Going up and coming down
Today we started the class partnering up and laying belly to belly on the floor. The under dancer used their breath and small movements of the pelvis to worm up the over dancers abdominal area. To change over we went aloud to let our belly become unconnected which was hard but I made everyone in the class think of different more interesting ways to move. After we repeated this the other way round we progressed this task by travelling around the room without becoming unconnected. At first me and Emma found this quite hard but after we got into a good motion it become easier and I really enjoyed doing it.
After this we changed partners and stood back to back partner A would then bend their knees so that their bum is just below partner B’s pelvis at the same time partner B rises placing their pelvis on top of partner A pelvis. Partner B then leans back placing their back against partner A’s back and releases the hand and places the arm above their head. At the same time as doing this partner A hold onto partner B’s hips and straitens their legs holding their torso in a table top position. When being partner A I was fine, happy to lift people and comfortable taking their weight. When being partner B I felt nerves about trusting someone to take my whole weight and found it hard to relax into this position. After I had gone over it a few times I was more relaxed and was able to take my arms over my head.
After this we moved onto jumps with a partner. In partners we would stand belly to back. Partner A at the front would have to jump up and backwards. Partner B would have their hand over partner A’s stomach and back of one leg. As partner A jumps partner B drags them backward. I found I was fine with being both partners in this but when jumping I have to release my head. We then moved on to a similar exercise. Partner A still at the front would do the same as before jump up and backwards. Partner B would have their hand on the shoulder blades of partner A. For this exercise I was fine with being partner B but then it come to being Partner A I didn’t feel as safe so I didn’t jump as high or as far back which in turn made it harder for my partner to help me. After we had been doing this for a little while I relaxed and jumped higher and by doing this it become more enjoyable.
Next we moved onto the paper clip jump. Partner A would place their right arm over Partner B’s right shoulder and jump. At the same time partner B would place their right arm around partner B’s waist and lifts. I was happy being either partner in this but found that when I was partner A I found it uncomfortable on my arm if I did it to many times. We then progressed this into a small jam.
We then moved into a round robin. This was something that I really enjoyed watching and taking part in but I found it hard to find a time to enter. This was mainly because every time I found a good time to enter someone else had already started to enter. When I did enter at the start I was very aware that the class was watching. I soon forgot that that the class was watching and i felt that me and Kelly had some really good connections.