Greetings!

Today's the 31st of December, the last day of 2009. It has been a long, taxing year, but we made it! Juggling between schoolwork, social life, people, we also stuck with our passion for dance. It has certainly been wonderful with all of you in DanceFuzion!

Before we happily dive right into the new year, let's remember 2009 for all the great times it had...

Thank you for coming for practices even when you're bogged down with work or had your energy zapped at late evening classes...

Thank you for committing yourselves to DanceFuzion, its practices and performances even during the busiest, most stressful periods of university, and for some, work.

Thank you for being there with us for numerous events, ranging from performances, chalet, outings, and even (and especially!) the short post-dance dinner gatherings after our practice session.

We know that DanceFuzion would not have been able to achieve what it has today without you, and our events would not have been as fun without each and every one of you! So, THANK YOU for always being there with us and for us =)

Let's hope the next Semester will be a better one. For those who would have graduated after this semester, congratulations, and please do come back and join us whenever you can, as often as possible! You are always welcome in DF! =)

DF LOVES YOU! HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE IN 2010!
because... you all are simply the best! =)

With Love
Xiao Ting
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Season's Greetings to all DF members! How have you all been? I hope you all had a great, merry Christmas and hopefully you'll have a great New Year's Countdown... :)

I'm sure many of you are (again) itching to loosen those muscles and see your fellow friends once more! You will get the chance before the school starts. Here are the details for our next dance practice:

Dance Practice on 5th January 2010 (new year!) (That's on a Tuesday!)
Time: 11.30 am - 1 pm
Venue: NIE Dance Room (PE Block 5, Level 2, just beside the cardio room)

Everyone is welcome for the session, please do come and join us yeah! :)
This will also be a session of preparation for our performers for Parents' Day on 16th January 2010. :)

Last but not the least, if you have some free time on the 31st Dec and want to spend it on something fun, why not may your way down to Orchard Cineleisure for an exciting New Year's Countdown with performances by dancers from StudioWu... and a few of our DF friends! Let's show our love yeah! And just welcome the new year happily! :)

Happy New Year y'all! See you soon! :)

With love
Xiao Ting
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GREETINGS, dearest DanceFuzion members and friends! How have your holidays been so far? We really hope you're enjoying yourselves and spending your time fruitfully!

We'll be back in school in 4 weeks' time, specifically on Monday 11 Jan 2010!

Firstly, remember to keep on the lookout for the release of the results from the previous semester..

Secondly, as those of you in the Diploma, BA/BSc and BEd Part-Time Programmes would have done before, you would have to register for your courses prior to the commencement of the new semester.

Please check out the important details at the Teachers' Portal and note them down as soon as possible, as most of them would need your action on the specified dates and times. Sorry for not putting up the details here for fear that I may make some mistakes in the important details, or worse, mislead you!

Do make sure you would have registered for all of your courses, by checking your programme structures, taking note of the dates and timings for the tasks that require your action, and registering accordingly!

Take care and have a great holiday! Christmas is coming! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way..

Miss you all very much!

With Love,
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Hello all! =)

I hope you all had enjoyed a great session with Chris on Monday! We were really glad to see all of you there!

By the way, here are the song titles used for the MTV class:

Girlfriend by N'Sync

and

It Makes me Ill by N'Sync

The DanceFuzion chalet has just ended today! Hope all who joined us for it had really enjoyed themselves! Let's look forward to even more events and outings for the upcoming semester! Enjoy your holidays, guys! Take care! =)

With Love,

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Hey everyone!! Hope you are enjoying your weekend to the fullest! :)

For those who were present for Chris's session the past Thursday, when we did Hip Hop A, you must be raring to go for the next session again! As for those who missed it, you must be itching to dance again too! Well, here it is! Our next dance session on Monday!

Details are as follows:

MTV Class by Chris
Date: 14th December 09 (Monday)
Venue: NIE Danceroom
Time: 11am - 12.30pm

All are welcome to join this session! The NIE Dance Room is just beside the Cardio Room, at Block 5 Level 2. Please try to be punctual, so that we can start learning the choreo earlier and have more time for practice! Hope to more of us then!

Once again, we're counting down to the days of our DanceFuzion chalet... that's just 3 more days to go! It'll be on 15th - 17th December at Aloha Loyang. Please try to join us, for it's true, the more the merrier! At least, try to come by the 16th, when we'll have our barbeque at night! :)

If you're coming over, please email us to confirm your attendance so that we can book enough food for all! The email regarding the details of the chalet will be sent out to you by this weekend, so check your emails guys!

See you all on Monday then! (And Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.. haha!) :)

With Love,
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Hello there!!

