| Never kid yourself, dancing is an art form, and not one of the traditional art forms. It not only requires talent, but also hard work. To dance amongst those of Gor in a chat environment you need not only the skills of language and poetry, but also the knowledge of how your body works. Take the time to watch a few dance programs, or even just some music videos where the women dance a fair bit. Watch the way their bodies move, note the things they can and cannot do, and the way certain combinations of moves create an illusion of a greater range of motion. Watch a yoga program, and consider taking a dance class. The first thing you need to do when writing a dance is sit down and make a list. What kind of dance are you after? Something hot and sultry, piteous and needy, upbeat and cheerful, blatant and wanton? Does it suit who you are? If you are the innocent and cheerful sort, a heartwrending performance of loneliness and lust is hardly going to go well. On the other hand, a sometimes you need to break free of an image you have come to accept as yourself. It is easy for a girl to slip into a "whatever works" mode, wherein she becomes whatever seems to create the least friction with those among her, and then she finds herself losing facets of herself. A dance is the perfect way to bring those facets of your personality to the fore. Once you have decided the sort of dance you wish to write, think carefully about the sorts of music that suit it. Playing the right music as you are writing a dance is something synne has found to be an invaluable tool in helping her maintain a mood throughout. Make a list of those songs and play them all as you are writing the dance. What sort of words fit in with the dance you are creating? A variety of words and phrases help to keep a dance from being repetitious and dry. Write down as many words as you can possibly think of, separated into categories. Divide them into body, motion, mood, setting, and emotion. This will give you an easy resource to look at when writing, because believe it or not, it is very difficult to write from the top of your head, even though writing a well planned dance is also extremely difficult. Use a thesaurus and get any pertinent words meaning similar or the same as the ones you have chosen, double checking a dictionary to make sure you understand what they mean. A good example of how far wrong one can go is to look at the word tranquil. It means calm, right? An image of peace and relaxation pops up, but the word phlegmatic also means calm. It hardly engenders the right mood though, so it gets tossed. Alright, now you have the mood you wish, and the words to back it up. You need a storyline. Little is more boring than a dance that is just a thesaurus jumble of words thrown together with some movement, with no clearly defined beginning or ending. A good place to look for story ideas is the books. Some of the traditional dances mentioned in the books have a wonderful storyline, and with your own personality and twists stamped onto it they can be breathtaking. Remember, you are dancing for men. This is not about creating a highly polished piece of work in hopes of praise, it is about giving something to them, a glimpse into your soul. With your storyline fully planned and written out in point form, all that is left is to flesh it out, make it a piece of you. This is where the magic happens, and is the part synne can't help you with because it is highly individual. All she can tell you is make your dance an extension of who you are, use it to say something, to give something. Above all, check it over several times through the writing process and afterward, being sure it does what you want it to. Is it truly you, or an image of who you would wish to be? Does it follow the mood, or do parts of it just not seem to fit? What is the focus of the dance, the men who will watch, or you? Does the storyline flow, or is it difficult to figure out what it all means? So, just to make things easy, here is the recap in simple steps for those of us who get sidetracked easily: a)What kind of dance do you want? What is the mood you are after? b)What kind of music helps create the mood? Play this music as you write. c)What are the words that will help you create the sort of image you wish? d)Write a storyline, in point form, with a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end. e)Fill it out, keeping in mind who and what you are, and the men who will see it. f)Check it over, make sure it is what you wanted it to be. g)Ignore all those butterflies in your tummy, get out there, and give them your dance! An example of a dance written by synne Back Home |
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