New Dance: The YAYA Dance (Party Animal)

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | October 5, 2020

Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/the-yaya-dance-party-animal-ID145734.aspx

Linedancerweb: https://www.linedancerweb.com/dance.php?id=64700

So after MCO, when Janice and Winson came to do a video shoot for Keep Flying, we had some near friends (Ivy, Soo, Adeline & Wendee) over for tea, just to gather-gather after our lockdown. It’s been so long since we met each other and I them of an interesting party song I heard on radio. The song is Party Animal by Mayday, a popular rock band from Taiwan. Everyone immediately took a liking to it and we started choreographing to it immediately. So yeah, it’s a dance made together at the same time at the same place! And that happened in July 2020!

The dance is phrased accordingly to the music, so we don’t recommend memorizing the sequence. Just dance to the music. Steps are not too difficult so dancers can enjoy and party all night oh oh…

After my eye surgery and recovery, we quickly arrange to meet up to shoot a group video. The video was shot at one of our friends’ beautiful bespoke home. We had a fun afternoon and a gracious host who made yummy food for us and a creative videographer as well. Everyone felt like a movie star (haha) and carrying luggage filled with costumes and accessories, as if we were going to the airport! Oh how we missed the airport and wished we were really going on a trip!

Anyway, here the dance video, which received tremendous compliments. If you haven’t saw it yet, do check it out!

Dance Demo:

 

Teach Video:

 

Final take video: 

Winson’s Video:

 

Angeline Koh’s video (who learnt it immediately after the SS/video was released and taught it the very next morning! wow!)

 

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4 New Dances May-Sep 2020

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | October 4, 2020

My website was down for several months but I was too tied down with health issues and work to fix it and haven’t been updating it. So this post contain the dances that I’ve released since May! Click on the links to view the stepsheet and videos.

  1. MAMA, 64c 2w int,
    Choreographers: Sobrielo Philip Gene (SG), Jaszmine Tan (MY), Jennifer Choo Sue Chin (MY), Christina Yang (KOR), Rhoda Lai (CAN), Winda Dendi (INA) & Rebecca Lee (MY) – May 2020
    Music: Mama by Spice Girls
    We did this dance for OnLive DAH2 in conjunction with Mother’s Day.
  2. KEEP FLYING, 144c 1w Phrased int
    Choreographers: Sae Min, Janice Khoo (MY), Jennifer Choo Sue Chin (MY), Jaszmine Tan (MY), EWS Winson (MY), Rebecca Lee (MY) & Ivan Lim (MY) – June 2020
    Music: Keep Flying by Alvin Chong, Sasi The Don, Jaclyn Victor & Caprice
    We did this dance for Merdeka & Malaysia Day.
  3. MANIS JELITA, 64c 2w int
    Choreographers: Adeline Cheng (MY), Jennifer Choo Sue Chin (MY), Soo Wong (MY) & Wendee Chen (MY) – September 2020
    Music: Sharizan Borhan – Kau Manis Jelita
    The Hakka Liang Moi’s are back, this time choreographing to a Malay song with cha cha rhythm.
  4. SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO, 32c 4w imp
    Choreographer: Ivonne Verhagen (NL), Jennifer Choo Sue Chin (MY), Sobrielo Philip Gene (SG), Rhoda Lai (CAN), Hayley Wheatley (UK), Gregory Danvoie (BEL), Jo Kinser (UK) & Colin Ghys (BEL) – September 2020
    Sammy Arriaga, Charlotte Sands & Ollie Joseph – Something We Can Dance To
    A collaboration with some of the Streamline instructors

Hope you enjoy the dances!! Video links can be found in the stepsheets.

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New Dance: Home Is Where You Are

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | May 24, 2020

Dance Name: HOME IS WHERE YOU ARE
Choreographed by: Rebecca Lee, Jennifer Choo
Description: 32 counts 2 Walls  intermediate nightclub dance
Music: To Mommy by Wang Yibo
Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/home-is-where-you-are-ID142349.aspx

This is a tribute to all mothers! Jit Lian, one of the Lim Sisters sent me the music (To Mommy by Wang Yibo) and I was touched by it immediately. Do check out the lyrics translation! When discussing with Rebecca Lee on having the Mother’s Day special online dance event, we decided to collaborate for this beautiful tribute song.

Rebecca and I have been talking about a collaboration since years ago but never came round completing one. Sometimes halfway into it but some other choreographers released another dance to the same music. We finally did it! It’s a 32 counts 2 wall intermediate nightclub line dance with a restart. I was supposed to teach this dance for the Mother’s Day event but due to an unfortunate retina hole 3 days before the event, I was not able to teach it. Rebecca taught it on my behalf. And I did a teach video a week after to give my ‘lasered retina’ a rest. I’ve been reducing my screentime as well, thus this article came a little late.

Stay healthy everyone!

Here are some videos:

My Teach:

My Demo:

Rebecca’s Demo:

Lai Nee (Malaysia):

Sophia (Taiwan):

Chen Ping (China)

 

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New Dance: No More Tears

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | April 28, 2020

Dance Name: No More Tears
Choreographed by: Adeline Cheng, Jennifer Choo
Description: 32 counts 4 Walls low intermediate dance with tango flavour
Music: No More Tears by Fred Cheng
Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/no-more-tears-ID141790.aspx

Adeline Cheng sent me a lovely tango Cantonese song by Fred Cheng entitled No More Tears. I fell in love with it the first moment I heard it. What’s best was when we phrased out the music, it’s 32 counts with no tags and no restarts. What a blessing to find this song!

We quickly put together some steps to fit the rhythm and came up with a 32 count 4 wall low intermediate line dance, just in time for ONlive Dance At Home which Rebecca Lee put together on 25-26 Apr 2020, a paid virtual event for line dancers to learn new choreography. The dance was very well received and immediately after the workshop, Penny Tan has done a video demo of it! She was faster than lightning when our stepsheet was not even uploaded yet.

And here’s some background about Adeline and I. We became closer during the Malaysian Movement Control Order as we are organising daily line dance jammings on FB Live since 18 March, something we have been doing for our Line Dance community worldwide who are also confined at home due to the global pandemic. The jammings proved to be very successful with dancers looking forward to our jammings every night, where Adeline and I took turns to lead some 7-10 line dances and where line dancers could gather virtually, dance together and chit chat on cyberspace. This eventually led us to be on Streamline and Retro-line together with the other international choreographers and instructors sharing new and old dances. So looks like this is our new normal for now.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank those who have generously donated to Line Dance Foundation. The charitable organisation is working at it’s max now helping out the many line dance professionals in sustaining their livelihood, without classes/events/income during the pandemic. So funds are fast depleting. If you have yet to donate and would like to contribute to our line dance family, please contact your local LDF ambassadors.

So stay healthy, dance at home, because our muscles are wasting away with less movement being confined to homes. We can also revise our dances, learn news and old ones, as this is the best time. When we’re dancing and socialising (although virtually), we are generating our happy juice, and not be depressed by the bad news of pandemic. Hope to see and dance with you in the very near future. Fingers crossed the virus will be eliminated totally very very soon!

Demo Video:

Walk Thru Video:

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