I ended my hiatus from breaking last night with back-to-back Break and Break-Fusion classes with Helen at Studio Sweatshop. I so missed the feeling of my hands on the floor and my elbows on my knees, and my weight on my head, etc, etc… It felt amazing to get back to it.
I decided to go back to the beginning with Break I, and reset all my footwork (that stuff down on the floor, with your feet running circles around your hands) in such a way that it’s less likely to hurt my body. I forgot that going back to the beginning would also mean re-doing basic top rock (the dancing upright on the floor and acting badass part). Since I don’t really need to think about those steps, I decided to take it as an opportunity to work on what my arms were doing. It was fun, and a good reminder that there’s always a way to get something out of an exercise, even when you lack humility or feel too cool for school.
Incidentally, the class reminded me of the proper name of the step I taught in a workshop at Marianopolis College recently. “Two-step.” Because… it has… two… steps. Super-complicated, I know. I’m just going to pretend I forgot because so many moves have more than one name. Yeah. That’s it.
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