I am kinda wigging out over the whole posing thing...I am having trouble figuring out just how to fill 60-90 seconds with suitable posing. Seriously, I have all of these poses I want to include, but putting them together to the music is gonna be a challenge LOL..methinks I could use a choreographer LOL.
There are some good BB choreographers out there. I like Michelle Brent's work. And she's one of the sweetest people I've ever met.
I will repeat that if you're doing an NPC show, your chances of needing to do a 90 sec routine is about zero. JMHO. Expect more like 45-60 sec.
An easy way to start building a routine is to start w/ your mandatories in quarter turns. I.e.:
- Decide first if you want them to start the music w/ you walking from the side of the stage, or w/ you already at center stage. (And indicate it on your CD and talk to the sound guy when you are lining up for your round.)
- Start facing front:
-- Front dbl bi
-- front lat
-Qtr turn to the right (facing side)
-- side chest
-- side tri
-Qtr turn to the rear
-- rear dbl bi
-- rear lat
- Qtr turn to the right (facing side)
-- side chest
-- side tri
- Qtr turn back to the front
-- abs & thighs
-- whatever else
You can cut out or insert whatever you want on each quarter turn. This covers all of the mandatories and additionally leaves you option to insert whatever fav poses you have, or exclude the ones you don't like, since the whole point of the free pose is to present your best stuff.
My general guidance is to hold each pose for a 3-count (i.e. 1-one thousand, 2-one thousand, 3-one thousand). This helps pace you to avoid losing track of where you are in the music (also if the sound system chokes in the middle of it or skips & you lose your music cues), and also keeps you from going too fast or too slow. I tend to go too fast when I'm onstage so this keeps things in order. It also paces you so you can actually finish your routine where the music ends instead of looking like they just shut off the music & you weren't done yet. Everyone wants that dramatic end! And lastly, it means that anyone taking photos can get a clean shot. I think of every pose as a photo-op, so hold it accordingly.
So w/ this guidance, if you follow the quarter turn approach, all you need to do is work on smooth transitions in your quarter turns & from pose to pose and you can generally expect to get in 7-8 clean poses in 60 seconds.
