Welcome to the web tutorial for the dance “Red, Yellow, Black.” In the following pages you will find a series of videos that will guide you through learning the piece step-by-step. The choreography is designed so people of all ability levels can learn it. I will be available to help you whenever you need it.
There are two groups that will make up the dance: a seated group and a standing group. You and your partner will be part of the seated group.
The seated and the standing group will perform the same movements for the first part of the dance. Then about half way through, the standing group will stand up while the seated group will remain in their chairs. For the rest of the dance each group will perform complementary movements.
Learning Process:
To learn the dance, you should mirror my actions in the videos. So if I move this way…
…you move to the right. If I move this way…
you move to the left.
Repeat each video as many times as you need to learn the part. The tutorial is split into five days of instruction. You should plan for around 30 minutes of practice for the first three days, and 40 minutes for the last two. The total time of “Red, Yellow, Black” is just under four minutes.
To practice you will need two chairs without arms and two different colored bath towels with dimensions of 52 in. x 28 in. In our rehearsals and performances, I will give you and your partner a red and yellow towel, but you do not need to practices with those colors. Your set-up will look like the picture below:
If you need help at any point in the learning process, please contact me. You can ask reach me by email (pam@pdmovementlab.com) or phone (646-591-4321) or we can get on Zoom and chat. No question is a bad question.
Without further ado, let’s begin!