Hi Steemers!
I am Haley, a professional dancer and choreographer (among others background dancer for J.Lo, MTV Movie Awards, American Idol & more)
Today I want to share some of my dance videos with you. These were all in collaboration with my dear friend & highly talendet choreographer, Kyle Hanagami!
So first, to give you an idea for my type of dancing, one of my favorite videos and also one of the most viewed:
(I'm the one in the middle obviously :D)
I absolutely love this routine, it reflects power and femininity combined in a perfect way. I just love the way that dance can express emotions - much better than words. Delivering the artist's message of the song and making it visible for the audience - that is the art of dance!
But it's not always about those upbeat songs - I appreciate slow songs as well, and reflecting a different spectrum of emotions.
My favorite choreography to a more chilled song is this one:
again it features me and Kyle, as we have known each other for many years now and function and move perfectly together.
I remember shooting this routine, and having the artist perform live on set is definitely a challenge!
Another one of my personal favorites is this piece to "Sweater Weather"
And lastly, I want to highlight not only the art of dancing, but also what it can achieve for a charitable cause.
In 2013, Kyle and I first started the project "Letters of Love". He asked his fans from all over the world to send him letters, and write about the things that they love in life. For every 10 letters he received, he donated $1 for cancer research.
And the amazing amount of 14,000 letters were sent!
Since then, he was doing "Letters of Love" again in 2014 and then, in 2015, he received the devastating news of having Leukemia himself, and was fighting it with all his strength. He beat the illness, and choreographed this piece:
Dedicated to everyone out there suffering with cancer, or anyone who has lost somebody due to cancer, or is going through these tough times with somebody. Stay strong.
Now I don't want to end this post on such a negative note, so I will leave you with one more dance routine. This one is very different - more experimental, dramatic, and more like actual acting. Be sure to let me know what you think of this kind of dance!
I hope you enjoyed this post and I could take you through a little journey of the dance world. I have much more to share so let me know what you're interested in.
Until then,