So I was really really excited to go to the Monsters of Hip Hop convention, but at the same time really nervous. The Monsters of Hip Hop convention was held at the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio at 4:30 on Saturday March 6th. This was my first time walking as far as a I did by myself in the city. This was also my first time going to the Alvin Ailey dance studio so I was nervous that I would get lost. This dance studio was by far the coolest looking I had ever seen. I really like how windows surrounded every studio and you could see everything from the street. Then when I got there and was waiting on line (for an hour) I noticed that I was pretty young compared to everyone else. I knew that there would be a lot of people there but I just wasn't used to dancing with that many people at a time. The choreographer we learned from was Marty Kudelka. he is a very well known dancer for choreographing stuff for Justin Timberlake, NSync, Pink, So You Think You Can Dance, and more. It seemed as if there was about 50 if not more people in the studio. Even though he was standing on a stage, it was still incredibly difficult to see anything at all. I found that i had to learn a lot from watching the people in front of me instead of him. He did show us what he wanted us to learn and it looked amazing. I had a little trouble when learning the piece because of certain holds and ways of popping. I really had so much fun and I would love to take another class from him if he came back.
