Gangnam Style SL Video

You cannot escape it ... Gangnam Style SL Video

This one is by SrtaDoraResident ...

 

Danse Macabre

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I think you will enjoy this different dance video by Cherry Manga ... DANSE MACABRE

 

DreamWeaver Video

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Check out this new video posted by Chewie Quixote at Guerilla Burlesque ... DreamWeaver

Learning to Dance in Second Life (SL)

Learning to Dance in Second Life (SL) (121125)

About a year ago I posted about learning to dance in SL. A year is a long time in SL and now this post is an update on the subject.

This note is for people just beginning to dance in SL using a HUD. It is a step-by-step guide. It takes effort and money to become a really good dancer in SL, but WOW!!! it is so much fun.

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STEP 1 - GET A GOOD DANCE HUD (Heads Up Display)

Buy a good dance HUD. This a really important decision because different HUDs have different capabilities. Once you use a dance HUD and become familiar with it, changing to another dance HUD is difficult. The most recent comparison of Dance HUDs discusses this subject. If you really love dancing and want to become very proficient in most situations, I recommend the Barre HUD. If you are focusing on specialty dancing such as couples dancing, consider the MLDU5.

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STEP 2 - SET-UP THE HUD

All dance HUDs come with instructions. Sometimes the instructions are online and other times they are in notecards. Read the instructions. You may not understand everything at first, but you will over time. I will help you if you need it for the Barre, Huddles and Fleursoft HUDs.

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STEP 3 - ADD DANCES TO YOUR HUD

HUDs usually have no dances or a few lousy dances inside. Using the instructions that come with the HUD you can see what is inside the HUD using edit and you can see what a notecard looks like. The HUD instructions tell you how to load dances. You can buy dances at Dance Makers. Start with Motion Capture (MOCAP) dances since these are the best quality.

Also you can find free dances using this notecard. There are also free dances in the DANCE QUEENS Freebie Dance pack that is updated occasionally for DANCE QUEENS members.

Money is always an issue so here is a list of good first dances to get. Also make a decision about buying copy or transfer dances.

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STEP 4 - START DANCING

At first you will probably want to dance individually using your dances. After you become confident about your HUD and begin to learn your dances, you will start to invite others to dance with you. This is the time to learn Freestyle choreography or attend a class that I give occasionally. This is important so you look good while dancing and others enjoy dancing with you.

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STEP 5 - OPEN YOUR EYES

There are a lot of good dancers in SL. They are in clubs, in shows and on videos. Watch them and learn from them. Focus your attention on the dancing and look at things like transitions between dances, how well the dances match the music, movement of dancers ... are the dancers really life like? Most dancers, particularly DANCE QUEENS members will share how they do things, so ask when you see something you like.

Many dancers will stop at this point and become excellent freestyle dancers and have lots of SL fun. Some will want to learn more.

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STEP 6 - JOIN A DANCE GROUP

If you decide to learn more, joining a dance group even for a short time is a good way to learn. Usually, the leaders of dance groups are very experienced dancers and you can learn from them.

Even if you don't join a dance group, this is a good time to think about Sequenced Choreography and navigating in your HUD.

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STEP 7 - MAKE NOTECARDS

Once you start using notecards, you can benefit from what others have done. I send out a lot of dance sequences. One reason for this is to help you learn about how to make dance sequences.

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STEP 8- BECOME A TRUE DANCE QUEEN (OR KING)

This website has a lot of information about dancing. Read it. Once you are familiar with the above, you will find that your dancing will draw attention to you. People will start to ask you for advice and help. You have arrived as a DANCE QUEEN OR KING ... congratulations!

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STEP 7 - HELP AND BE HELPED

DANCE QUEENS is a group that is for learning about dancing and sharing so we all become better and have more fun. Almost every day dance information is added to this blog and sent out in daily notices. As you learn things new, contact me and I will include it in a Daily Notice to share with all.

xxx
Nottoo

THE CHANGE Rock Opera

THE CHANGE Rock Opera 121125

Medora Chevalier sent us this invitation ...

