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Part 1

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- Explorer - Presents ideas to the team and develops new contacts
- Chairperson - Strong Coordinator. Bring and keep team together - communicaitve, respectful and open minded.
- Executive - Organiser. Efficent, practical and systematic.
- Innovator - Creative generator.
-Driver - Strong motivator challenge others.

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Biography,(2020), Charlotte Perkins Gilman Biography [online] available at: https://www.biography.com/writer/charlotte-perkins-gilman.

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Competence - Ripping of the paper was something I felt competent in doing. Knowing and understanding the motivation behind what we were doing, alongside the embracing the 'woman behind the wallpaper' was a useful tool when filming.
Autonomy - Removing myself from the larger group dynamic is one way i demonstrated autonomy. Initiating my own decision to continue the behave in a professional manner.
Relatedness -
When travelling across the floor the atmosphere was very supportive, there was an element of nervousness throughout the group when doing this which offered a group understanding. We were able to offer advise, creative input and support for one another when experimenting with the different levels of movement.

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The continuous movement task:

Finger = Initially this was a challenge, the uncertainty of what movement to do impacted my confidence in this exercise. Focus was shifted from the finger initiating the mvoement to focusing on finding mvoemenrt that wasnt repetative.

Forehead = Movement initiated from my forehead was restricting. I found myself only experimenting with undulations/ripples of the body as there was a lack in confidence.

Nose = My confidence with continuous movement began to grow, one element that influenced my engagement in the mvoement was the song that was played. The change in tempo allowed me to feel less pressuered to think of a sequence, close my eyes and move.  On the otherhand, I had some anxiety around closing my eyes = insecurity through lack of confidence.

The video below is the beginning of our performance routine. The movement is a style I have never experimented with much, so i found this session to be focused around me finding my feet with how my body worked with the given choreography.
In the coming weeks my aim is to continue to step out of my confort zone, experimenting with the movement.

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Part 2

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This week I was absent, as a result the videos below are examples from previous week.

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Centre of creative leadership (2021)Core leadership skills you need in every role  [online] Available at:
https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/fundamental-4-core-leadership-skills-for-every-career-stage/

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WWW - We had some positive feeback about the piece so far.
EBI - The pieces development is dependant on the focus of all team members. Throughout the sharing, it would have been more beneficial if more people were vocal about their opinions.
COMPANY GOALS - Some of out company goals are to continue to communicate about the strengths and weaknesses.
FOCUS - Everyone was very engaged throughout the sharing. This being the first opportunity we have to see the material of TB2, the was a good turnout for the sharing.
PROFESSIONALISM - When watching the sharing, all members of the company were engaged. Alongside this throughout the filmings so far, we all offered a video to put towards the video.

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1. Continue working collectivley as a group

2. We already created a group chat through the firtst few weeks as a way of communicating.

3. Maintain a strong bond witht he memebers in this group.

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Reflection = physically looking at yourself in the mirror. As well as, emotional and mental reflection - reflecting on a situation/action/ choice/ personality trait/ habit/ growth or lack of growth.
Summary = Looking at oneself as well as the circumstances that surround you.

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What is your monster under the bed? Your skeleton in the closet? The third face that only you see?
- Shallow = No makeup. Insecure about skin/complexion.
- Deeper - Seperation anxiety etc - own company/ others company.

During this time of isolation and segregation, what has your reflection revealed to you?
- Throughout lockdown and isolation I found out alot about myself.  My insecurities, the things that are most important to me and how I cope with/without certain things. All important things for self reflection.

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Understanding what and how, as a dancer and choreographer you can offer.

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Usefull when working successfully in a group in order to understand basic rights for ourselves, feel as though we offer something and are content with what we offer to then acheive our full potential.

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Reflecting in action = when you reflect during a class/performance/ workshop etc.

Reflecting on action = when you reflect after the event has happened through videos/experience etc.

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This class contained alot of improvisational work in order for us to re-adjust to our surroundings, and eachother. This week was an opportunity for JP to learn the way we move individually, as well as, as a collective. As someone who has had a lot of classical/ ‘structured’ training, it was hard to not feel disheartened or embarrassed when told the movement I felt comfotable doing for improv came across as ‘trying to show off’. Creating movement in this time made me realise the style JP taught, was something I would have to become more familiar with. This is something I aim to improve on in the coming weeks, in order to do this my concentration has to be on experimenting with weight, origin of movement and overall focus, by doing so, I will gain awareness and confidence when allowing my body to move in an unknown way.

