HotLinerz's Dance-Log

It all started in Margaret’s home, after a round of delicious durians. Wendee asked if I like Anita Mui’s songs, which I eagerly nodded my head. Back in the 80’s, she was one of my pop idols and this very song which we had choreograph to, is one of our favourites. The song is ????? or translated to “Splitting the Ice”. With my limited knowledge of Mandarin, I think the song meant breaking the ice between her and her loved one? Maybe others who know the full lyrics of the song can tell me!

Back to the choreography, Wendee was very excited about it and been researching on Anita’s styles. We finally met one afternoon to put the steps together as we both have bits and pieces of ideas in different parts of the song. In 1 hour, we have put together part A but Wendee was having a tremendous headache, so we decided to stop it there. The next evening, Wendee was hospitalised for HBP and Influenza Like Illnesses and was out of action for a week or two to be quarantined and to recuperate.

We met again a month later to complete the dance. To commemorate her “headache” and “hospital stay”, we added in a “Headache Step” in Part B. Do check it out!

Last weekend, we got Cindy in for the video shoot. We rehearsed and added some extra styling to make the dance more interesting, but definitely optional. By the time we’re ready to shoot the video at 2.30pm, we’re all so tired and hungry as no lunch yet! You can see our fatigue in the video! But this dance definitely needs more energy and attitude to dance. Mood? Fierce but sexy, powerful but demure, the Anita way!

Hope you like the dance. The stepsheet will be released in a few days. If you prefer to dance to the English version of the music, the song is In The Heat of the Night by Sandra. Sequencing of the phrases is a little different from the Cantonese version. Details will be available on the stepsheet!

p.s. Don’t be worried about the number of counts/phrasing as there are many repetitions and hold counts. Also, if you find the Cantonese song a wee bit too long, feel free to trim it, so you’ll have less phrasings to worry about! 😉 [The English version is shorter]

Suggestion to trim:

1. As the intro is 38 seconds long, you can trim the beginning at 0:30 and start on the vocals at A. Omit the first 2 A-‘s.
2. Alternatively, trim the ends at 4:33 where B- connects to B+. Fade the music off.

By trimming off both the front and end, the dance will be just under 4 minutes.