Today’s topic is how to make your moves more sophisticated by adding decorations to the body parts that are not having an active role in the movement you are doing.
What do I mean by active role? A leg that you are standing on has the job to support your body weight. Therefore you can not use it for something else because you will fall. The other leg, however, might carry no weight at this time and can be used to create exciting shapes or positions that are not present in the first move.
To identify the body parts that have no essential job in the move you are doing you can look at the following points as a starting point, but soon you will be able to spot possibilities to add decorations quickly.
- A leg that does not carry weight can always be used.
- Arms that are just swinging loosely or do a repetitive movement can do something more spectacular.
- The upper body can be utilised if it does not have its own movement going.
- It is the same for the hip, chest, shoulders and head.
- You can also add additional layers by adding a bounce to a move that does not have one.
So what to do with these lazy body parts? Here are a few suggestions.
- Just add an exciting pose for them.
- You can foreshadow where they will go by bringing them already half-way there.
- You can add a countermovement by putting them in the opposite direction of where they will go next.
- Add an isolation.
- Add a pop.
- Add a wave.
- Anything else you can come up with.
There are a lot of possibilities. If you only use some of them, your moves still grow a lot. Try to find your own ways of decorating your moves. This is a big step towards creating a recognisable style.