For those of you who were present on Thursday's session which was led by Chris, hope you'd enjoyed yourselves! It was certainly a challenging session with a fantastic choreo!

Give yourselves a BIG pat on the back! Remember, don't worry if you aren't to completely catch the steps, because the day's session was definitely not at beginner's level but more than that, so that we can all finish complete the entire choreo. Our usual sessions will be at a normal pace, so don't get discouraged, continue to come by and learn more moves and have fun!

The real song name is unknown, but this song is known to ourselves as "Hip Hop A".

You can listen to the song in our blog's music playlist. If you need to download the file, just click on this LINK and download "Hip Hop 1".

Have a really good rest and enjoy your weekend! There will be another dance session next Monday on 14th Dec before we take some time off to enjoy our DanceFuzion chalet! Details will be posted soon. Take care y'all! =)

With Love,

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The clean dance moves in Korean MTVs may seem really complicated, but with the help of our dance trainer Guan Chong to break down and teach us the steps, we were able to get it down pat at the end of Tuesday's session on 8th Dec 09!

For all who'd like to note down the title of the song we'd used, it's

Wedding Dress by Tae Yang

Now that the exams are finally over for both NIE and NTU, we saw an increase in members coming back to dance, and we are GLAD! Hope you all had enjoyed yourselves!

Of course, we continue to have our dance sessions! There will be another one tomorrow on Thursday! Here are the details:

Dance Practice

Date: 10th Dec 09 (Thursday)

Venue: NIE Dance Room (Block 5, Level 2, Just beside the cardio room)

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm (please note that the timing is slightly different from the one on Tuesday, it's half an hour earlier!)

Yup! Just can't get enough of dancing! Hope to see EVEN MORE of us on Thursday! Again, everyone's welcome for our sessions! See you then!

Another call for DanceFuzion chalet which will be on 15th to 17th December 09! For DF members who would like to join but have not gotten back to us, please email us or tell Joanne as soon as possible, to facilitate orders for food. The more the merrier yeah! We're gonna have lots of fun!

See you all on Thursday then! Have a good rest tonight!

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As promised, there will be two dance sessions to look forward to again next week! Details as follows:

8th December (Tuesday) - KOREAN MTV Class! by Guan Chong
Time: 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: NIE Dance Room
'Fess up, many of us like the Korean MTV dances on TV! Well, here's a chance to learn such a choreo yourselves! Come join us on Tuesday for a session conducted by our very own dance trainer, Guan Chong!

10th December (Thursday) - Dance Practice
Time: 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: NIE Dance Room
This session may be used for our own practice, and maybe to learn some new choreos! Just come over and join us, and find out what!

Our sessions are open to everyone, not just to our regular DanceFuzion members! So come on over, loosen up those muscles, exercise, have fun, and dance your hearts out!

Hope to see even more of you next week! Have a great weekend!


With Love,
Xiao Ting
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Greetings! Hope all who had come for our dance session with Elson yesterday had enjoyed themselves thoroughly! It had been a great pleasure to see everyone again, and finally let the muscles move around after a long time being inactive!

Nice job everyone in keeping up with the choreo! Let's give ourselves a big pat on the back. Thanks to Elson too, for teaching us patiently and sharing another great choreo with us.

And here's the title of the song used for the choreo:
Make Love (English Version) by Big Bang

It is added to our music playlist too for your convenience, just scroll down the list!

Another call for members to join us at our chalet, at Aloha Loyang, on 15th - 17th December! Our barbeque will be on the night of 16th December. It's alright if you can't make it for all three days, you can choose when you are free and would like to come, and just email us or Joanne about when you'd like to come. Try to come at least for the Barbeque, to have fun and good food!

Regarding payment matters, don't worry because it'd just be for the days or events that you're present for.

For those who could not make it to the session yesterday, not to worry! There will be more sessions next week! Do look out for further updates and emails about dance sessions again!

See you all soon!


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Hey DanceFuzion members and everyone else in NIE!

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on finishing the exams! How are you post-exam celebrations going? Hope you are enjoying yourselves, catching up on the sleep and feel the colour coming back to your face. :D

And I'm sure every one of us have felt the bones twitching ever since dance sessions have been paused for the exams. It has been weeks since the last dance session! Well, here's some great news to cure all that twitching...

A Dance Session on Thursday 3rd December 2009! Details as follows:

This session will be conducted by our very own experienced dance trainer, Elson Low!

Time: 11.00 - 12.30 pm

Venue: NIE DanceRoom (Level 2, Block 5, NIE, just beside the Cardio Room where we usually have Carol's sessions)

It's open to all, not just to the regular DF members! All are welcome, so just come over and join in the fun! :)

Come on over and loosen those muscles now! Looking forward to see you all again, for dance and maybe lunch after that? :)

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HEYYYY everyone in DF!!