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What does being human mean for you?

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1 - Having greated out solo, we then began including them into the actual performance piece. It was a whole group rehearsal, yet the choreography that I created was just for me to perform.
2 - I felt confident in my solo, how the movements portrayed reflection and what that means to me.
3 - Positives - The movement instagated from the stimulus.
Negative - Reconsidered parts of solo for not moving much, however there doesnt hvae to be grand movements.
4 - Referring back to Labans star & reflecting in & on action was something that contributed to things going well. I believe my solo contributed to portraying the piece.
5 - Drawing insporation from practitioners work is a way i could have furthered my development.
6- In future, i will spend more time researching into relevant practitioners/themes in order to create a different solo.

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How was your energy and focus for the session? 

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How was your energy and focus for the session? 

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Movement Quality - This section on the choreography was intended to be loose and weighted, to then contrast into miniscule, insignificant movement. An accent on the 3rd count meant there was a consistant pattern which allowwed you to play around with movement size, quality & dynamic.
Intention - The intention was all around reflection. I focused this section of the mvoement around doing something out of your comfort zone, then critisising yourself afterwards. I did this through doing large, traveling movements that can be persieved as different, and then the smaller movements on the spot are very contained to portray embarrassment and or regret.
Spacing - Ensuring you were passed the people besides you before doing any large explosive movement was the main type of spacing for this section. Throughout the rest if the piece spacing was extreamly important as we crossed through eachother regularly, being aware of your surroundings was vital.
WWW - Watching my confidence grow when experimenting with the style, using previous dance styles and experiences to perform the style to the best of my ability. My aim for the future rehearsals is to continue to grow in this style and allow myself to enjoy the performance, this is how i will continue to make myself feel condfident.
EBI - Relaxing into the movement more would be my next steps. When reflection on action, i find at times my movement is extreamly rigid. This then has a knock on effect, because my movement can be tense, some of the timing can be behind what JP has set.

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How to work as a team?

–How to ensure all feel equal and valued as a team member?

–What is collective action and what does it look like as a performance company.

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Creating short solos based on a breif discussion around the inspiration of the piece; The yellow wallpaper. Using the Laban star, we focused on different elements of the solo, eperimenting with he timing, space and properties of the movement.
This was something enjoyed doing, as i was able to change elements to fit the intention more clearly.
Due to not knowing the stimulus very well, I struggled creeating the movement, and my performance of my solo was weak. However throughout the next 5 weeks wholst working with Stephen as out choreographer I will continue to work on my confidence and projection of my own choreography.

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Due to illness I wasnt present this session. Instead, I read the novel. 

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Due to illness I wasnt present this session. Instead, I read the novel. 

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A discussion on the book, the themes/ major elememts that we thought was relevant. I spoke about how John was manipulative and toxic, although he believed what he was doing was right, some of the things he did/said belittled.

The rest of the session was spent in a partnership with Izzy. We explored the feeling of lonliness whilst also having a constant companion, to repsresent a woman in the wallpaper.

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This week we explored Maslows Hierachy of Needs. This gave us the opoortunity to identify members of the company as well as the chopreographers responsibilities and needs.

This was useful when reflecting on the company dynamic. How our needs as an individual can impact the way inwhich a group can work together. Using this model to regulalry access how I was supporting my own needs as well as the needs of the others involved.

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Izzy and I worked on our duet, the focus was on the intention and origin of each movement.

We did travel phrases across the floor. I was given  the feedback to focus on isolations - anatomically - the skeleton joints and structures enable rotation. Spine rotation can go up and down as well as round.

We were given 'homework' to experiment with pearing through and ripping paper - like wallpaper

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We focused mainly on fimling the group, solo, paper ripping as well as the traveling phrases. We focused on different directions of travelling across the room for stephen to film from various angles.

Worked with paper - Responding to the feedback given by Stephen on not thinking about the movement.

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This week was online as a result of the christmas travel window for students.

