THE ARC OF CHOREOGRAPHY
Belly Dancer Iana Komarnytska performing with a live band in Cairo, Egypt.
Dance is like storytelling. It has particular parts: beginning, development, and culmination. And each of these parts can have smaller sub-parts. 👉 Listen to the entire song and decide how you will build up your dance story, and what is your focus on each segment. I’m not talking about a plot or anything like that, I’m talking about building up excitement and energy. 👇👇👇⠀
1️⃣ Beginning - when you are just introduced to the audience. 🤗You want to capture their attention, but not overwhelm them with too much stuff.⠀
2️⃣ Middle - when you hold and direct people’s attention. ☝️ What do you want to say with your dance? What emotions do you want people to feel?
3️⃣ Finale - when you create the last memories (visual and emotional) about your dance. It’s important to finish with high energy, when people will still crave for more…🔥🔥🔥
Do you think about your choreographies in this way?
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About Iana
Iana Komarnytska is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, and passionate content creator helping dancers navigate their dance lives.
She is a graduate from the professional dance program at York University (Canada), host of the Belly Dance Life podcast, creator of the Iana Dance Club, author of numerous articles, and winner of Star Bellydancer Canada 2014 among other international competitions.
Along with belly dance, Iana performs and teaches Persian Classical and Turkish Romani dancing. She is the first choreographer to start using Triple Isis wings, and since 2012 this is one of her style signatures.
Here are a couple of tips that I use in my own practice in order to fully remember a new choreo: