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It's sometimes still hard to believe I won the European Fursuit Dance Competition.
And I felt like writing down my thoughts:
TLDR WARNING
The first EF I immediately started to dance in the arena. I thought I had what it takes but I really needed to learn more. I had trouble finding danceschools in my enviroment so I just danced at home with the Just Dance games. After two years in Jail, it felt like I didn't improve and wasn't happy about my dancing. Year 3 I couldn't dance because of pain in my lower back stopped me of even starting a choreo. After that year, I also let go of the feeling of trying to get a nice score, and having more fun.
During Confuzzled 2016 I danced for the first time in my new fursuit Coco, to explore how dancing in her is. It's really fun! and I danced with Leon/Sparky with out getting a score which felt really great.
How I entered the arena of 2016: Of course stressed, you have a choreograpghy and you're afraid of screwing up. I didn't suit too often the days before because my lowerback hurted. I chatted with one of the judges beforehand and metioned my lower back still hurts at that moment. In the scenario I fell down during the show and didn't get up, at least one judge would know I could have been injured by my back.
But I did, most of all, wanted to have fun. No looking at the score! I always tell my friends that the atmosphere behind the stage, with the other dances, is what makes it all great to join the show. There is compassion, love, respect, and we cheer for everyone.
I went on stage and performed the best I could. The floor was still slippery time to time even when I added stickers on my feetpaws. I loved doing it and had unbelieveable fun! I had a lot of energy because in the middle of my performance I took it a bit slower.
0:12 - 1:02 is chroreo, 1:02 till 1:27 is improvised, 1:27 till the end is choreo. The song from Justin Bieber, Beauty and the Beat, was one of my favorite songs, also to dance to at Just Dance, which improved my excitement to dance. I worked on the choreo for months.
At the end of the video, when I 'flop' on the floor, I did hurt my back a little bit ^^"
During the judges talk, I didn't receive any critics, I wasn't sure how to handle that but I thought that was because I was 'new'. Not all judges knew I danced before in another suit so they couldn't tell me how to improve. Also, my choreo wasn't a very impressive one because of my suit. I can't perform amazing tricks in a suit with that much padding and weight.
and then.. my name was called o_0. I couldn't. believe it. I was waiting for Faolan's name! I kept yelling "No!" "No Way!" and I started to cry. I did dream about this moment, but not at this competition, that was years ago.
All the hugs and love were so overwhelming and everyone telling me I deserved it. For the dancers it was more a surpise I think, also because behind the stage we're busy with either getting ready or cooling down.
My friends response was soooo loving! They ran to me on the stage and all congratulated me! On video''s I hear them screaming among the crowd <3.
After the win, I went looking for answers. Why did I win? I asked a lot of people around me and what made it worse were sounds of people around me I didn't deserve it. There is even a Youtube video where the camera-man responds after my named is called. "No way, that's only because of her fursuit".
I have had a rough year in school, what dropped my self-esteem to zero. so I really felt affected by the critics. I'm really happy with the answers I found around me. They told me I maybe wasn't technically the best dancer, but I did give one of the best shows of that evening.
I think one of the main reasons I won that year, is that you must not forget to have fun. Fun is beaming of you like a smile on a human face. I was lucky I didn't have glitching music, my choreo went 99% perfect, I saw the smile on the judges faces during my performance. I had an easier choreo than the years before, but that made it easier to perform it almost perfectly. in Jail I made it myself too difficult and that showed.
Coco isn't a suit to show fastphased feetwork. So I had to use my arms a lot, which is a strenght of me. So use the good points of your fursuit, in stead of trying to work with the bad ones that could fail.
Next year, my plan is to dance in Jail again. I have no idea right now what I could do in Coco to surprise again, beside shaking my butt ;).
I'm not sure why I want to write down these thoughts. Like I wrote earlier, my selfesteem is very low atm and this is the first time this year it's going up again. I was pulling it down again by thinking I didn't deserve it. But the judges made their call and they're the best judges we've had in years! So I shouldn't pull myself down but trust their judgement.
