NICOLE: What's up, guys?
It's Nicole Kirkland, I'm a dancer and choreographer.
I've worked with many different artists
and I'm also a STEEZY Studio instructor!
Today, I will be choreographing an Intermediate Heels piece
to "Get To You" by Trevor Jackson.
Not only will I be choreographing this piece from scratch,
you will also be able to learn it at STEEZY.CO!
SO, if you like this piece today,
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Alright- so, let's start with the song.
I've already listened to this song like a million times.
I find it is much, much easier to choreograph when you know the song.
Certain moves just kind of like, pop into my brain,
it's really weird.
I'm gonna start on
♪ I only do this shit to get to ♪
I think it kind of like-
starts it nicely,
kind of aggressive- and then it gets into this chorus that's a little bit more soft.
So I feel like it should be something aggressive..
Something.. strong- forward,
facing the audience
to like really get your message across.
♪ Only ♪
♪ do this ♪
♪ shit ♪
♪ to get to- ♪
and we'll just sit in that.
So I think on the four I'm actually gonna bring this right foot up.
Boom- and then I have somewhere to go-
one, two-
and we'll just push that out- three, four.
Nice little SEXY hip roll to the right.
See, this is the thing about choreography too,
it's hard to start.
Where do you start?
Where do you want to start with?
Like, what are you feeling?
And THEN once you kind of get into the flow,
then it just kind of starts rolling,
but it's ALWAYS hard-
I always feel like the very first-
like, eight-count is the hardest.
♪ Only do this shit to get to ♪
Ooh and I like that little cross we did.
Can we uhh-
can we play that?
Let's listen to that.
Gotta listen, gotta figure it out.
What do I want to hit?
What do I not want to hit?
Zoom..
Woooom,
geet, ha!
Also, I wanna add a PUSH here on the last one.
Gee,
push..
Tsk– no, messed up.
Goon,
goon..
Tsk-
Eh, I don't know- we'll see.
We'll see if it feels natural.
And I think I want to hold the first one, no arms,
and I kinda like that PUSH up for the second,
third, and then out.
And then, what did I say?
I say, "GOON.."
"ska-" so see that's another reason!
I like to have people with me when I choreograph,
because I be forgetting what I do!
[laughs]
I'll do something dope,
and then I'm like,
"Wait.. what did I just do?"
And sometimes having an assistant there is nice
'cause they're like, "You did this"
and I'm like, "Yessss!"
NICOLE: Mm ♪ Only do this sh- ♪
Okay, I got it!
♪ Only do this shit to get to ♪
and then I feel like I want to come DOWN
and I want to change my body.
We've been facing the front a while,
so let's get a nice little silhouette to the side~
Heyy~
Foom..
[frustrated sigh] ****!
I almost fell. [laughs]
Shoo..
Maybe we can push this,
and then-
do you hear those bones–?
Literally,
[cracking noises]
Oh my God!
It's SO embarrassing.
Like, you're like really trying to be cute
and then all of a sudden you're just like-
[cracking]
Ooooh! Yeahhh–!
♪ Only do this SHIT to get- ♪
'cause I li- I like how he says shit..
He's like, "only do this SHIT."
Hoo!
Ooh no.
Tick,
foom?
I feel like that feels a little weird though,
this right arm- it's like it can't do anything.
Ooh, maybe we add a leg?
Zoom!
Zoom-goon!
–eight!
Oh, that's kinda nice!
And GEE...
Okay, that's what it is!
Just to kind of accent that word 'shit' a little bit more-
foom..
we'll bring that up..
and then drop
and I feel like I want to stay into that left hip
and then maybe we can do some kind of rock there.
Ooooh! Just let it rock there for a sec,
that's nice!
This feels okay, I'm not gonna lie,
it doesn't feel the best,
but I think it looks good.
I'm gonna wrap this around.
I like to just follow the flow,
especially for Heels-
because-
you don't have as much FLOOR
to- be able to twist and turn and change your body placement as fast.
So for Heels, I would tr-
really try and make sure that like-
it KEEPS going and it feels GOOD
when you switch positions,
or else like-
you gonna be doing these little stutter steps-
that's LITERALLY–
my biggest pet peeve
is those little-
FRICKEN stutter steps when I'm doing Heels
and it's like–
STRONG- and then they're like,
like it literally drives me insane.
Mmmm, mhmm! Mhmm!
I kind of snapped into that a little bit more there.
Drop here, we'll go push,
push–
and then I think we'll go right-left,
right-left–
And maybe we'll do some arm there.
Ooh!
OOOH!
One arm,
two arms-
there we go!
Sometimes I just kind of get the idea
and I pass it, and then it will just like-
whatever I end up doing the whole time,
I'll just keep it.
Cause sometimes you think about stuff too much and then-
you just should've made it more natural.
♪ Oh, is it workin'? ♪
♪ 'Cause baby I'm hurtin'– ♪
Oooh, that's a–
that's a BAG right there.