Now that school is out, dance sessions have been put on hold and everyone's mugging for the upcoming exams, would just like to say, on behalf of all your fellow DF friends:

"加油", or, "GO GO GO!!!!"

All the best in your exams..

Study smart, and be sure to give yourself a short break if you find that you can't focus..

Let's say to ourselves...

"We believe we can do it!"

Just for this exam period, I'm sharing these songs, "When You Believe" by Mariah Carey, and "I Believe" by Yolanda Adams in our playlist... the last song in the playlist, might feel like listening to it if you need to recharge before you continue studying! (you can dance to 'I Believe' too!)

DanceFuzion, BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT.

If you'd like to have some chats or discussion and post any randoms, maybe to cheer each other on or share your feelings, go to our facebook group and participate in the latest discussion set up for this!

Take care y'all!

photo credits: ammily

dancefuzion - together we stand; you're never alone.

Love,

Xiao Ting

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Hello everyone!

I hope all of you who came for Willy's Beginners' Class tonight had enjoyed themselves! For your information, and maybe if you'd like to practice the choreo again yourselves, the song is:

4th November 2009, Willy's Beginners' Class

Tortilla Chips by T Bizzy

For those who couldn't make it because of the tough workload, assignments and tests, don't worry ok? There'll definitely be other chances! In the meantime, we can always practice the past choreos on our own when we have the time, when we feel like moving to some music... can always sharpen up those moves! :)

All the best in your work and meeting deadlines... DF, I'm sure YOU CAN DO IT! Believe you can! :)

For those of you, who are free and would like to perform for TTC Investiture on 24th November 09, remember to email Mei Ling at nie.dancefuzion@gmail.com at let her know ok? Be sure to check your exam timetable beforehand; if you are free, it is great to try it out.. Performances can really do a lot to improve your dance skills! :)

That's all for now! Be sure to have some good rest tonight! Take care! :)

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Hello everyone!

Once again, we wish to send out our apologies that Carol's session couldn't commence yesterday evening as Carol was sick. I hope you still found the session of recapping past choreos useful though, especially for Immabe and Ring-a-ling, which was done quite awhile ago. We should be using them next time, so please do practice them and try to make it stay in your memory! (You can even 'practice' using your mind when you're listening to the song on the MRT on the way to school! ) *the power of the mind*

Anyway, we'll be having our last dance session tomorrow on Wednesday, before we take a break to fully concentrate on preparing for our exams!

Willy's Beginners' Class on Wednesday, 4th November, 6.30- 8.15 pm, @ NIE DanceRoom

This week's Beginners' Class will be conducted by none other than our ex-dance captain, Willy! The NIE Dance Room is just beside the NIE Cardio Room, at Block 5, Level 2. Don't worry if you have lessons till 7.30pm, just come along after that!

Everyone is welcome to come by and learn a few moves and have fun with our experienced ex-dance captain, Willy; and of course, to end our last session of dance before the exams with a happy note! Yup, let's cherish this session before we find ourselves missing the weekly dancing.. at least for the duration of the exam period..

That being said, hope to see you tomorrow!

P.S. To everyone, study smart and strive for the best in your exams! Believe you can do it! No matter how tough it may get, please take good care of yourselves, to eat regular meals, get enough sleep, and eat fruits! The weather lately isn't going to do us much good as well... So take care!

Lastly, on behalf of all of DF, to Carol and some of our members who are feeling under the weather, get well soon

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Hello everyone!!!

Hope you all had had a great rest despite the cramming workload... :)

As we come back to school on Monday, we'll be having our last week of dance sessions before we take a break to study and cram for the upcoming exams and assignments...

Here are the details:

Monday, 2nd November, Carol's Session @ NIE Cardio Room
6.30 - 8.00 pm
Remember last week's choreo on R&B style of "I Hate Myself" by Drunken Tiger? Carol will be reusing that choreo and possibly adding some variations to it! Practice on the moves again to refresh you memory..

If you weren't here last week, it's alright! Just come along and learn this week! :)

Everyone can come by to the Cardio Room earlier, at 6pm, to run through the dance steps again together! :)

Wednesday, 4th November, Beginners' Class @ NIE Dance Room
6.30 - 8.15 pm
We'll be having our beginners' class on Wednesday again, marking the end of our sessions before the start of our study break. As for who'll be leading the session this week, we'll let you know in a bit, after we've confirmed it! :)

Let's end the semester of school with a great session of dance, and pep ourselves up to face the challenges of the exams and assignments. We can do this! Remember the quote, "what don't kill me, only makes me stronger". ;)

Thanks for the support from all those who'd come to the Halloween Outing to the Night Safari last night! Despite the rain, I hope you all had enjoyed yourselves. For those who missed it, it's alright! I'll blog about the event soon for you to know what was up for the night. And remember there's more to look forward to.. the chalet in December! :)

For now, take care y'all, and I'll see you on Monday! :)

All the best in working hard towards success... You can do it, DanceFuzion!!