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Shows are 1 pm on Sundays

 

LM

 

SEA'S HYMN Mer Ballet

SEA'S HYMN Mer Ballet 121125

Prissy Solvang sent us this invitation ...

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Sweet candle glows above Beach under sound of a Hymn.........it is a joy of Christmas that we are presenting a Mer ballet,

 

SEA'S HYMN

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LM

Dec. 7, 2012
1 pm SLT

It's a cancer fundraising event and the donations will go to Relay for Life but also spirits as well. Come and enjoy!

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Prissy Solvang(Prissy206 Hammand)

Studio4D is Back

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Peco Whiteberry sent this notice to the Studio4D Group ...

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What's up?  Does anything special? us? Yes! We put a gift for everybody on our new release section. Find big panel "what's up?" and get free dance!  Hope you all enjoy it<3 font="font">

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The dance is in the new dance section and up about 5 meters ...

 

Urban Aly Designs Sells Illegal Dances

Urban Aly Designs Sells Illegal Dances

Today, I got this note from a DANCE QUEENS member ...

"Hi Nottoo,

I was searching for dances on Marketplace and came across this vendor:

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/27186.  I went their shop inworld to pick up some of the $1 items to see if there were interesting dances. I rezzed one of the items to look at the dance inside and was surprised to find the creator is Easy Babcock. I checked another and found the same creator.  I am attaching the LM if you want to investigate further.

The dances I looked at were "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and "Dancing Queen" both found on the wall with the $1 items ..."

I went to the store and bought one of the items which combine music and dancing. Yes, the dance was created by Easy Babcock. Thanks to the DQ memeber who sent the note.

I followed up with a note to Easy so he can stop this illegal seller.

While at the store, I saw this sign:

I guess even thieves worry about someone stealing their goods.

xxx
Nottoo
 

Bootiful Spooks Video

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Halloween is over but the fun from Shadows Silhouettes' Dancers is not ...

 

If You Can Make It There ...

If You Can Make It There ... 121119

Diawa Bellic conquers New York in this new dance video by ninacamplin ...

 

Diesel Works Offers 'Just Us' Poses

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Rogan Diesel sent this note to the Diesel works group today ...

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Diesel Works Poses & Animations:TP
Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/34661
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DieselWorksPoses/
Blog: http://www.dieselworks.me
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dieselworks
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Just Us Series (NEW)

All the above items are available at the marketplace:

MoM Offers 7 New Dances

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Nomasha Syaka sent this note to the MoM Group ...

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+++++++ 7 NEW DANCES IN OUR BATCH FOR NOVEMBER 2012!

+++++++ DID YOU KNOW ALL OUR DANCES CAN BE FOUND ON THIS WEB PAGE http://www.nomasha.com/anims.html AND YOU CAN TP DIRECTLY TO EACH ONE?
+++++++MAKE MONEY WITH OUR VENDOR PROGRAM - DO YOU WANT TO SELL OUR ANIMATIONS AND MAKE SOME MONEY?

+++++++ ADULT ANIMATIONS, HUGS & EMBRACES AND KAMA SUTRA HUD

"Club Sexy_3'" - 'Club Sexy' dances are one of our most popular - this is a great one
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"Nuh Linga 2" - The first Nuh Linga was a fantastic success, try this one, you'll be pleased!
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"Party Rock LMFAO 2" - Party Rock LMFAO - again a HUGE hit, now a new one with funkier moves!
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"Bollywood 3" -  Bollywood dances seem to spice up everyone's moves!
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"Rihanna - Rude Boy" -  Rhianna! Rhianna! Rhianna! Rhianna!
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"Bad Girl" -  Bad Girl, You're a VERY Baaad Girl - now close your eyes! (Sexy dance)
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"Singing Rockin'" -  A new singing animation for live performers, rock out with this one!

Gorean Dance Contest

Gorean Dance Contest 121117

Tiviyah sent this invitation and note about Gorean dancing ...

