Final Showcase Preparation
“Better When I’m Dancin’“
Process
Today in class MaKayla and I worked on turning our Intro Studies (which later turned into a duet) into a dance! We chose the song "Better When I'm Dancin'" by Meghan Trainor because we think it has such a cute story, great energy, and we thought it would be so different from everything else in the concert this year. We got our inspiration from our original studies and the energy of the music video for the song. It is just so fun, and the energy in the dancers bodies reflects the energy in the music. We watched the video we have of our study from the beginning of the semester and incorporated a lot of that movement into this project. We both enjoy moving very similarly which made the process a lot of fun.
We decided to add another layer and create characters as well! MaKayla is playing a girl who is essentially just having a bad day, and I’m the one trying to cheer her up with dance! Or in other words convince her that she'll feel "better when she's dancin'"! It was a really fun process, we came up with some fun movement that is percussive, we also incorporated some fun leaps and turns, and we did some work with the chairs we're using as props! I am really hoping the audience will enjoy it.