When watching the video, although Stephen said there was still some editing to do, I believe the intention was clear. The use of the spoken word in the music alongside the visuals of the paper gradually ripping through the video.

Improvisation is something I struggled with over the past few weeks. Trying to find ways to overcome my 'block' when improvising was the main challenge of the past 5 weeks. Using choreography and imporvisation together was something I experimented with. Closing my eyes helped to seperate me form the group, and using a word to stimulate the movement.

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Part 3

TIMING

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Part 4

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Part 1

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Part 2

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My first section

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Maddy's first section

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Kelsey's first section

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My second section

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Maddy's second section - Part 1

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Maddy's second section - part 2

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https://kingston.box.com/s/vwzpzoyzp884mm884egruoveye2xab2o

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1. How am i in the studio with my company? 

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1. How am i in the studio with my company? 

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This week we began filming.

Manipulated movement we learnt last week, changing directions and formations for the camera.

Vibing - difficult.

spacing - stuggled to use my space effectivley at times because of social distancing.

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How did you connect to your new company?

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How did you connect to your new company?

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What are you looking forward to for next week? 

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What are you looking forward to for next week? 

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3/4. What are the key skills your'e bringing to the company? 

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3/4. What are the key skills your'e bringing to the company? 

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This session was focused on filming the content for the video. The piece was ran multiple times with cleaning and then filmed  towards the end of the class. this created the feeling of stress.
By the end of the lesson we had a range of different videos, so there was options for JP to select for the final video. I feel as though if there was a couple sessions where it was filmed it would have taken the  concern away from making mistakes. Overall,  if parts of the dance were filmed straight after it was cleaned, there wouldn't have been a rush to film it all at the end. In the next 5 weeks I will aim to film myself in order to reflect.

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Having been given the topic of the piece, it was our task to create a solo of 2 x 8 that we would later develop.

Whilst reflecting in action, it was clear that my solo was around certain properties of being human. Using touch, timidness and weight as the key components movement.

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3 Goals on how to work over the next 5 weeks

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3 Goals on how to work over the next 5 weeks

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Richard Serra's Verb List Compilation: Actions to Relate to Oneself (1968-69).

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Richard Serra's Verb List Compilation: Actions to Relate to Oneself (1968-69).

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To me being human means:
-  to have the ability to communicate systematically using words, symbols, body gestures/posture, and facial expressions.
2. to make our own decisions and bear the consequences of them.
- to be unique and special as a species.

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5/6. How am i motivating myself in the studio? 

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5/6. How am i motivating myself in the studio? 

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1. Self Awareness - I am in the process of strengthening my self awareness through experiementing with the style of movement used in this piece.
2. Communication - I have utilised my communication when discussing my opinions on the novel and the ways we can use them throughout the piece.
3. Influence - Working in conjunction with Izzy allowed us to both inflience one another with our creation process.
4. Learning Agility - The use of different learning resources to adapt movement was one way i have demonstrated learning agility. Being able to switch between creating and responding to feedback.

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How do we come across as a company on screen - relationship/dynamics/use of body/space/movement.
The relationship between the group has continued to be a strong one throughout the whole 12 weeks. On camera you can see how out styles compliment one another, and collectivley we have grown together and experimented on how to use our bodys to portray the novel. With social distancing there was very little options on how to adapt the movement, but the movement we did was based around the government guidelines of social distancing. This didnt have as big of an impact on togetherness as expected.

Elements of performance to improve -
Group = To ensure there was enough movement to be filmed we did a few last minute filming ideas. Although the mocement was complex, the performance was slightly compromised.
Me = Whe filming our duet, I found it easy to break performance. This something I need to imporve on.

Cinematic techniques - The use of camera was a huge tool used for the portrail of this piece. Moments of stillness, panning round the group, and the angles used on the travelling phrases are all examples of how the image of a woman in the wall paper, the relationship of John was presented.

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LESSON WAS REARRANGED FOR DIFFERENT DATE 

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LESSON WAS REARRANGED FOR DIFFERENT DATE 

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Counting along with JP helped me maintain focus.

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To remain engaged in the session I will close the blinds to stop distraction.

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Video of unlear, uncertain, unporfessional on movement

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Video of unlear, uncertain, unporfessional on movement

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In future to prevent confusion, if I am uncertain of any specific section I will ask for clarification.