Hello! My name is Aimee Chico. I live in Anchorage Alaska and I am currently working towards my degree in Elementary Education. Music has always been a huge part of my life.
Growing up, I was always dancing. I took classes with many different dance styles and many different kinds of music. I love hip hop, but I have trained in tap, ballet, and contemporary. I am now a student and coach at Underground Dance Company. I teach students as young as 4 years old to adults around 30 years old. I am also a freestyle battler. I participate in local jams, competing against others freestyling to random music. Doing so has brought me many opportunities such as scholarships and performing on the KTVA Channel11 News. Dance is one of the biggest passions in my life. When I am not at work or school, I am often found in the dance studio.
Since different styles of dance are prominent in my life, different genres of music are as well. My own playlists will often include rap, R&B, and pop. Although I do encourage myself to be versatile with my music to expand my ability to dance to anything. I listen to music a lot, and really loud, to choreograph for my students. I enjoy music with a lot of fun sounds and background noises that I can use to inspire my movements in a dance. I also have played the guitar, trumpet, and french horn. I was in band class during grade school, so I learned a lot about reading music. I don't think I could go a single day without listening to music.
Currently, I have been enjoying listening to Doja Cat. She uses a lot of fun adlibs and sounds, but I also love that she both sings and raps. I have attached my favorite song of hers at the moment: Get Into It (Yuh).
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ReplyDeleteDance and elementary education go together. Sean Topkok taught dance at Joy Elementary in my music room before he went on to get his doctorate. I also worked with a teacher at Nordale who had performed with a dance troop in Seattle. He had his students put spelling words into movement. I danced until I was 30.
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