualize and visualize 7. 8:38 Get comfortable in your own skin
7:50 about visualising - this is SOOO GOOOD thank you so much! I visualise name-like movements a lot when I am dancing to certain music. But now, I can start imagining other cool scenarios - plants or other animals or warriors ... ( fits different dance styles differently) . So simple yet effective. THAMK YOU FOR SHARING! LOVE YOUR DANCING!
One have done in class is spelling your name as you dance. A partner improv is where one person improvs until the music pauses, and they trade places. So, the person who wasn’t dancing will resume the improv with the last pose the first person ended. Another one, for a group. So, the teacher comes up with a theme or a storyline and the group of 7-10 or so will portray that. The groups may discuss characters, and plot before the song is played.
I really struggle with creativity while improv, I just do the same combinations over and over again, any tips how to try something new/ get out of my own box?
Hey, just an idea but maybe you can explore different levels, for example, you could try dancing to a whole piece of music on the floor, and maybe you can explore space as well such as imagining you are trapped in a confined space in oppose to being in a large open space. Hope this helps, good luck on your journey !!
This was so helpful! Could you elaborate sometime on how to not anticipate? I’m new and do this a lot and am trying to work on it but don’t quite get how
I'm thinking about doing an improv dance at my next dance competition and I don't know what I should do! Hopefully this will help, but I'm super nervous :(
@@Sometimesijust993 Heyy, if you usually tend to move your arms around the space maybe you could try placing them on different body parts such as sliding them along your arms or legs etc. Also, if you would like to focus attention on a specific part of your body, maybe your foot movements, you could hide your arms behind your body or rest your hands on your hips. These are just some ideas, hope this helps !!
One of my absolute fav improv tips that may help anyone reading this is to either dance based upon the nuance and effects of the artist's voice if dancing to a song with lyrics. This really helps me to connect with the song more while also challenging me to move along to a singer's runs or hums. I also love dancing as if I am a certain object. For instance, I once chose to dance like a water bottle, which sounds weird but it worked! I have a mix of fluidity and stiff movement to contrast the physical bottle from what it's containing. This helped me to explore a broader range of motion while also making myself analyze what object I chose as I physically embodied it.
Very nice Sydney, thanks for sharing!
What do you mean by nuance
Since there isn’t any :)
1. 2:15 Set your intention (make sure nothing distracted, feel peaceful, set your proper positive mentality)
2. 3:43 React to music (don’t anticipate) make the music flow you, move you
3. 4:42 Speed (slow down, pick a slow song)
4. 5:09 Try to dance to songs you’re familiar with (challenge yourself to dance to song you’ve never heard before)
5. Focus ( where your eyes are, who you’re looking at)
6. 7:10 Conceptualize and visualize
7. 8:38 Get comfortable in your own skin
Tyyyy
thanks so much for this! i had to improv today at dance and i was so bad lol hopefully this will help!
7:50 about visualising - this is SOOO GOOOD thank you so much! I visualise name-like movements a lot when I am dancing to certain music. But now, I can start imagining other cool scenarios - plants or other animals or warriors ... ( fits different dance styles differently) . So simple yet effective. THAMK YOU FOR SHARING! LOVE YOUR DANCING!
a video on making your own choreography next pleeeeaassee 😩 you have so much talent i need to know how you do it ❤️
yesss love that idea
also TYSM
One have done in class is spelling your name as you dance.
A partner improv is where one person improvs until the music pauses, and they trade places. So, the person who wasn’t dancing will resume the improv with the last pose the first person ended.
Another one, for a group. So, the teacher comes up with a theme or a storyline and the group of 7-10 or so will portray that. The groups may discuss characters, and plot before the song is played.
I really struggle with creativity while improv, I just do the same combinations over and over again, any tips how to try something new/ get out of my own box?
Hey, just an idea but maybe you can explore different levels, for example, you could try dancing to a whole piece of music on the floor, and maybe you can explore space as well such as imagining you are trapped in a confined space in oppose to being in a large open space. Hope this helps, good luck on your journey !!
U really helped me! In my contemporary dance we get to do improv floor work and I think I improved alot
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Thank you! I needed some tips to help me out with this. 😄
Came at the right time THANK U
This was so helpful! Could you elaborate sometime on how to not anticipate? I’m new and do this a lot and am trying to work on it but don’t quite get how
You are So Beautiful & Talented 🤩
thank you so much for making this video!!! i really needed it. also do you think you could make a video on tips for turns?
Thank you for sharing!
This is so good and so helpful holy cow
Thank you for such a useful video♥️🥺
Hi Ava! This really helped! Your my idol.
whaat omg thank you! I'm glad it helped
Thank u so much this is very helpful for me thank you for making this.. very important points you shared 💕💕💕🤗❤️😊💪😄💯
Great list, thank you!
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I loved it, great job Ava 😍😍🇧🇷
Wow thanks 😊❤️
I'm thinking about doing an improv dance at my next dance competition and I don't know what I should do! Hopefully this will help, but I'm super nervous :(
Omg did you do it?!? How did it go?
@@evie6859 I didn’t do it yet but I did gain so much confidence to do it! But I’ll for sure let you know who it went
@@lowkeytay2539 ahh yay! That’s amazing!! I’ve gained so much more confidence in dance atm too! Have fun when you do do it!! 😍😍
@@evie6859 thank you :))
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Firstttt hi!
Any tips if I think I move my arms way too much but if I don’t I don’t know what to do with them? 😅
Back here a year later and still have the same problem….. 💀
@@Sometimesijust993 Heyy, if you usually tend to move your arms around the space maybe you could try placing them on different body parts such as sliding them along your arms or legs etc. Also, if you would like to focus attention on a specific part of your body, maybe your foot movements, you could hide your arms behind your body or rest your hands on your hips. These are just some ideas, hope this helps !!
I am much better at free style than actual dance moves odd i don't know why that is