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REFLECTION
Within this video I am pleased with my level of progression within the commercial style over the past 3 years. I have seen a lot of development in my use of dynamics and movement quality so far, however I wish to improve on my confidence and performance. I tend to look down while performing and in this video I noticed I avoid looking up/ at my audience. This is an area for improvement that I need to work on as it will impact my dance career, in terms of auditions and performing live on a stage. I am going to make an effort in every class to look up and perform with my eyes/ face and work on gaining confidence that translates in my performance.

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I am aiming to work on my musicality and artistry this year in ballet. My technique has improved however my confidence in ballet performance has room for improvement. As this is part of our assessment criteria I am gong to make sure I focus on this in class and push myself out of my comfort zone to add artistry to my work, as this is a key element in ballet along side technique. Modern Bodies : Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey states that ‘every person who has a germ of artistry seeks to recreate and present an impression of universal human experience- to fulfil other human needs and wants’ (Foulkes, 2002).

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They believe ‘ballet education is more than just mastering technique and classical vocabulary’ and that an individual should explore their ‘unique artistic expression’.
I will use their 9 key elements of artistry to work on my own unique style:
- Breath
- Somatic awareness
- Body carriage
- Line
- Eye line
- Carving through three dimensional space
- Dynamics
- Musicality
- Acting

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Artistry is an important part of the Geeky Ballerina complete ballet curriculum.

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ARTICLES

Khamis, S., Ang, L. and Welling, R. (2016) ‘Self-branding, “micro-celebrity” and the rise of Social Media influencers’, Celebrity Studies, 8(2), pp. 191–208. doi:10.1080/19392397.2016.1218292.

Kim, J. and Kim, M. (2022) ‘Rise of social media influencers as a new marketing channel: Focusing on the roles of psychological well-being and perceived social responsibility among consumers’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), p. 2362. doi:10.3390/ijerph19042362

Laos, R.R. (2019) ‘Escholorship’, Social Media and Its Effects in the Commercial Dance World [Preprint].

Laos, R.R. (2019) ‘Social Media And its Effects in the Commercial Dance World ’, https://escholarship.org/uc/uci_etd[Preprint].

BOOKS

Foulkes, JL 2002, Modern Bodies : Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central. [16 November 2023].

Holloman, C. and Adeyeri, E. (2012) The Social Media MBA: Your competitive edge in Social Media Strategy Development & Delivery. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley.

Iseli, F. (2021) Social media for small businesses . Wiley.

Van, DJ 2013, The Culture of Connectivity : A Critical History of Social Media, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central. [14 November 2023].

WEBSITES

Admin (2021) Social Media for dancers: The pros and cons, Dance Informa Magazine. Available at: https://www.danceinforma.com/2021/08/01/social-media-how-does-it-affect-the-dance-world/ (Accessed: 13 November 2023).

Basset, A. (2023) How has social media impacted the dance industry?, Medium. Available at: https://medium.com/@abasset2/how-has-social-media-impacted-the-dance-industry-3096112e0778# (Accessed: 13 November 2023).

Elements of artistry (no date) geeky ballerina. Available at: https://www.geekyballerina.com/elements-of-artistry (Accessed: 13 November 2023).

Fuhrer, M. (2017) Ian Eastwood started an intense-and important-convo about class videos, Dance Spirit. Available at: https://dancespirit.com/ian-eastwood-class-video-convo/ (Accessed: 24 November 2023).

Heflin, C.M. (2021) The rise of TikTok dancers: Is it based on clout or talent?: Dance articles, DancePlug. Available at: https://www.danceplug.com/article/the-rise-of-tiktok-dancers-is-it-based-on-clout-or-talent (Accessed: 30 November 2023).

Kaiser, E. (2018) 5 ways social media can help a dancer’s career, Medium. Available at: https://medium.com/lab-work/5-ways-social-media-can-help-a-dancers-career-fed261d4b249 (Accessed: 30 November 2023