| When you freestyle in locking what you are doing | | | | you have learnt how to do and perhaps even |
| is expressing yourself with no limits. There is no | | | | some of your own moves. |
| one telling you what to do, what moves to do or | | | | The great thing about freestyle is due to the |
| how to do them, it's all down to you. | | | | absence of limits, you can express things which |
| On the contrary locking dance routines are usually | | | | you otherwise would not have the chance to |
| predetermined. So if you dance with another | | | | express. You may have your own ideas that |
| locker and want to take part in a show then you | | | | come out when you freestyle. |
| may decide to choreograph a routine that both of | | | | Initially when you begin freestyling it is likely to be |
| you can dance simultaneously. | | | | a conscious process where you are thinking about |
| Learning a locking routine takes time because the | | | | the moves and what you're going to do next as |
| steps need to conform to what's decided | | | | you dance your way around. The vast majority |
| beforehand. In routines you stick to the plan | | | | of people experience this when they begin and it |
| otherwise if you go into a performance and then | | | | is part of the learning process. |
| decide to experiment with it there and then, the | | | | Once you've become acclimatized to this situation |
| routines will probably not be synchronized well | | | | where you can think rapidly and are more relaxed |
| together and the result is not likely to be pretty. | | | | about freestyling, you will find that things kind of |
| On the other hand freestyle is spontaneous. It's | | | | come out as you dance to the music and you are |
| about how you want to dance in the moment and | | | | no longer consciously thinking about them. |
| there are no predetermined moves that you | | | | At this point it becomes more about the music |
| have to adhere to. In essence you are free to do | | | | and being able to express yourself with the |
| what you want. | | | | moves rather than reeling off the different |
| This can be quite a tricky proposition for those | | | | moves of the locking repertoire one by one. |
| that are not used to dancing in this manner and | | | | It encourages the freedom of expression and so |
| are used to learning routines. There is nothing | | | | is an aspect of locking that all lockers should |
| wrong with learning routines, it's just that when | | | | aspire to take part in at some point. It doesn't |
| you jump into freestyle you have to get away | | | | even need to even in the glaring lights of a club or |
| from that field of thought because it's a different | | | | a stage when you begin, you can start off in your |
| creature altogether. | | | | bedroom if you're nervous and learn that way |
| What you have learned will almost certainly come | | | | before doing it when other people are around. |
| out when you freestyle. There will be moves that | | | | |