100 Days Project Scotland

100 Freezes 2019

100 Days Project Scotland is a creativity challenge. You choose one task and repeat it for 100 days. You can read more about the full project here.

I decided to work on freezes for my 100 Days project. Freezes are held positions in breaking that act as a full stop to the end of a movement phrase. I chose freezes as they are a weak point in my dancing, something I don’t focus on much when I am practicing, therefore not something I use much when I am performing. I thought this would be a good opportunity to improve on this aspect of my breaking. I enjoyed the challenge at times, and at other times wondered how on earth I was going to think of so many different freezes. Sometimes I took a photo in a few minutes but other days it took hours to capture something I was happy with. It was definitely easier when someone else took the picture for me, but when I was alone I alternated between taking screenshots of selfie videos or using a timer on an app called Fish Eye Pro. It gave me 10 seconds to press the button and get into position, which is not very long. This did however, prove to be a useful exercise in eliminating my tendency to overthink. I not only learned how to be more versatile with positions, but also what camera angles to use to capture the shape in the best way possible. It also pushed me to do more freezes on my right side, my weaker side, so that my head was not always on the same side of the photos.