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Hey everyone!!

I hope you all had enjoyed yesterday's session with Carol! Remember to practice when you have the spare time, maybe practice that groove while you're studying, resting, watching TV, or even the shower... Dance knows no limits yeah

Anyway, hope you had a good rest today because we'll be having our Beginners' Class again tomorrow (that's Wednesday!)

Beginners' Class on 28th Oct (Wednesday), 6.30-8.15pm @ NIE Dance Room
This week, we'll be led by our very own DF member, IDIL!
He'll be teaching us some basics of Reggae! That's probably something new to most of us, and definitely fun and worth learning. Come on over, have a break and relieve some of that stress that's building up from studying.. Everyone is welcome!

And here's a real treat for all of you!

Tomorrow, the TTC will be having their TTC HAPPY HOUR!
Precisely, it's on 28th Oct (Wednesday), 10.30-11.30 am (that's everyone's common free slot!) at U.iD Level 1!

Every NIE student is invited to:
1- join in the fun!
2- help yourself to a delicious buffet spread while the food lasts!
3- grab a BOOMZ bag while the stocks last!

Don't miss the performances by singer Aqmal (who's the champion of Anugerah '04), and of course... by DANCE FUZION!

Do come by to support our own DF performers, as well as for the event TTC planned for every one of us.

On top of all these, TTC will also be giving out FREE Cornetto Ice Cream, at NIE Canteen from 2-4pm!

What you need to bring:
- Your Matriculation Card
- Yourself!

What you can let go of for this one hour:
- Stress! so Let go, let go!!

See you all tomorrow!
Good night!


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Have you heard??

DF will be having an outing to the NIGHT SAFARI on Friday 30th October to celebrate Halloween ;)

The main objective is simply for everyone to bond together and, of course, to have fun! :)

Here are the details:

Although the night safari opens at 7.30pm, we will be meeting at 5.30pm at the main entrance. Each person should need to bring at least $35, which will cover for the admission fee plus train of terror ride.

And, feel free to dress up - spook someone out! or dress up nicely.. :) it's up to you and your creativity! And you won't be the only one dressing up, no worries... ;)

If you would like to come for the outing, you can let our secretary, Mei Ling, know while marking your attendance at dance tomorrow. Alternatively, you can also reply to our welfare manager Joanne's email regarding the outing.

Check it out and have a brief idea of what will be on for that night?

And just to re-update about DF Chalet this coming December...

DF will be having a chalet this coming December from 15-17 December @ Aloha Loyang Garden Terrace, and we'll be having the barbeque pit burning on the second night, that's 16th Dec. Try to at least come for the BBQ ya? It'll be fun! :)

The cost each person will have to pay will depend on the number of days you'll be staying for (overnight for 1 night, 2 nights, or just here for the bbq) and the number of people who'll be going! So try to get all your DF friends to come and just enjoy the holidays together!

So if you already know whether you can make it, and which days you will be staying, please reply to Joanne's email, specifying the days on which you will be there! It's okay if you are still unsure, just keep us updated about your plans when confirmed :)

For other events DF is involved in, ranging from practices, performances and outings, you may click on the "Events" tab above! It has been and will be frequently updated! :)

That's all!! By the way, scroll down for to see another new post on updates for this week's practices! :)

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Hello all of DF!

Firstly, my sincere apologies for posting up the updates so late this week!

Let me dive right into the details before taking even longer to post this update up...

Carol's session as usual on Monday 26th October 2009, 6.30 - 8.00pm, at NIE Cardio Room (NIE Block 5 Level 2)

Yep! After the break from Carol's session last week for the Deepavali festivities, Carol's session resumes tomorrow!

Just try to recall the previous choreos of Ring-a-ling and maybe even Immabe! But if you have forgotten some steps or haven't learnt it, no worries! We can always run through it together again. The most important thing is... COME and ENJOY!

As for those who are performing for the TTC Happy Hour this coming Wednesday, please stay back for practice after Carol's sesssion!

Wednesday 28th October - we have Idil's Session!

