Growl Day 1: First Day of Class 9/6/13

So I'm going to stop with the lame titles because I'm not creative, and I'll post screencaps from the video later because right now I don't feel like doing it (don't kill me).

 

The first night we learned the first bridge and right up to the end of the first chorus, from 0:37 to 1:03. The chorus is so much fun. The little floor part was a little tricky at first because I felt like I was just switching legs instead of swinging them around, but after a while I started to get it. Everything on the "eureurong" parts is really fun. I especially like the parts from 1:01 to 1:03. It took several run-throughs, but by the end of the hour I felt pretty good about knowing what we had learned.

Once class was over, though, L and I were in so much pain. My shoulders and thigh muscles hurt so bad, and they took days to heal. I'm really out of shape.

And then I was bad all week and didn't practice. But I had a lot to worry about! I took the NCLEX the following Wednesday and I had to make sure I was prepared. I also still needed to figure out where to practice, as my dad's house has some room but a lot of breakables. I did review it in my head constantly and reviewed the video several times. I know it's important to physically practice it, but I at least remembered what to do and when. I was also resting up my muscles for the next week.
Now let me take a minute to talk about the experience itself, because that was probably more exciting for me than the dance. L and I took the train into NYC and then hurried off to the studio. Luckily it's only a few streets and an avenue away from Penn Station, otherwise we probably wouldn't have been there. We get to the door and had to buzz in, then we walked up stairs, walked down a short hall to another set of stairs, then probably went up 2 or 3 more flights until we got to a door. We went inside and came to a small open area with a desk, couches, several doors to different studios, and another set of stairs. We signed in then went upstairs where there were many other studios and more couches, and waited outside of Studio 10. The whole area had a kind of loft appearance, and I really liked it a lot. Inside the studio there were big windows on the wall opposite side from the door. You could see inside them from the street, and I just thought that was so awesome. As we were dancing, I couldn't help but feel a small sense of pride and achievement. I was dancing in NYC. Okay, sure, it wasn't a prestigious ballet company. It was just a KPOP class purely for fun. But I was dancing in a studio in NYC, where many other dance companies practice. It's something I never thought I'd ever do, whatever the style of dance. I just thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the atmosphere, and enjoying the dance made it even better.