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███▓▒░░.  ⊹⊱⋛ Dance Gardens of Gor Presents... ⋚⊰⊹  .░░▒▓███

×÷·.·´¯`·)» "What'd You Say?" Wordless Dance Competition «(·´¯`·.·÷×

███▓▒░░.  ⊹⊱⋛ Sunday, December 9th, 2012 10am - 12pm SLT ⋚⊰⊹  .░░▒▓███

In the Gorean community of dance, there seems to have derived two distinct 'factions' of dance.  While I personally believe that dance is dance is dance and trying to place a limited scope of what you CAN or SHOULD dance is a load of bosk dung, I've come to realize that in order to effectively communicate inside the community, we have to at least understand what these two onlineism terms have come to mean.

Dance faction dancing is a dance style that favors ONLY what can be seen through movement.  Your emotes will focus solely on what your audience members can see from the movements of your body.  Emotes would include things like: "[06:45:13]  riкi тiкi тivi şнεnzнou (tiviyah) whirls her body quickly, as if caught up in a hurricane, rapid extension and retraction of arms, the stamping of tiny feet causing the delicate slave bells about her ankles to ring out in time with the thudding of the kaska around her. She shows on her face the subservience involved in her submission, lips pursed together, eyes soft, cerulean orbs shining in the dim light of the tavern."  ((If it's not obvious, that was a challenge for me to try and write, as I do not stick to any one faction.  So forgive me if that was not perfectly dance faction.))

Story faction, on the other extreme of this, is said to be a "freer" faction of dance, in that you are free to describe those things that are not seen... feelings, etc.  You can incorporate movements as well, and it's wise to do so, but you are not limited in what you can describe.  Let me see if I can re-write the above emote in a more 'story faction' style.  "[06:48:16]  riкi тiкi тivi şнεnzнou (tiviyah) whirls her body around in a whirlwind of emotion, so caught up in her feelings of deepest submission to her Master. Her arms extend and retract, reaching for Him, to Him, calling from her heart to His own... a lifeline. Her feet stamp into the ground and the bells ring out above the kaska, that tiny voice among the crowd begging, "See me, Master!" Lips purse together in wanton desire for Him as her body writhes on the sands, helpless beast at His command."  There is still action in this emote, but also things were described that could not be directly seen... "deepest submission to her Master", "calling from her heart to His own... a lifeline".

The biggest argument that I see dance faction dancers make to those of us who blend factions, or those who dance purely story faction... is that in RL if you were to go up to do a dance, you would not stand in the pit and tell a story.  Personally, I agree with this fact.  BUT... we need to take it a step further, I believe...

If we're going to try and equate this to RL, then why are we using words at all?  You do not have words when you dance in RL.  All you have are your music, your costuming, your props, perhaps a backdrop or a set (for things like plays or recitals), and your movements.  You don't get any kind of words except for song lyrics to try and tell whatever story you want to portray.  And that, my dear Second Lifers, is what I want to portray in this next Fusion competition.  You will be allowed NO words, NO emotes.  Can your portray your story the way you would have to in RL?  Can you show us all what you want to say without actually SAYING it?

