The Groud Floor with Crystal Belcher
The top floor isn’t the only tier that’s the SUITEst. Bring it down a level and get GROUNDed. Combine modern movements, floor-otic flows, acrobatic executions, intricate threading and expressive choreography to extend across and around space. Going Up? Why not take it down…to the Ground Floor…
*The use of knee pads, leg warmers, over-the-knee socks, heels and or bare feet may be needed at any given time. No experience necessary.
Sunday, November 20, 2:30-3:30pm
$35
Minimum 4 students, maximum 12. Pre-registration required.
Athleticism, adventure and artistry have always been recurring characteristics of Ms. Crystal Belcher aka “CryStylez.” Crystal has an extensive history of dancing, cheering, co-ed competitive sports and dance fitness. Since 2010, she has been a student of pole, an instructor, personal trainer and choreographer.
“CryStylez” thrives on fluidity and showmanship, alongside the thrill of expression and transformation. Her aspirations are to inspire clients to enhance their visions of fitness, performance and/or dance with style! Not only does Crystal work to leave a lasting impression, she aims to spread that insight and perspective of performance to up and coming artists.
It is not just about the tricks and transitions, hyper-flexibility and strength moves,
it’s about creating moments and evoking emotions.
Floorwork looks great when done smoothly and in between pole dance moves…although it looks sexy and sensual, it can be a graceful transition between tricks and spins like in the videos I’ve included on this page.
Tips for floorwork:
1. Don’t rest all your weight on your knees. This can HURT! and not to mention darken or callous your knees. Try pressing the tops of your feet and your shins into the floor as opposed to resting everything on your kneecaps.
2. Keep your movements fluid…visualize your body as liquid or a silk ribbon or even a beautiful snake moving slowly, with control, throwing in an accent here and there (like quick head flick or hair toss) and let the movement go through your ENTIRE body, all the way out to your toes and fingertips. Visualizing helps you to let that undulating, wavelike motion ripple through your bones and muscles.
3. Incorporate the pole with your moves. You can push or slide your toes up and against the pole to get your leg high or do a low spin and go back down to the ground into more moves like a shoulder roll or hip circles while on your knees and lower legs.
How do I move on the floor and make it look pretty?
There’s three parts to this part of your routine: getting down, moving on the floor and getting up. And it’s not just squatting down, sliding around and standing back up!
You want your movements to be controlled and practiced but to have that heartfelt emotion that can flow through a dancer’s routine as well as all of the movements to flow together.
1. Getting down. This is your transition down to where you will do your floor moves. Remember, work this into your routine where it will flow with your music. This can be a slide down the pole into a squat, a sexy squat or performing a spin where you land on your knees or in a side-sitting position.
2. Sexy moves… This is a great way to add sensuality to your routine as well as give you breather in between all of those pole tricks!
There’s quite a few names for the moves here…like the ‘Sexy Pushup’, the V-Toe slide, the ‘Pump’ and ‘Barrel Rolls’. These are just a few and are illustrated in several dvd’s and video clips which I will try and include here.
This is where you can include some slow, sensual and sexy moves that can look stunning and add some ‘wow’ to your dance.
3. Getting back up. This does not include just pushing up unattractively off of the floor and standing up. One of the easiest ways to get up is to end up with the pole at your back and in a squatting position. Bring your knees together and slowly slide back up the pole with your eyes on your audience.
You can also perform this same ‘sexy get-up’ without the support of the pole. Just place your hands on your knees to balance your weight and bring your butt up first and twist slightly sideways.