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Hey, guys.

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Angie Miller here
with AFAA, and I'm

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so glad you joined me here today
for more education, motivation,

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and tips to take our
teaching to the next level.

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So today I want to talk to you
about building choreography

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because I get a lot of
questions from instructors

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on how to design
choreography and teach

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using 32-count sequences.

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And to me, it's
like a work of art.

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It's a combination of creativity
and skill and practice.

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But I do know that designing
classes that are safe,

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easy to follow, and
effective, and that

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reflect your
personal style is one

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of the most foundational
pivotal skills

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that you can learn
as an instructor.

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Even if currently you're
teaching pre-designed formats,

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when you understand how to
develop your own choreography

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and create your own
canvas, you add value,

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you add longevity to yourself as
an instructor in this industry,

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and it liberates you.

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It allows you to create
any kind of work of art

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that reflects you and
your personal style.

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So there's lots
of different ways

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to design and
develop choreography,

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and I think the best
way is to start small.

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Learn to create one solid
32-count sequence, put it

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to music, get really
good at cuing it,

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and once you understand
that, start to develop more.

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Then you can add
variations, and you can

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create your whole entire class.

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So I used to teach a methods
of group exercise class

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to my students at the
university, and what I would do

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is put them into groups of four.

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And I would give each
person in the group a card,

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and each card was a
move, and every move

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was supposed to be eight count.

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So we would have four
eight-count phrases.

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So that four eight-count phrases
would make one 32-count phrase

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or one 32-count sequence.

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So these cards that I've
developed today, each of them

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has a move on it, but each
move is only two counts.

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So I'm going to have to
do each of these moves

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four times in order to be an
eight-count move, in order

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to be an eight-count phrase.

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So I have four
eight-count phrases,

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and we're going to put
it together and see

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what it feels like to
develop a 32-count sequence.

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And these are just
basic, easy moves.

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So the first one is a march.

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It's a two-count move, and
it's a march-based move

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because most floor
variations start

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with either a march-based move
or a step-touch-based move.

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So the next move is
a hamstring curl.

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So a step-touch-based move
could be a hamstring curl.

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It could also just
simply be a step touch.

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The next move is a
touch-step-based move.

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So I'm literally going
to do a touch step,

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but you could also do a lunge
or another variation of a touch

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step move.

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And then the last move
is a neutral move,

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and it's a great place
to put the neutral move

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because that way you end up
with two feet on the floor

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and you can either
go right or left.

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So if you led on your left
leg, the next time around you

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want to lead on your right leg.

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So let's do this.

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Let's put it
together and see what

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it feels like to build just
one 32-count sequence using

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some very simple moves.

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So the first one is the march.

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So I'll count it out.

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So we'll go 8, 7, 6,
5, 4, 3, ham curl.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, touch step.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat now.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, march it out.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, ham curl.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, touch step.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, squat now.

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8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,
and you're done.

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So that's one simple 32-count
sequence done on both sides.

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So you're equal on both sides.

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Get really good at
developing those.

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Put them to music, like I said.

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Add some variations.

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Get really good at cuing.

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And the next thing you know,
designing and developing

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choreography is not as
intimidating as it looks.

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So I'm so glad you
joined me here today.

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My name is Angie Miller.

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I hope you'll connect
with me on social media.

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On Instagram, I'm
Angie Miller Fitness.

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And on Facebook and Twitter,
I'm Angie Miller Fit.

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And my website's
AngieMillerFitness.com.

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Keep doing what you love and
loving what you do, and I

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will see you next week.