Adventures Of The Dancing Wolf.

-Ronald Jefferson Rieza

-Rawnald Rieza(26/02/15) 2.34am

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After the Halloween party, our crew were still in to some sessions and training. Sometimes we do some flash mob which is surprisingly and unexpectedly dancing in a crowded place. We also recruited some kids that were hungry to learn to dance. Those kids were crewmates of Christian, Gelo, and Rick. They were part of "The Alliance". Alliance is led by Ryan who graduated from my first school which is Caritas Don Bosco School. One time, I went to a party of CDBS and there were balloons, confetti, dance floor, and heaps of people and more. This was when I still actively part of SSM. I saw some of my batchmates and they knew that I'm a dancer because they've heard that I'm friends with the Outrageous Crew. They told me to join a cypher and show what I've got. After some announcement, I saw Ryan and some of his friends. They were alumni they had a crew called split seconds when they were still in high school. I saw some of my batchmates doing some stunts and stuff and Ryan and his friends were like trying to call them out. My batchmate, Mark, approached me and asked to join them and help them out with the alumni. So I hop in and did couple of popping and bboy but Ryan was trying to get in to my nerves. I didn't continue dancing with them because I know that I'm not good enough to fight six of them. They were really showing off but I told myself that I'll come back and beat his ass. After that year, before Gelo, Christian, Rick, and some of us met Ryan, they felt the same feeling that I felt when I was battling Ryan. I think he's too boastful. They said he's like a show off and building himself but doesn't really know respect which is a big thing in hip hop. We tried to give him a chance so we could really know him more but to me, It was enough. So fast forward, Ryan made a crew consisting some of the kids and three from our crew. I didn't join them because I don't want to fit in to something that is not ready for me or push myself to be a part of something that I don't want. They had separate training, and guesting too. When I tried to join their training, I understand Ryan's side or perception and concept of his own understanding of Hip hop. One of the intriguing thing that he said was Bboy is the only thing that is part of Hip hop culture which is not true. I tried to explain it to him but he doesn't agree. What I learn about our session is that I can't change him or control what he thinks but I can control myself to inspire others, teach them the real thing or maybe spread the wrong concepts of hip hop. What I know about hip hop is that, bboy was the first genre of dance then locking and popping were typically used in clubs which makes it a social dance but it's also part of hip hop because it also started from the streets. Krumping is also part of hip hop and this genres were created and transformed in the streets too.Sometimes, we should learn how to listen and filter what is right and wrong from someone's opinion. We also need to know the difference of fact and opinion because one day, you might infect some with your wrong information and make them consider your opinion as a fact which could make you a fool by yourself as well as the student who got the info. Opinions are self constructed sentence/phrase that come from ones experience. Hip hop was created by those people who gave in their time, energy and blood to share by those people who will dance and make their ideas be transformed by other people to bring out their own flavor or style.Its just about sharing and helping. Wolf out.

WOOF YAH!

After the I.am.me Workshop, my classmate told me that since she invited me to go to the workshop, I should make a dance video to be fair and here it is. Catch more of my posts in ronaldrieza.tumblr.com WOOF YAH!

our morning jog. Don (doing the dougie), me (With a red bottle) Gelo, Rick (Flexing out), and Chris (Freshing up his armpits). This was a fun day for us.

Now that I'm with a new crew, we started from zero. We didn't acknowledge all of the achievements that the old member had. We wanted to grow together. We fed each other with what we've learned and what we haven't learned. We started to do our own trainings, practices, and morning jogs. Kuya Don stood as our leader but we all know that we should treat each other as the same. We didn't want each of us to brag something but to learn and know how to share. We started from guesting in one of the nearest schools in my village. It wasn't enough for us to be exposed as a new dance crew. Luckily, one of our member, Rick, has a family member who works at Rotary Club International. We had fun performing there. We've met Exchange students from different countries. Our performance was based on a theme of Hawaii and it was great experience to let know our audience that we can dance through different kind of themes. After that day, we kept on doing our trainings and practices. We've had recruited some new members which led us to perform in an awesome Halloween party. Before that happened, we recruited France. France came from a school that host a Halloween party every year and heaps of people come there to have fun. France was the leader of their school's dance group which competes with different international schools. France got recruited by Lijah. Lijah is a great schoolmate of mine. He was a 2nd year High school at that time. I was the one who recruited him in our crew because I saw his passion and perseverance in dancing. I saw his great raw skills and he started from the same genre of dance like me. I adorn France and Lijah knows that and that's why Lijah recruited France in our crew. When France came to our practice, I knew that she was interested to join us. After a couple of days, I was getting busy doing my Thesis paper. I stopped coming by our practices for a couple of days. After I finished my paper, I came to our practice. I noticed that France and Chris were getting closer. I felt jealous but I choose to ignore my feelings for her and for what I was feeling for them because I didn't want to fight for a girl over my friends. I don't want to end our crew for just a girl. What I did was to let them have their own thing and I knew Lijah felt my sadness. Lijah tried to approach me about them but I told him that it's not a big thing for me. I was actually happy because our crew grown from having France. We started to do our trainings and signed up as guest for the Halloween party. The Halloween party gave us a lot of exposure. We've became known to other teenagers and  we started to have guest invitations. We've had a great time but the bad part was, when some of our crewmates quit. They quit because of some personal reasons but we still tried to keep in touch with them. With the little love story that I shared, It shows that dancing is not just a skill. Dancing is a lifestyle. You'll learn a lot of valuable lessons. Learning from your mistakes, deciding, being thoughtful, kind and loyal. That's just some of the things that you could learn. Tell me what you've learned. You may drop it in my ask box or answer here. Catch my next post guys to know what could happen between my crew and SouthSide Movers and what will be my next step? WOLF YAH!

