Show Your Style - Bachata & Zouk 3rd Edition - Dance Video Shoot
***Due to various requests, I will open the song selection to participants to pick a Prince Royce song of their choice which is under 3min long, or cut to under 3min. Zouk dancers, if you have a song choice, please let me know but it should also be under 3min***
Introduction:
Thank you to everyone who has already attended the previous two editions of Show Your Style, this will be the 3rd edition! This time, the theme will be Prince Royce! For Zoukers, a song will be selected in consultation with Dev & Ana soon!
Have you ever wanted a professionally taken video of you dancing to a great bachata song in a nice setting? A video that you can:
- share on social media
- be proud to show all your friends, family and loved ones
- keep as a video momento of your "dancing days"
- use as a progress marker video to see how far you've come on your dance journey
- use as promotional material for your dance career or aspirations
What's happening:
- A dance video shoot held at City of Sydney Creative Studios, a beautiful hall where I have filmed awesome dance videos in the past (see previous SYS bachata videos here:
&list=PLuMhQRzF5vvTLc1sHHXsXTTWNrhSAasKe).
- Dancers will have one opportunity/run to do a partnered, improvised (or choreographed) bachata dance to the song (you only choose one of the following):
1) "I want it that way"
(Daniel & Desiree)
2) "Dancing in the Moonlight"
(Melvin & Gatica)
3) "My Girl"
(Magda & Valeria)
4) "All out of Love"
(Luis & Andrea)
5) "Right Here Waiting"
(Pablo & Raquel)
- These songs were danced to by some of the biggest bachata artists in the world and I hope they will inspire you to be filmed too. My hope is that we will be able to make videos that will look even better than the official ones ;)
- Bachata dancers may also wish to do a duet shines routine to one of the above songs (perhaps for a shorter duration 1:30-2min).
- Zoukers will have the option of dancing to either Camilo - El Mismo Aire (
) or Million Dollar Baby (
)
- The dance will be filmed by me! The style of filming will be like what you have seen in professionals' demos and the previous SYS videos ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuMhQRzF5vvTLc1sHHXsXTTWNrhSAasKe).
- Dancers will have the opportunity to warm up to the song before we begin filming each couple separately. It will be like Jack & Jill finals, except each couple will get to dance the whole song one after the next.
Who's it for:
- If you're someone who has danced for a while, practice with a dance partner regularly, already doing Jack & Jill competitions or looking for a new challenge in front of the camera, then this is a great opportunity for you to really show your style!
- If you're a teacher in the scene and need a professional dance video for your portfolio which you can use on social media or send to promoters at festivals, then this is for you!
- Ideally, you should sign up with your dance partner and that is encouraged. If your usual dance partner is already participating with another dancer, he or she can sign up multiple times for multiple runs.
- If you don't have a partner, that's okay. You can sign up and it will be like a Jack & Jill and you will be paired with someone who is also looking for a partner.
- If you and your friend have been doing shines challenges and courses from other instructors and want to come up with your own duet choreography, then this is also for you!
What you will receive:
- A 4K quality landscape video of your dance which you can share or use on social media.
- If we have time at the end, we may also take some photos! 😃
Event Details:
Date - Saturday, 27 September.
Time - 11am to 2pm
Location - Studio 2.2, 119 Bathurst St, Sydney NSW 2000
Cost - EARLY BIRD $25 per person, i.e. $50 per couple (limited 6 spots available). REGULAR BIRD $30 per person, i.e. $60 per couple. No refunds for tickets. Trybooking link
https://www.trybooking.com/DFEDB
Please note that due to time and physical fatigue constraints, there will be limited spots available for this event. So please book as early as possible! All monies collected go towards venue hire and video and photo equipment for Sydney Dance Media which make such an event possible.
Postface:
This event's intention is to create good vibes in the dance community and hopefully result in many fantastic videos which people will share on social media. The goal is to spread the awesomeness of bachata and zouk, raise the profile of the style of dance within the community and inspire and encourage people to dance more, get better at dancing, go to more classes or try the style for the first time. The intention is to grow the dance scene and community, spread good vibes and I hope it will have the same effect that many other videos have already had.
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