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Hey, guys.
Angie Miller here with AFAA, and I'm
so glad you joined me here today for more education, motivation,
and tips to take our teaching to the next level.
So today I want to talk to you about building choreography
because I get a lot of questions from instructors
on how to design choreography and teach
using 32-count sequences.
And to me, it's like a work of art.
It's a combination of creativity and skill and practice.
But I do know that designing classes that are safe,
easy to follow, and effective, and that
reflect your personal style is one
of the most foundational pivotal skills
that you can learn as an instructor.
Even if currently you're teaching pre-designed formats,
when you understand how to develop your own choreography
and create your own canvas, you add value,
you add longevity to yourself as an instructor in this industry,
and it liberates you.
It allows you to create any kind of work of art
that reflects you and your personal style.
So there's lots of different ways
to design and develop choreography,
and I think the best way is to start small.
Learn to create one solid 32-count sequence, put it
to music, get really good at cuing it,
and once you understand that, start to develop more.
Then you can add variations, and you can
create your whole entire class.
So I used to teach a methods of group exercise class
to my students at the university, and what I would do
is put them into groups of four.
And I would give each person in the group a card,
and each card was a move, and every move
was supposed to be eight count.
So we would have four eight-count phrases.
So that four eight-count phrases would make one 32-count phrase
or one 32-count sequence.
So these cards that I've developed today, each of them
has a move on it, but each move is only two counts.
So I'm going to have to do each of these moves
four times in order to be an eight-count move, in order
to be an eight-count phrase.
So I have four eight-count phrases,
and we're going to put it together and see
what it feels like to develop a 32-count sequence.
And these are just basic, easy moves.
So the first one is a march.
It's a two-count move, and it's a march-based move
because most floor variations start
with either a march-based move or a step-touch-based move.
So the next move is a hamstring curl.
So a step-touch-based move could be a hamstring curl.
It could also just simply be a step touch.
The next move is a touch-step-based move.
So I'm literally going to do a touch step,
but you could also do a lunge or another variation of a touch
step move.
And then the last move is a neutral move,
and it's a great place to put the neutral move
because that way you end up with two feet on the floor
and you can either go right or left.
So if you led on your left leg, the next time around you
want to lead on your right leg.
So let's do this.
Let's put it together and see what
it feels like to build just one 32-count sequence using
some very simple moves.
So the first one is the march.
So I'll count it out.
So we'll go 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, ham curl.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, touch step.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat now.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, march it out.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, ham curl.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, touch step.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat now.
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and you're done.
So that's one simple 32-count sequence done on both sides.
So you're equal on both sides.
Get really good at developing those.
Put them to music, like I said.
Add some variations.
Get really good at cuing.
And the next thing you know, designing and developing
choreography is not as intimidating as it looks.
So I'm so glad you joined me here today.
My name is Angie Miller.
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And on Facebook and Twitter, I'm Angie Miller Fit.
And my website's AngieMillerFitness.com.
Keep doing what you love and loving what you do, and I
will see you next week.