How I'm training with Cyphr Cam (Freestyle)

Feb 14 (edited) • Share A Cyphr

What I've noticed using Cyphr Cam in my training process is:

I'm able to consistently find a base level of deep connection with the music (since im dancing with headphones. It's a consistent quality of immersion that I'm channeling movement from. So I can study my trance state predictably (in a freestyle context). This gives me an actual base to measure my growth from, and have epiphanies in my dance quicker.

For example:

I've been taking the Beyond The Moves freestyle program from the bro

@Nickel Yudat

, and it's been really helpful to pinpoint the gaps I've felt in my dance for years.

I've been stuck on a note he gave me a couple weeks ago during the live call:

Staying with the vibe of the music.

It's something I'm def familiar with,

But making this understanding deeper has been the primary focus of my training the past couple weeks.

Through this task, I've been processing 7 things:

1. As simple as this note might seem, I think the crystallization of it is exactly what I needed at this point in my dance. To really dissect what the "vibe" is to music. Very grateful for the direct insight, and I feel like can spend a lot of time with this alone (+ will continue with the weekly tasks)

2. I'm realizing "vibe", is the key to unlocking continuous groove (for me). I feel like I'm beginning to crystallize what continuous groove feels like and make it conscious in my dance. To lead with the vibe, instead of leading with my movement. And shedding the habits I've built over the years to control the music; I lose track of the vibe sometimes in these rounds, but then I find it again.

3. Part of the note was to "stay in the vibe without doing movement that is familiar.". Fighting my urge to do this, is very challenging. But there was a point where I surrendered my movement to the vibe; let the two pieces merge. I believe it changed the quality of my movement + how it feels for me in my execution

4. "Vibe" is also key to tastefully bridge my vocabulary across styles. I mess around with this a bit where i'm locking and switch to toprock in one of these rounds. It felt like a smoother transition, and the gap i've been feeling there is starting to be nurtured through the challenge.

5. Coming from a choreography and freestyle background, it created an internal split with how I feel and execute my dance. It subconsciously trained me to think about movement in sections, rather than whole-body experiences.. I was often called "clean" and "perfect" from peers, but it never resonated with me. I didn't want to be "clean" or "perfect", I wanted a message to be received. I realized when the audience is focused solely on the movement quality, and not the message / story / what was felt.. I almost don't feel I'm fulfilling my calling as an artist, if that makes sense.

6. When I stay with the vibe, my consciousness naturally begins to take up more space (when the music wills it). Which is uncomfortable, because I spend a lot of time with micro controlled movements. Being bigger / chaotic in my dance is what I'm reaching for.. but it's hard for me to trust to my raw power, and aim it if that makes sense. Hoever I think the "vibe" helps me approach size & power more intentionally.

7. I started getting really uncomfortable watching my dance. I kept throwing rounds and iterating for 2 weeks - and got a little overwhelmed on what to share here.

These are the rounds where I feel like I had the most epiphanies mentioned above.

1:50

1:05

1:38

1:45

2:07

2:14

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