舞蹈賦予我新的人物設定：Being who you wanna be

又和大家見麵了。這次分享匯演的服裝是一個巫婆的舞裙。這個舞裙本身沒有什麽技術，隻是背後的心思比較值得分享。每次匯演都是我先定歌曲，然後舞蹈老師定舞蹈動作。雖然歌曲和舞蹈種類可以給我舞裙的啟示，但是舞裙的製作一直會受到舞蹈動作，能買到的布料的影響。在確定舞蹈動作的時候，正值鬼節。曆鬼骷髏巫婆天天在孩子嘴裏叫。一天晚上我睡覺之前，在想舞蹈動作的處理的時候，突然想做一次巫婆來跳這個狐步舞。主題是一個老巫婆用魔法啟動一個人偶和她跳舞。想要一種詭異但是優雅流暢舞蹈意境。具體達到了沒有呢？還是要看觀眾的評判。

舞裙製作的時候，雖然沒有時間做，但是不妨礙我經常跑布店。在布店看到閃閃的灰布，白布和紅布，覺得這太酷了，一定要做個舞裙。結果一拖再拖，又是等到隻有兩天的時候，才開始。最後，時間緊張地連裙邊都沒有縫。我自我解嘲地說，巫婆，不就是這個樣子嗎?要的，就是這個效果。

舞蹈從選曲到服裝設計，我都投入很多的心思。為了尋找靈感，我一般會聽很多歌曲，也看各種視頻。當我聽到Kylie Minogue的那首成名金曲，我特意去看了她許多的演唱視頻。非常震動，多麽性感，有致命的吸引力，有看頭的女人。我非常希望她的音樂可以傳遞力量到我的舞蹈中。

Foxtrot dance has the characteristic of smooth, long stride, and usually the dancers play the character as the Broadway stars. Our choreography was formed around Halloween time. My kids were still in the full spirit of ghosts, skeletons and witches. One night when I was thinking about my dance moves, the idea came to me as playing a witch. In the dance, I was an old ulgy witch who revived a puppet to dance with her. It give the lyric of the song "Feeling Good" a different interpretation. One of the lady at the event said to me, "A person wearing such a creepy mask must have a great sense of humor." Yeah, I was trying to go for a scary appearance yet with great style and smooth dance.

As the event approaching, the time to make the costume literately ran out. I just cannot trade the time of practice with dress making. However, it did not stop me from running to fabric store to get all kinds of pretty fabrics. When I saw the shinny satin of grey, white, and red, I have envisioned two dresses for my dances, one for foxtrot and one for tango. In the end, I only have two nights to make the two dresses. I finished one quarter of the tango dress, then had to give it up. The dress for the Foxtrot is not even hemmed. But I think it fits the character of the witch. If it does not, I have no time to fix it, anyway. Haha.

 

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1c. The witch hat hair piece is made for my daughter as part of her Halloween costume.:)

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1i. Gentleman's tie，男士的領帶是以前做的，正好應景兒

 

大家可能已經知道了，tango的舞裙沒有完成。我預想的舞裙是在布店看到很心動的布料的那一刻，就定型了。可是最後在舞蹈匯演的前2天，才真正有時間去做，最後隻做了4分之一。給大家留給念想兒，下次再看吧。As you have read it, the dress for tango is not finished. Each time I try to make a new dress, I went though my files of dresses that wow me, the ones hitting my heart as the beat of music. I also reviewed many dance video to see how well different type of dress flow with movements. When it comes to the time to actually make the dress, I have to find the right fabric, the shade, the weight, the feel, all contributing to the characteristic of the dress. Most of the time, the dress will change with the availability of the dress. It is a very head wrenching experience. It hurts, yet exciting. After I chose the tango music by Kylie Minogue, I went ahead to see many of her music video. What a sexy, talented lady! I hope her energy can channel into my dance though music. So I used the old tango costume.

2a. The red feather fan was purchased at a local costume shop in San Diego old town, maybe 2 years ago. Just for the coolness, fun of it.

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倫巴舞沒有什麽特別故事。但卻是我最滿意的一次倫巴舞。用的是夏天做的裙子，不過是加了一些水鑽。這回還做了頭飾，完整了。My best rumba so far. The dress is made in the summer, but I later added more stones to decorate it.

 

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謝謝大家的觀看。希望我們每天都可以得到生命的啟示，鼓舞，追求打造自己喜歡的美麗，魅力無界。