Not everyone is interested in dancing or the dance competition, I understand. But please do understand it's not always about winning or losing. Look at the topleft picture and remember there is hard work and companionship behind the scenes :) We love to entertain the people who are looking, and we're setting goals to improve ourselves. Also I'm not mad if someone thinks that I didn't deserve the win. I need to believe more in myself than in other's opinion.
About this picture
Osfer picture's are as always, amazing <3 Thank you for your great talent and sharing it with us!
Also thank you for Noweti/labrusky for providing us with the video's of our dances!
Thank you for reading :)
It's sometimes still hard to believe I won the European Fursuit Dance Competition.
And I felt like writing down my thoughts:
TLDR WARNING
The first EF I immediately started to dance in the arena. I thought I had what it takes but I really needed to learn more. I had trouble finding danceschools in my enviroment so I just danced at home with the Just Dance games. After two years in Jail, it felt like I didn't improve and wasn't happy about my dancing. Year 3 I couldn't dance because of pain in my lower back stopped me of even starting a choreo. After that year, I also let go of the feeling of trying to get a nice score, and having more fun.
During Confuzzled 2016 I danced for the first time in my new fursuit Coco, to explore how dancing in her is. It's really fun! and I danced with Leon/Sparky with out getting a score which felt really great.
How I entered the arena of 2016: Of course stressed, you have a choreograpghy and you're afraid of screwing up. I didn't suit too often the days before because my lowerback hurted. I chatted with one of the judges beforehand and metioned my lower back still hurts at that moment. In the scenario I fell down during the show and didn't get up, at least one judge would know I could have been injured by my back.
But I did, most of all, wanted to have fun. No looking at the score! I always tell my friends that the atmosphere behind the stage, with the other dances, is what makes it all great to join the show. There is compassion, love, respect, and we cheer for everyone.
I went on stage and performed the best I could. The floor was still slippery time to time even when I added stickers on my feetpaws. I loved doing it and had unbelieveable fun! I had a lot of energy because in the middle of my performance I took it a bit slower.
0:12 - 1:02 is chroreo, 1:02 till 1:27 is improvised, 1:27 till the end is choreo. The song from Justin Bieber, Beauty and the Beat, was one of my favorite songs, also to dance to at Just Dance, which improved my excitement to dance. I worked on the choreo for months.
At the end of the video, when I 'flop' on the floor, I did hurt my back a little bit ^^"
During the judges talk, I didn't receive any critics, I wasn't sure how to handle that but I thought that was because I was 'new'. Not all judges knew I danced before in another suit so they couldn't tell me how to improve. Also, my choreo wasn't a very impressive one because of my suit. I can't perform amazing tricks in a suit with that much padding and weight.
and then.. my name was called o_0. I couldn't. believe it. I was waiting for Faolan's name! I kept yelling "No!" "No Way!" and I started to cry. I did dream about this moment, but not at this competition, that was years ago.
All the hugs and love were so overwhelming and everyone telling me I deserved it. For the dancers it was more a surpise I think, also because behind the stage we're busy with either getting ready or cooling down.
My friends response was soooo loving! They ran to me on the stage and all congratulated me! On video''s I hear them screaming among the crowd <3.
After the win, I went looking for answers. Why did I win? I asked a lot of people around me and what made it worse were sounds of people around me I didn't deserve it. There is even a Youtube video where the camera-man responds after my named is called. "No way, that's only because of her fursuit".
I have had a rough year in school, what dropped my self-esteem to zero. so I really felt affected by the critics. I'm really happy with the answers I found around me. They told me I maybe wasn't technically the best dancer, but I did give one of the best shows of that evening.