♪ Is it workin'? Baby I'm hurtin'.. ♪
This is what I'm talking about,
when you listen to a song, you have those moments in the song where you're just like,
"Bro we got to KILL this part because it's like the moment!"
♪ Baby, I'm- ♪
Let's get some EMO,
you feel it?
Mmmmm!
♪ Cause baby I'm– ♪
Ooooh, yes! Let's turn that b***h up!
I think I want to step here-
♪ hurtin' ♪
some kind of–
"in" situation,
just contract that..
Ooh, zhoom, zoom, GAAAH!
Voom, voom, gah..
De de–
I feel like we have to bring this in or else
it feels a little stuck to then step again on this right, so...
Step and STEP...
AND-
break!
Ooh, I- I don't actually do movement like that a lot!
Like, big like-
pretty stuff, but you know- sometimes it just calls for it
so, we're gonna do it.
Oh, hello little friend!
There's a little tiny gnat.
Little tiny gnat.
Little GNAT.
Cut.
CLAY: That's a mosquito!
NICOLE: Is it?
CLAY: Now you DIEEEEE! [Nicole laughing]
NICOLE: Okay, oh- play this next part
'cause I know there's a moment here that I really want to hit.
♪ –got some bad intentions.. ♪
Ughhh!
Let's break into it!
Mm!
Push and hit-
just change up the vibe a little bit.
For me, whenever the audience gets like, used to something,
I like to- switch it.
So like, right when they're like, "Ooh, okay,"
"there's the pocket" and then just like switch it up
and it's like, "Oh! Wasn't expecting that."
It keeps them like, excited.
Foom-foom, huh!
Maybe it's okay, we'll see, I'll keep working on it.
But I'm just gonna let it happen naturally.
Go from the top, see where we're at,
see how we're feeling.
We're getting a groove though,
see how much faster it is now?
I do want to go to the floor..
in this piece–
not long.
Maybe if we do the floor here.
♪ What YOU been missin'- ♪
Yesss!
Drama! Give me drama~!
Drama–
This actually felt good!
I feel like it- it FEELS crazier than it looks.
Sometimes, you got to sacrifice the comfort
for the visual,
you know? You just gotta-
you gotta push through it.
And then I think we'll PREP-
do like one little single to the floor
and then do some drama-
ha!
♪ Only do this– ♪ ha!
Ahh okay, so we have a little bit of time,
so we need to fill this up here.
We need to do something,
some-
thing before-
the turn.
I think we have two counts.
Play that one more time?
HA–! Oookay!
I mean he says, ♪ show you what ♪
♪ you've been missing- ♪
just- just live in it, you know what I mean?
AHHH!
Just give him a moment to like, appreciate-
what you're giving.
You just gotta be there, be present,
sometimes you don't even need to do a lot.
I think we'll have to do a ball change
and then we're just gonna let this go
down to the floor and then we'll go GAH!
Nice–
open to the ceiling.
Helloo~!
Flashdance rain on ME.
Ahhhh...
See that's where we have a problem,
'cause now it's too fast.
Ha- I think we'll just have to prep right into it again like that.
Ha!
S**t~ okay, Intermediate–
okay a little bit Intermediate-Advanced..
From here, I just felt that out.
Boom,
I think I just want to like–
[muttering] I wanna see- what does that look like?
Gotta check yourself out,
make sure it looks GOOD.
I feel like it looks cool..!
In.. out.
In... out-
Yeah, something like that,
and then I think I just want to do a classic-
open fan to the back,
land here, and we're done!
Ahhh! There we go- okay, perfect,
and then we'll just roll up.
I feel like it's at like, an 85-
percent, done.
We'll go through and find those parts that need a little bit more work.
Like this was the first part here
that need- that felt a little strange to me.
I think I just want to sit into this last one,
and then I have somewhere to go,
boom, ball change...
So that hip...
That's another thing, connection, right?
We need to connect all the moves so it's seamless.
You can have dope moves,
but if they don't connect nicely, then-
what are we doing~?
I have to be very CLEAR
with where my weight is going.
So right now it feels a little strange.
I think I need to bring that hip,
while my hip is coming back
I need to start bringing this foot in
to go "huh!"
Yes, that's it.
See the difference?
Before I was going here,
here- right into this,
da-da,
it doesn't flow as nice.
Foom, foom,
ga-ga,
ga-ga-
that's nice.
Okay! I think we're done!
We worked out the body
and we figured out how to make them connect nicely
and I think it's telling a story!
♪ ["Get To You" by Trevor Jackson plays] ♪
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NICOLE: Now when you do this move,
you really want to like, work from your hips.
Front,
[laughing] it's like over–
I'm like, I'm like–
I'm like over-exaggerating,
I'm like, "DROP."
[laughing] You just wanna push em–
you just wanna push 'em forward- boom!
then we're gonna step back- BOOM, our hips are back.
Stay on top of yourself- boom,
now pull!