Practice

Why do we always have eveyday practice for Tahitian? To answer this question we always have practice everyday because it makes us become a better dancer and we always learn new things everyday in class. I love going to practice also, love seeing my hula sisters, and catching up with them everytime I see them. Sometimes at practice we just have talks the whole practice, like venting to each other seeing wsup with school and our lives. But practice also takes most of our time reviewing basics and going right into routines. For elite girl practices, the division I'm in we work our thigh muscles alot, doing levels to duck walks around the whole studio. When I practice, I try my hardest in the beginning then end up dying in the end, but it's alright. In practice I love the way I feel after, busting a sweat and feeling all sore I love that feeling because it makes me proud and actually trying my hardest. But overall practice, should be everyday and it's a gift we go there our instructor cares for us and how we dance.

Passion

The term Tahitian dancing means it's a cultural representation of the islands of French Polynesia, from the otea, aparima, hula, and auhora dancing. When I was 7 years old I started dancing with a group called Tamali'i in Hayward, CA. This kind of dancing I signed up for was Tahitian dancing. As a new dancer you learn the basic moves of dancing, the main move is called a fa'arapu, it is a circle you move with your hips and pushing your knees back and fourth. The break moves are called tamu, afeata, varu, pipei, and tae. I learned all these basic moves as a beginner. This type of dancing takes a lot of practice getting better or even becoming an elite dancer. You have to master all the moves before moving a level up.

Introduction

Over these couple of weeks I would be talking about Tahitian dancing and how it affects my life. I am very passionate and Tahitian affects me in many ways. It is a heart and soul type of thing for me. I hope you will enjoy my blog of my passion Tahitian.