×÷·.·´¯`·)» The Basics «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› 10 minute limit.  THERE WILL BE NO EMOTES. PERIOD.
·´)› Freestyle Dance Competition (Gorean dances do NOT have to be BtB, and dances do not have to be Gorean at all... diversity is encouraged.)
·´)› No duplicate song choices.  First come first serve.
·´)› 10 spots available.  2 alternates will be selected as well.
·´)› Must use NO emotes during the dance at all.  Must only use music, costumes, props, animations, etc.  Props are encouraged to aid in 'setting the scene'.
·´)› Props will obviously be allowed as long as they fit with your dances.  No more than 50 prims will be allowed per dancer, though less than 50 would be ideal.
·´)› Please keep costumes and props low-script in order to reduce the lag.  :-)
×÷·.·´¯`·)» Selection of Dancers «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› Because this is a competition for BOTH Gorean and Modern dancers, the available spots will be divided evenly.
·´)› 5 spots and 1 alternate position will be available to Gorean dancers; 5 spots and 1 alternate position will also be available to modern dancers.
·´)› After the given day, any remaining spots will be open for any who want them.
×÷·.·´¯`·)» Music & Dance Order «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› Dance order will be chosen "Mily-style" (I name it this because Mily Sandalwood is the first one I've seen who used this).  What Mily-style dance order means is that dancers will perform in reverse order to when they give me their music.  Meaning first to send me their music will perform last, and so on.  Encouragement to get your music in.
·´)› Email: raa.shenzhou@gmail.com
·´)› Skype: blaise.sparrowtree
×÷·.·´¯`·)» Selection of Judges «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› Judges will be chosen AFTER applications have been received, to be sure impartiality.
·´)› ONE Gorean judge will be chosen, ONE Burlesque Performer/Modern dancer will be chosen, and ONE "Average Joe" judge will be chosen.  This ensures that each dancer will get multiple perspectives in judging and provides the fairest judging possible for the diverse types of dances involved.
×÷·.·´¯`·)» NEW RULE RE: Scoring -- For FUTURE Competitions «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› Obviously this is irrelevant in this competition, as no words or emotes will be used, BUT I'm giving you AMPLE notice that this will come into effect starting with the next Fusion competition involving emotes.  :-)
·´)› One thing I'm going to try in the future is that Grammar and Spelling will be a 'bonus' category, used only in the event of a tiebreaker.  Judges will still score it, and it will still be included in your score cards after the competition, so that you know what they thought about it, but Grammar and Spelling will NOT hurt you if judges score you low.  I understand language barriers. For those, I'm trying to be more fair.  If there is a tie, then the Grammar and Spelling score will be looked at and the tie will be broken that way.  If there is still a tie after using this bonus category, a procedure will be outlined as to which category will break the tie.
×÷·.·´¯`·)» Broadcasting «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› The event will be broadcast by the Gorean Whip Radio.
×÷·.·´¯`·)» Prizes «(·´¯`·.·÷×
·´)› Prizes to be announced, but do I ever leave you girls hanging?  *Grins*
×÷·.·´¯`·)» The Application «(·´¯`·.·÷×

***Please fill out application as complete as is applicable for you and return it to Tiviyah Resident by 11/28/12.  (Any remaining spots will then be opened up to first come, first serve, regardless of dance type.)***

Swingin'

Swingin' 121114

I have mentioned before that I used to make a lot of dance-related equipment for fun. I was reminded of it again today when I came across in my inventory a swing I had made long ago. Here I am in front of one of the versions.

In 2009 I still owned with Riddle our club called NOT TOO HOT and I made a lot of dance related stuff ... mostly junk. The swing kind of fits into that category. I took a swing script from a freebie swing set and made a swing with a pedestal. In the pedestal I put a few freebie dances that were okay in quality and were also copy-trans. Then, I put a script in the pedestal that activated the first animation and allowed the user to switch anims by entering Shift-Right Arrow. To use it, just sit on it and you begin dancing and swinging.

Hahahaha.

I made a lot of versions of the swing by simply changing the texture and color on the ball and pedestal. Now you can dance and swing. If you want to put in your own dances, just add or remove the animations that are in the swing's pedestal.

If you want to stop the swinging just click on the swing.

You can also modify the swing. For example, here is an old picture from NOT TOO HOT where I had put dance poles on the pedestal.

If you want one of these swings I have put it in the Free Stuff box at Dance Central.

xxx
Nottoo

Using Looped or non-Looped Dances in Sequences

Using Looped or non-Looped Dances in Sequences 121114

After Snuma Whitfield's video was posted a few days ago with the reference to the MLDU5, she sent me a note with a reference to her blog. The blog post describes the use of looped and non-looped dances in a sequence and how she makes multiple animation dances work with the MLDU5. Snuma also describes more on using the MLDU5 for groups as well as couples.

Snuma's approach certainly makes for very smooth transitions between animations.