6.30 - 8.15 pm @ NIE Dance Room (which is just beside the NIE Cardio Room)

We continue to have our weekly Wednesday beginners' classes... this week, our own DF member, Idil, will be teaching us some basics of REGGAE! Wow, something new for some of us... Let's seize this opportunity to learn some new styles of dance...

Both sessions will be fun and sure to be a great way of letting out the tension that's building up from assignments, deadlines and exam fever.. but stay strong everyone!

And again, for both sessions... EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Looking forward to see you all again! Good night!

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Hey everyone!

I hope everyone who came today for Elson's Class had thoroughly enjoyed the two choreos he taught us today! And hope you felt that every single muscle is exercised =)

The choreos Elson taught us today was slightly above the level for beginners', so don't worry if you cannot get it yet, just keep practicing and enjoy the dance! And of course, give yourself a big pat on the back for all your efforts! =)

And as promised, here are the songs used in today's choreos:

First Choreo (Groove and Freestyle)

- I Can Transform Ya by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne

Second Choreo (Lyrical)

- Dead and Gone by Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.

Yup! Do continue to practice, remember, practice makes perfect. For the song Dead and Gone, remember what Elson had said: Try to keep counting!

Till Carol's session next Monday, have a really good rest! In the meantime, try to revise on Immabe and Ring-A-Ling again. We're not sure what Carol has in store for us again next week, but it's good to review those again! See you next Monday. Stay posted for updates. :)

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Greetings to all of DF!!

I hope y'all had enjoyed your long 3-day weekend.. probably still had work to do but at least, had some rest at the same time?

Once again, HAPPY DEEPAVALI to all our Indian friends! Hope you had really enjoyed the festivities!

As mentioned in the last post, there won't be any dance practice with Carol tonight (Monday 19th October) due to the public holiday. But let's look forward to what's on the menu for this week...

ELSON LOW on WEDNESDAY!! (haha, just kidding! not for food!)

21st October, Wednesday: Beginners' Class with Elson Low - 6.30-8.15 pm

@ NIE Dance Room

Our beginners' class resumes this Wednesday! And we've got our very own member, Elson Low, to conduct the session. With 10 years of dance experience under his belt, Elson is sure to wow you with his skills. Come over and pick up a few techniques, and most importantly, HAVE FUN!

Everyone is welcome, so you can bring your friends!

See you all there!

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Hey all! :)

Once again, thanks for coming over for Willie's Sharing Session together on Wednesday, 14th October 09. Really hope you all had enjoyed it! =)

There's just a couple of reminders about the few announcements after today's session:

1) There will be NO Carol's Session on Monday, 18th October 2009, because it's a public holiday for the Deepavali festivities! So, seize the chance and have a good rest. =)

2) DF will be having an outing to the Night Safari on Friday 30th October 2009! Fees should be about $25 for the admission; and about $33 if we're taking the tram. Do join us if you want to! Just approach any of the committee members for more details. And yeah, we can dress up.. it'll be fun! =)

Take care all and have a good rest tonight! =)

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Hello everybody!!!

I hope everyone had enjoyed Carol's session just now. Here are just a couple of reminders about what we have again this week:

Willy's Sharing Session
on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 @ NIE Dance Room, 6.30 - 8.15 pm
Yup! It's on! This won't be the usual beginner's class, as Willy will be sharing with us something that he learned from an overseas instructor. It's another great learning opportunity. But not to worry, do come along to learn, and most importantly, have fun! As usual, it is open for everyone! Feel free to bring your friends as well!

And (just a few more) announcements for those who weren't in today, and to remind those who were:
1) DF's HALLOWEEN OUTING
We'll be having an outing on 30th October (Friday), to the Night Safari!
It'll be for fun, and for all DF - seniors and newcomers alike - to bond together! We invite all of you to join us! And yup, it'll be up to you if you might want to dress up to spook people up or not..

Before the details are confirmed soon, please do keep that day free if you plan to join in the fun!

2) DF's CHALET
We're planning a Chalet some time this December, for a real outlet and FUN after the gruelling exam period! Stay posted as the details should be confirmed again soon!

Until then, hope to see you all on Wednesday! Have a nice rest, y'all!

-

After Carol's session just now, I left feeling really glad. It was wonderful to see more new faces, to join in our growing DF family. I hope everyone had enjoyed the session, where we 'travelled across the floor', grooving to the music, learnt basic techniques, did the continuation of the choreo for "Ring-a-Ling"!

I understand that it may sometimes be difficult to catch up on the steps, but really, don't worry about it! Feel free to approach the seniors or anyone else, maybe for a recap before the start of each session or something. Don't give up, because with practice, you'll be able to get it down pat! Don't be afraid. Dance is enjoyable, and even more with all of you to dance with. =)


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