RoMo started this discussion ·
I keep seeing more and more dancers incorporate drops into routines and I love the dramatic way it looks. What moves are good moves to start working on drops from? What moves are more challenging to work on drops from? Any tips and advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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Google "sad girl drop," it seems to be the most basic and was the one I started with :) inverted thigh hold is another fun one and I think that ones called "nose breaker drop" :)
Actually!! Dakota fox has a FANTASTIC drop video that has a whole bunch of them so maybe try searching for that. I'm at work, but if you can't find it I'll try and wrassle it up later ^_^
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7A6CB5D2BB5D0BE3&v=oHlUchs5sOY Here ya go! Fun lil list to start with
I love drops! They can be a challenge to get at first, but they're so fun and exhilarating once you do. I'd say it's more psychologically than technically challenging, because I've found that you can do a drop in pretty much any move that you know how to tighten and loosen the hold of, but the biggest difficulty is getting over the fear element. I'd say start with a position that you're really comfortable in, experiment with loosening the hold and tightening it again. Work on shorter distances first and build your way to bigger ones as you get used to the feel of a drop. Maybe this is just me, but I've also found it easier to do on a pole with better grip, since I feel more confident doing a drop if I feel really confident that I can catch myself. The main drop that I do is in a Jade split, but I had to get realy comfortable and familiar with the basic Jade before I could even think about doing a drop in it. I'll also go into split grip up on the pole and drop into splits (or, well, nearly-splits) on the ground or land on my feet. I haven't tried any drops in a transition from one move to another, but I'd really like to try one like that.
yeah chances are youve already done mini drops by accidents. if youve ever started to fall out of a pose and caught yourself...youve done a lil drop :)
RoMo ·
HI Lucca Valentine and BabyDragon! Thanks for your answers. After seeing the video, I realize that I have been doing "mini drops" from a sitting position. I don't drop very far, but enought to get from sitting high up into a lower height were I can reach the floor with my feet. I really liked the sad girl drop. That looks like something "relatively easy" to start out with as I do have most of that down. I'm pretty far from the nose dive drop (looks TERRIFYING to drop down face first!!!), but I saw that DakotaFox really does have a nice variation of drops. I also searched through some more of her videos and I'll add them to my favorites as she has a lot of good explanations. Thanks!
