My dance story : Klava
- Jan 23
- 6 min read
Dance came into my life in two thousand... I don't remember what year it was)
but I was 15 at the time, and I was attending a new school, my beloved 548!
The 9th grade was not my place for entertainment, as I had a chemical and biological background. Dancing was not my thing either.
All that has changed since the moment I saw Gudym and Pashulya dancing in the school hallway!
From that moment forward, from that moment on, I thought only of dancing and how I could train with them?
Since there were not as many social networks back then, I had difficulty finding their team, and I was shy about approaching them directly. In the end, I discovered that Gudym's team is called Island Dance. The team will have an audition at the beginning of the year.
Accordingly, I had one year at my disposal to learn what dancing is, what kind of dancers exist, and most importantly, to teach my body to move somehow, since I had zero dance experience behind me!
The following year I decided to try my luck and go to that casting! How scared and ashamed I was, but despite all these fears, I was allowed to train with the main team! Which I was, of course, happy about! At such moments you realize that everything is real if you really want something! I was certainly proud of myself, but not for long)) Because a month later Gudym gently told me that I would no longer train with them!
To some extent, I even exhaled, it was very difficult for me to be with the guys in the hall (I was shy, afraid of making a mistake, looking stupid and many other worries that were sitting in my head. Plus, Gudym was a very strict teacher, well, or so it seemed to me, in any case, it seems to me, I am still afraid to dance in front of him.
After finishing training in the team of my dreams, I did not stop ...
During that month, I realized two things for which I am very grateful to Pashula and Gudym.
The first is that I found a style that I liked, and about which I knew nothing yet (Krump).
Secondly, you should always give your best effort in classes, get out of your comfort zone, ask questions if something does not work out.
I was upset, but I also had this feeling that I had to show that I was capable of something. At that time, I only knew about Todes and Street Jazz. I settled on Street Jazz.
I remember how my mother and I went to look at the studio (school on the 1905 metro station) and find out the details and prices. When we went in, Shalburov and Sherman were sitting there.
Sherman was just silent and looked at me with displeasure, while Shalburov smiled and even suggested something.
It's not hard to guess that I ended up going to him. The classes at this school weren't cheap, and at that time I wasn't earning any money myself, so we could only afford one class a week (it was summer), and I was happy about that too!
I danced with Shalburov all summer, I really liked his teaching style, I didn’t feel any stress, I even made friends there!
But, unfortunately, with the beginning of the school year, his schedule changed, and I had to choose a new teacher, and it could have been Reshetnikova, but hearing her screams from the hall, I understood that I was not ready for this yet )))
And then Anastasia Samokhina hooked me! Additionally, she was not only a good teacher, but a dandelion as well!
At that time I had never met a teacher who believed in me so much and helped me grow as a dancer! I love, respect and thank Samokh uncontrollably for what she invested in me, for which she tried to make me do the splits every day, but my legs never stretched! She was the one who helped me to open up, to accept my strange dances, to gain more self-confidence. Her classes were excellent, and I studied with her for about two years.
Also, it was in Street Jazz that I learned about Vlad Nesterovich (my future Big Homie). There was even a group he opened there, which I naturally attended, but because it was often just me, the group was closed. As soon as I saw Vlad's krump, I realized that I would only be willing to be part of his fam if I were to join one.
I was already at the university... Probably the first year. The Street Jazz teachers ran away. Accordingly, I started looking for another place for myself.
At the same time, I started participating in battles, and in all the directions I could.
My name always seemed long and unmemorable to me, and I didn't have a cool nickname. Until one day I went to a hip-hop battle and registered under the name "KLAVA"
After which, it is still with me! I love this name! And as I expected, it was quickly remembered.
In search of new inspiration, I came across Ilya Vyaltsev and his hip-hop group on Novokuznetskaya, I remembered him as the winner of the MTV show "Star of Dance Floor". I danced with him all summer, and for the first time I came across a teacher who not only taught great classes, but was also very cheerful and perky!
His group was just like him! Everyone was open and friendly, so I quickly made friends there, with whom we often spent time! And as you know, dancing is not only training, but also spending time together!
It was also the period of the coolest dance parties in Moscow.
Remember clubs like: Sorry Babushka, Garage?
Then KUMIR TV appeared in my life.
I won't be afraid to say the best dance school in Moscow!
If you were part of the history of this studio, you will understand that a dancer could not wish for more. The place where we all spent time, hung out, trained, even lived! Often, instead of going to university, I went straight there and spent the whole day training!
And I got there by winning a month-long unlimited membership at a trash battle.
I went to absolutely all the groups and classes! Locking and Moroz were my favorites!
After the end of the unlimited dance, I successfully got a job there as an administrator! Yes, I was not the best of them, but I could continue my unlimited stay in this dance paradise, where we were allowed everything! By the way, I forgot to mention that its director was Ilya Vyaltsev) He was the person who was always ready to listen and talk, the person who always had a lot of ideas. And they were all cool, the person who never stopped and inspired others with his energy and cheerfulness!
It was all so long ago that I think I slightly broke the chronology and could have missed some events, but I want to say that after leaving Gudym, I did all the styles that were possible, although I realized that I was doing something wrong. I trained a lot and participated in all the events in a row, I was looking for myself, a style, but every time I saw krump, I understood that this is it, this is mine, but in street jazz with krump it didn’t work out, and Vlad wasn’t very sociable. The whole krump crowd was so far from me. I tried to find passion in other directions, until I just stopped at some point...
Gathering my will into a fist, throwing aside my old fears, casting aside the thoughts that everyone considers me strange, I went to Anton Pashula's master classes!
After all, deep in my soul I understood that this is the style I want, and since there is no other option, what to expect!
After attending the classes, I was absolutely delighted, having already decided for myself not to turn off this path!
It was the beginning of summer, after the classes we went with Pashulya together, where he naturally found out who I trained with and where I trained.
In just one trip on the subway, Anton assured me that I was not bad at krump and that I simply had to go to Stamina in Odessa in August!
He told me in detail how cool and fun it would be there, that he would help me find someone to live with, so that I would not worry and quickly buy a train ticket with them! He told me to start going to his summer group to prepare for the battles! God, how happy I was then, finally the doors to krump opened for me! I just had to not be stupid and fully integrate into the process, in which Anton was the best guide!
That same day, I bought tickets to Odessa and back, and plunged into summer krump training!
I would have attached more videos, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything, but in the krump story I will share my favorite battles, that's for sure)
To be continued ( Queen Beef ^ Scream Makers ^ Girl Bdash)...
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