How To Choreograph A Dance

In terms of the structure of how I would go about choreographing it for myself, there are two key elements - technique, which gives you freedom because you know what you are doing with your body, and number two, creativity. The one that's very much overlooked is creativity. The one thing that I would imagine you are thinking to yourself now is “How do i choreograph? I can't do it, it can't happen, my brain doesn't do that”.

Well, aye, aye captain! If you say that to yourself, then it won't. So what do you do? You take that statement and you turn it into a question and you go, how do I be creative? Just create a vibe and absolutely jump in here first. So if you have a piece of choreography, then you want to be deciding where this piece is going.

Why am I doing this choreography? What is its purpose? You know, why am I creating this? And if you can really sort of understand why you are doing that choreography, it's real strange how ideas start flowing from your head, and you just can't stop thinking of ideas. Like if I know that I want my piece of choreography to be very dynamic in the sense that I want it to be angry, then it's really strange how I start clenching my fists and I start thinking of aggressive moves, to punch out and I'll fizzle it around, down! And I am not even thinking about what I am doing, I am not thinking about moves. I am literally allowing my emotions to do it for me.

It's almost like you're subconscious just comes alive and things happen, you don't even have to think about it. If I wanted to create something happy, sort of, you know, create a happy vibe in your head and it's amazing how happy or sort of flowy moves just sort of come in and you can just get that- get that feeling going. And then suddenly, if you want to make it sad, you can transition from happy to sad.

So it's real strange but if you want to create your choreography, think with your heart and not with your head. And that's how you choreograph. .