Thursday, December 11, 2014

Dancing Shoes

To-date, I'm still curious about where I obtained this love for dancing in my family. Yes, my side of the family is quite musical. My mom and sis plays the organ while my brother plays the guitar. Me? I play both! But dancing? I'm really clueless.. Haha!

Growing up idolizing Michael Jackson, its only a matter if time before you are able to do the moonwalk, followed by the glide. I still remember the look on my friend's face when I managed to do that in primary school. It was awesome! In secondary school, I memorized the whole choreo of NSYNC's "Its Gonna Be Me", and danced along while watching NSYNC's live performance in Madison Square Garden. However, in college, the passion or talent (hahahah!) was very well hidden since I was really in to football that time.

Nearing the end of my studying year, I joined Baby G's class in Celebrity Fitness One Utama. And thats when and where it really kicked off for me. Slowly learning the style, I was exposed to a different style of hip hop and type of songs. After a few months, I got to know a wonderful girl and later became my good friend on the dancefloor. Although my then-gf asked me to listen to korean songs, it was Fiza who managed to persuade me to dance to it and we even attended a kpop trial class at Sole to Soul Dance Studio (STSDS) in Kelana Jaya. And the rest, as they say, is history.

With Fiza at Celebrity Fitness

From then on, with the exposure I got from Baby G's class at the gym, Kido's KPop class and Jason's MTV and New School Hip Hop Class, I finally became a substitute dance instructor at the gym, replacing Baby G's class whenever she's not around. Furthermore, in 2011, i was selected to be a member of Sole to Soul's Dance Company. Trainings, shows and concert were all part of the gig, and it was a wonderful feeling to be part of something major and it definitely changed my life.

2012 Sole to Soul Dance Studio Concert

Today, after being a member of the Elite dancer at STSDS for 2 years, I am now one of the faculty members there, teaching MTV class every Tuesday, 9.30pm. If you are interested to learn the choreographies you see on the tv (e.g MJ, Ne-Yo, Taeyang etc), come drop by and give it a try! Hope to see you guys in January 2015!!!


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