As it's getting towards the end of tour all members of the company are getting tired and run down with a few illnesses and injuries circulating. Everyone is getting excited about going home for Christmas and the festivities ahead.
Unfortunately yesterday during our warm up ballet class one of the male dancers went over on his ankle and had to be rushed to hospital 25 minutes before the show. Being such a small company all of the dancers have many roles to play in each ballet and we have no understudies that come on tour with us. This, of course caused mayhem as the roles were reassigned to other company members at the 15 minute call. Dancers were manically watching recorded choreography on laptops before the curtain went up. The first role (Fritz in Nutcracker) ended up being played by a girl in a wig!!! We all worked together and the show actually looked 'quite good' in the words of our ballet mistress. It turns out our inured dancer has a sprained ankle, so unfortunatley with a week left of tour it looks unlikely he will be able to do any more performances.
Although yesterday was completely frantic it actually showed us that even when we are tired/ill/injured we can work collectively as a team and put on an enjoyable show.
In terms of my inquiry it is interesting for me to look how people are behaving differently now compared to the beginning of tour. Are less people completing a full ballet class? More people doing exercises to get rid of injuries? Less people warming up? People tired? How has the mental attitude of the company altered? This are some things I have been writing about in my journal so it will be interesting for me to be able to look back at these notes.
Friday 9 December 2016
Wednesday 7 December 2016
First Tuesday Skype chat.
Shamefully the Skype session yesterday was the first Tuesday Skype chat that I have actually been able to attend due to Tuesday morning normally being a manic working day for me. However, I am so glad I joined yesterday and I believe I took a lot away from it and will definitely try to make time for them in the future.
It was a very intimate session with only myself, Adesola and Bethany (a module 3 student) participating so it was really nice to actually have the time to talk and question each other about what we are doing/why and how our inquiry is developing. For me, it was very good to speak to someone who was ahead of me in terms of modules because I got a preview of what to come and expect in the next module when producing my artefact. It was also good to have some advice about my current inquiry from someone who has been there themselves recently. I hope I was also of help to Bethany too!
One main thing that I took away from the session was how important it is to take a step back from your work and look at whatever you are doing, whether it be your inquiry or artifiacte or even a blog post and try to look at it from the perspective of someone who has no idea who you are or what the BAPP course is about and see if what you are doing/writing actually makes sense. I think sometimes I forget that people can't see inside my head so it is important for me to make sure everything I am thinking clear on paper so the assessors and readers can actually follow my ideas and train of thought.
Thank you so much for the Skype yesterday Adesola and Bethany.
Here is a link to Bethany's blog:
http://hucklebethany.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/module-2-inquiry-research-media.html
It was a very intimate session with only myself, Adesola and Bethany (a module 3 student) participating so it was really nice to actually have the time to talk and question each other about what we are doing/why and how our inquiry is developing. For me, it was very good to speak to someone who was ahead of me in terms of modules because I got a preview of what to come and expect in the next module when producing my artefact. It was also good to have some advice about my current inquiry from someone who has been there themselves recently. I hope I was also of help to Bethany too!
One main thing that I took away from the session was how important it is to take a step back from your work and look at whatever you are doing, whether it be your inquiry or artifiacte or even a blog post and try to look at it from the perspective of someone who has no idea who you are or what the BAPP course is about and see if what you are doing/writing actually makes sense. I think sometimes I forget that people can't see inside my head so it is important for me to make sure everything I am thinking clear on paper so the assessors and readers can actually follow my ideas and train of thought.
Thank you so much for the Skype yesterday Adesola and Bethany.
Here is a link to Bethany's blog:
http://hucklebethany.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/module-2-inquiry-research-media.html
Monday 5 December 2016
Skype with Adesola
After a pretty manic week on tour being away in different hotels every night I was really looking forward to my Skype session this morning with Adesola to get me back on track with my work. After sending her my bullet pointed draft last week I was ready to talk through her written advice and apply it to my work.
I am a lot clearer about what I want to include in my plan and where I want to take my inquiry. And speaking through my ideas really helped. I voiced my concerns on areas I was less confident and also about how I was feeling in regards to time management in module three. When planning my inquiry I need to be realistic about what I can achieve in the time frame and bare this in mind when deciding which tools of inquiry best suit my circumstances.
My topics to talk about with Adesola were:
1) Is my title OK> Broad enough? Not limiting myself?
2) Clarify about what data collection is, literature review and analysis. (This was in regards to her notes on my draft)
3) Bit confused about aims and objectives.
4) Interest in mindfulness and how to incorporate within inquiry.
I am looking forward to joining the first Tuesday of the month Skype tomorrow!
Thanks for the chat Adesola.
I am a lot clearer about what I want to include in my plan and where I want to take my inquiry. And speaking through my ideas really helped. I voiced my concerns on areas I was less confident and also about how I was feeling in regards to time management in module three. When planning my inquiry I need to be realistic about what I can achieve in the time frame and bare this in mind when deciding which tools of inquiry best suit my circumstances.
My topics to talk about with Adesola were:
1) Is my title OK> Broad enough? Not limiting myself?
2) Clarify about what data collection is, literature review and analysis. (This was in regards to her notes on my draft)
3) Bit confused about aims and objectives.
4) Interest in mindfulness and how to incorporate within inquiry.
I am looking forward to joining the first Tuesday of the month Skype tomorrow!
Thanks for the chat Adesola.
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