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Hello ! I am slow coming back to this thread, it didn't show up in 'new posts' so I didn't think to check back...
She taught 4 classes each was 2.5 hours long, I went to all of them ! As Heinakuu said, she wore a shiny catsuit, that stopped at the knee, it was slightly open around the bellybutton area, and had a little bit of beading on the bottom of the legs. It wasn't lycra shiny, it was a thicker material, maybe a lycra polyester mix.
She didn't warm up, at all, and for 1 class she did technique, which consisted of very small combinations, often reduced to one move. for example, really fast chonks, done around in a tiny circle, and a body wave movement - then reverse it the other way and repeat until you feel like you are getting an asthma attack. so it was like chonks x 8, body wave, chonks x 8.
OK, then for the other class she did a simple choreo, the same one that she did in London at Fantasia. Then she did the complex 'professional level' choreo. Which was one of the most aerobically challenging thing I have ever done. And I have walked down the grand canyon & I cycle 16 miles most days. After literally 5 minutes, people were bent over, huffing puffing, taking drags on their inhailers. We were grateful for any breaks that came our way.
So, the choreo. Was. Amazing. I admit, I never really 'got' her before, as when I met her in Oslo 3 years ago I did not get along with this style. Randa has evolved as a teacher, and I have become a little better so that I was able to meet her in the middle this time.
The choreo was mainly small combinations that repeating to different refrains in the music. Lots of kicking (high horse style), and sharp turns, sharp head movements, hand flourishes with each movement. every. time. Lots of balletic arabesques, spins and always she was saying "bigger, bigger, more more !" to the movements, to the shimmies, to everything.
I am a total and utter convert ! Though I am still not sure about the 'pulling rope' movement. Oh, I to mention, she does glute squeezes with almost every movement, and this was the move she got the drummer to look away when we practiced. Squeeze/relax/ squeeze/relax etc. She never used the term 'glute squeeze'.
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