After 1 year, I was in my 4th year of High school. I met Chris. Chris is a friend of Aedrian and he joined us one time in our practice. He also challenged me to a popping battle and I won that time. I didn't knew that he transferred in my school. It was a surprise for me that he still know me. He was also a classmate of my classmate before and that's Gelo. Chris has a crew which is New Identity Crew and their leader was the Ex-leader of Outrageous Crew. New Identity Crew was made just for a competition that they joined in a famous show in the Philippines called "It's Showtime". after they joined, they didn't join other competitions or events. Chris was a cool dude but, there are times that you'll know that he's acting like a kid and it's not cool. How did I know? after meeting him, people in our school wanted to see us dance together. Chris asked me to join his crew. I joined him since I wasn't active in my crew and it was more convenient for me to train with them. Since his crew was not active too, Chris and another member of their crew, Don, recruited other new members. Me and Gelo were recruited and Don was a member Outrageous Crew too. We started off by jamming so we could share our thoughts and knowledge about dancing. In our break time, Chris will do something silly like pulling your pants or shorts out of no where. It's not a good thing to do because there were girls in our group too but it's fine with me but for some, it not. After a while, Renzo came over to my house and he invited me to join them in their training. The next day, I went to the training and Matt R said that some of the guys in Outrageous Crew joined our crew, SouthSide Movers. Champoy and Jhe was there and some guys. They were thinking that we should recreate Outrageous Crew again with new members. After couple of days, I was present in our training and I told them that I joined another crew which is New Identity Crew. I felt like I turned my back to them and I think they felt the same way but I told them that I'll still acknowledge SouthSide Movers as my main crew and they're fine with my decision. For me, I really don't care about who's my main crew. I just care about growing and never stop learning. Their plan didn't succeeded. Champoy became a backup dancer for some famous TV Shows and Celebrities in the Philippines and Jhe was the only one who stayed and the rest of our new members were gone to their own ways. What could happen now to SouthSide Movers? What exciting things that my new crew will bring?

My first ever solo dance guesting at Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila.

I.am.me's Brainstorm Workshop 2012 in Manila

After a long time, I transferred to a different school and Renzo, Matt R and the others graduated from High school. Leaving my school made me lose some connections to other members in our crew. I also told them that I will not join them regularly.With a new surrounding, I became shy but good thing that we have our own dance studio because the brother of my new principal is a ballet teacher. I became busy studying but I still manage to dance every time we have break time. For one year, I've been dancing on my own while focusing on my studies. I started to learn to teach myself through watching other people's dance skills. I started to acquire other techniques and genres. Luckly, one of my classmates is an i.am.me fan. She bought a ticket of the i.am.me's workshop in Manila but she needs someone to accompany her. She choose me because she knew that I have a passion for dancing and I love to meet famous choreographers. That was one of my beautiful experiences in dancing. I learned a lot from i.am.me. I felt very determined after the workshop. After the I.am.me workshop, I started from some events that my parent suggested. I also went to Perpetual College in Binan, Laguna PH. There's a Dance community and it's called LGDM or League of Galvanizers in Diversified Movement. Street Buck was one of the crews who is part of the community. They launch some workshops, auditions & trainings in Perpertual College. I seldom join their workshops and I think they're familiar with me but what could be my next step as being a solo dancer? Catch my next post guys!

One of our TV Show guestings.