Brooke Lam

Freelance  

Dancing with Rourou from Sep 2020

Rourou is an amazing teacher. She is very patient with beginners like me and walks me through step by step on how to move my body in just the right ways. She is fantastic at explaining how certain moves should feel or look. Often giving me scenarios like “Imagine there’s a string connected to the middle of your spine. Now imagine someone takes that string and yanks it backwards, pulling you with it. That is the movement you need to make.” Rourou also records our sessions and sends them to me, making practicing on my own much easier. Through working with her I have learned so much, not only about dance but about myself and body as well. For instance, we have realized I’m a very tense person, especially in my shoulders. After having it pointed out in my dance, I notice I do it all the time. I often find myself with my jaw clenched, back stiff and shoulders raised, even while “relaxing” in bed I catch myself in this position. I have been working on this out side of class with relaxation methods and stretching. Ever since, my body all together feels extremely better, even in places I wasn’t aware were tense. Every week I look forward to my sessions with Rourou and each time I can confidently say I leave it dancing way better than the last. If you compared the me now from a couple months ago, you’d definitely notice a huge difference in flexibility, confidence, and movement to the music all together. Taking classes with Rourou has been an all around extraordinary experience that I wouldn’t trade for the world.