I think one of the main reasons I won that year, is that you must not forget to have fun. Fun is beaming of you like a smile on a human face. I was lucky I didn't have glitching music, my choreo went 99% perfect, I saw the smile on the judges faces during my performance. I had an easier choreo than the years before, but that made it easier to perform it almost perfectly. in Jail I made it myself too difficult and that showed.
Coco isn't a suit to show fastphased feetwork. So I had to use my arms a lot, which is a strenght of me. So use the good points of your fursuit, in stead of trying to work with the bad ones that could fail.
Next year, my plan is to dance in Jail again. I have no idea right now what I could do in Coco to surprise again, beside shaking my butt ;).
I'm not sure why I want to write down these thoughts. Like I wrote earlier, my selfesteem is very low atm and this is the first time this year it's going up again. I was pulling it down again by thinking I didn't deserve it. But the judges made their call and they're the best judges we've had in years! So I shouldn't pull myself down but trust their judgement.
Not everyone is interested in dancing or the dance competition, I understand. But please do understand it's not always about winning or losing. Look at the topleft picture and remember there is hard work and companionship behind the scenes :) We love to entertain the people who are looking, and we're setting goals to improve ourselves. Also I'm not mad if someone thinks that I didn't deserve the win. I need to believe more in myself than in other's opinion.
About this picture
Osfer picture's are as always, amazing <3 Thank you for your great talent and sharing it with us!Also thank you for Noweti/labrusky for providing us with the video's of our dances!
Thank you for reading :)
Category Fursuiting / Fursuit
Species Dog (Other)
Size 1024 x 768px
File Size 1.32 MB
Listed in Folders
I'm glad you had fun and it's really great that you won and got some recognition for your awesome performance ^^
By reading your description I can tell that you're thinking hard about your experiences and emotions.
I hope you take all the positive things you've experienced to heart and have a wonderful time at the next EF dance contest. Great job! :D
( oh, en die eerste poster hier is overal zo negatief bezig. Erg zielig van hem dus trek je er niks van aan ^^ )
By reading your description I can tell that you're thinking hard about your experiences and emotions.
I hope you take all the positive things you've experienced to heart and have a wonderful time at the next EF dance contest. Great job! :D
( oh, en die eerste poster hier is overal zo negatief bezig. Erg zielig van hem dus trek je er niks van aan ^^ )
I said it before and I will say it again... you did an amazing job in showing you had fun and great attitude on stage <3 I loved seeing little Coco bouncing around and in the end with tears of joy! Because those tears will stay with you as a memorable thing since you really deserved it <3 keep on loving bubble butt =3
As one of the judges I can say I'm still behind my decision giving you 1st place in the competition, the other 3 judges also thought the same. Your performance may not have been the best technically, and having a bulky fursuit does help in getting a higher score (it's way easier to dance in a partial), but your overall performance was just great, super energetic and entertaining to watch. You said that you didn't dream about winning the competition this year, maybe that was one of your strengths, by not taking it too seriously and having a casual approach to your performance ;)
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, in the end, this is the judges' opinion, if people don't like it and want to change it....well, those people need to make sure they get asked to be a judge on next year's Enter the Arena...Good luck with that :)
I did not completely agree with the end result of the whole competition, as there are 4 judges and the end result is the average of those 4 judges, but I stand by you getting 1st position and there is nothing that can change the result. You should definitely enjoy the moment, but don't forget: in the end it's still "just" a dance competition at a Furry Convention, the most important thing is having fun while doing it, winning is prize is just a bonus :)
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, in the end, this is the judges' opinion, if people don't like it and want to change it....well, those people need to make sure they get asked to be a judge on next year's Enter the Arena...Good luck with that :)
I did not completely agree with the end result of the whole competition, as there are 4 judges and the end result is the average of those 4 judges, but I stand by you getting 1st position and there is nothing that can change the result. You should definitely enjoy the moment, but don't forget: in the end it's still "just" a dance competition at a Furry Convention, the most important thing is having fun while doing it, winning is prize is just a bonus :)
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