Need a Little Umpf!

I should probably have put two or three exclamation points at the end of the title. There's no other way to say it, but I need a little inspiration. I showed RIZE, the David LaChappelle film in both my classes today and talked about passion in the second class. It may be that my playlist in class is lackluster or perhaps the choreography is a little boring. But when I split the class in half and have both groups dance for the other, I ask the group watching to give the dancing half "a little love." The claps and woo-hoos are something to be desired.

The problem is I am not sure when I will have time to either find more music or pep up the choreography. Tomorrow and Wednesday are hell days. I sub Kerry's jazz class at 10, have my first hip hop at 12, sub Kerry's Intro to Contemporary Dance at 2 and then finish up with my second hip hop at 4. Kooky, huh? Luckily, I am showing videos in both of Kerry's classes for the entire class and this just happens to be video week for me, too. I usually dance for half and show the video for the other half. So, it's not so bad. Except I heard from Wyatt today and we are most likely rehearsing tomorrow and Wednesday, as well.

Today, I just subbed for Kerry's 2:10PM class and we watched documentaries on Isadora Duncan and Denishawn (Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn). I am sad to say that I was as intrigued to watch as I hope the students were. I truly lack a good background of dance history. As I cued up the second video, I surprised myself, however in leading a brief discussion on the differences between ballet and early modern. I really thought to myself "listen to how smart and well-spoken I am," as I saw some of the students nodding their heads to some of my responses. I then tried to get them out of the seats at the UClub and on to the floor to at least stretch out while we watched the second film. They just looked at me with blank looks. So I said "or not" and hit play on the VHS player.

I will try again tomorrow and will brainstorm about how to get the excitement back. Hmmm. It's 8:49...Q's class just started. Maybe I'll get off the couch and get dressed and ask him for some advice at the end of his class.

Or not.