- AKA
- Sab
So back in my undergrad years I was a part of a collegiate competitive hip hop dance team called Common Ground (CG) Dance Team and we competed, year round, against other collegiate teams across Southern California. I spent two years dancing with CG competitively before moving onto more philanthropic pursuits teaching beginners through dance workshops/classes as well as coaching and choreographing for beginner dance teams as they prepped for their annual competitions. To date, I still coach and teach once a year (typically in the February thru April timeframe) and it is by far one of the most fulfilling and rewarding experiences I've ever had and will probably ever have. To have dance as a creative outlet paired with the opportunity to lead and inspire young people is, quite frankly, a dream.
That said, I wanted to share with ya'll some of my original choreography that I've taught in dance workshops and/or provided to college dance teams to use for their competitive sets. Hope you enjoy!
Song: Trey Songz - Panty Droppa
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners dance workshop, ~30 in attendance
Song: Ja Rule - Clap Back
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners competitive piece, ~40 dance teammates
Song: Omarion ft. Jhene Aiko - Post To Be
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners dance workshop, ~10 in attendance
Song: Sara Bareilles – Gravity
Description: Choreo by CG alum/Sab’s teammate, Sean Dasaad, select group, beginners dance workshop, ~30 in attendance
I’ll leave it at that but I’m happy to share more if ya’ll are into it. I’m starting to choreograph again so there’s more to come.
Thanks for watching!
That said, I wanted to share with ya'll some of my original choreography that I've taught in dance workshops and/or provided to college dance teams to use for their competitive sets. Hope you enjoy!
Song: Trey Songz - Panty Droppa
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners dance workshop, ~30 in attendance
I choreographed this piece for a "dance class" social hosted by a national co-ed community service fraternity that I was involved in. This is a video of my solo at the end of the class when I finished teaching the entire piece.
The social was intended to "break the ice" between the members of two different chapters (universities), so everyone in attendance had seldom danced or never danced before. With this in mind, I wanted to ensure the choreo was fun and playful and something that they'd want to play again and practice at home. This song, in particular, was always a hit when I was in college, so it was recognizable and loved by everyone immediately.
The class was a ton of fun! I recall trying to teach the piece slowly and a few of them were able to pick it up fairly quickly. Other struggled, of course, but the point was to have fun and break out of your comfort zone a little bit anyway, which I believe they did
The social was intended to "break the ice" between the members of two different chapters (universities), so everyone in attendance had seldom danced or never danced before. With this in mind, I wanted to ensure the choreo was fun and playful and something that they'd want to play again and practice at home. This song, in particular, was always a hit when I was in college, so it was recognizable and loved by everyone immediately.
The class was a ton of fun! I recall trying to teach the piece slowly and a few of them were able to pick it up fairly quickly. Other struggled, of course, but the point was to have fun and break out of your comfort zone a little bit anyway, which I believe they did
Song: Ja Rule - Clap Back
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners competitive piece, ~40 dance teammates
I choreographed this piece for a team to use in their set against other teams during their annual dance competition. Although only a beginner's dance team, I always try to make my pieces for them challenging and "flashy" enough to be competitive (I only coach winners). So this was a little more intricate and hard-hitting than my workshop pieces.
If you're curious, you can see the final result of my piece on stage being performed by the actual team during competition!:
If you're curious, you can see the final result of my piece on stage being performed by the actual team during competition!:
Song: Omarion ft. Jhene Aiko - Post To Be
Description: Sab's original choreo, beginners dance workshop, ~10 in attendance
Another fun and simple workshop for a group of beginners! It was a smaller class overall but a TON of fun since it was so intimate. This is a video of one of our final run-throughs as a group at the end of class.
Song: Sara Bareilles – Gravity
Description: Choreo by CG alum/Sab’s teammate, Sean Dasaad, select group, beginners dance workshop, ~30 in attendance
So this piece was NOT choreographed by me! My old CG teammate was kind enough to teach a training piece for the dance team I was coaching at the time. I absolutely LOVE his choreography style so I jumped at the opportunity to take his class and learn his choreo!
Typically at the end of these workshops, the choreographer will choose a “select group” from the participants who executed the piece to his or her liking. Sean picked me!!!! I was SUPER excited and nervous! Also you probably can’t tell from the video but I’m wearing a Holiday FF7 sweater
Typically at the end of these workshops, the choreographer will choose a “select group” from the participants who executed the piece to his or her liking. Sean picked me!!!! I was SUPER excited and nervous! Also you probably can’t tell from the video but I’m wearing a Holiday FF7 sweater
I’ll leave it at that but I’m happy to share more if ya’ll are into it. I’m starting to choreograph again so there’s more to come.
Thanks for watching!
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