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This video refers to the individual reviews for technical skills we did with partners

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This afternoon we sat down to watch the musical theatre version of 'Steppin' to the bad side'.

After watching it, we split into groups and evaluated the performers on screen. I commented on their: alignment, accuracy/presicion and facial expression.

Afterwards, we were split into groups and asked to evaluate everyone on different warm up parts.

I gave feedback to 3 people:

Jemma - Good alignment when stretching her back.

Arnold - Good alignment when planking (straight back).

Stephanie - Good alignment when lunging.

The feedback I recieved was that I had good facial expressions and focus towards the dance.

We then split up into two groups, one group learning the harder part of the ending and the other group practicing the part before the ending.

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What went well this week:
This week I worked well and received good feedback on my facial expressions and timing.

Even better if:
Would of been better if I worked on my spatial awareness.

My target next week:
My target next week will be accuracy, I can do this by practicing the movements and recording them to see where I need improvements.

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My Character: Jay

His hometown is Alabama, he talks about him and Nina being in Alabama and then Nina says he wasn't but 14 when they were there.

His name is Jay Jackson

Nickname is 'The Sport', Nina references him while she talks about one of her sons.

Nina is his sister, Jay says she might be the only woman in history to come into a locker room and tell her brother she wants him to lose.

He is a boxer, Nina says to Jay "You gon' box this problem away"

Jay is getting ready for a fight, Jay tells Nina "There's a fight tonight"

It is an important match to him, Him and Nina are argueing and then he says to her "I want this"

He has two nephews, Nina shows him two photos of her sons.

Nina is scared of what will happen if Jay wins the fight, Nina tells him, "I think you up and forgot about the rest of us, The ones ain't as strong as you

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This video also refers to our rehearsal before learning the final devised dance break

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This video is a our rehearsal before creating the V shape

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This morning we started off with a quick run through. just to get the ball rolling. We then sat down again to finish off the conversation we had yesterday about the assignments we needed to do.

Afterwards, showing spatial awareness, we move into a space in the room, making sure we were not in arms length with anyone else for the warm up.

I had trouble doing the Tendus I found it difficult to point my toes when lifting sideways in 1st position (1st Position means feets together pointing outwards).

When the warm up was done we continued on from where we finished yesterday, the V shape linking to the dance break. Helen decided to move us around to make it look more appealing to the audience and for us to be able to move to the space we need to for the dance break.

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In today's class we sat down and talked about the assignment brief because some classmates did not understand half of it and we also talked about 'Inter Disciplinary', meaning different methods of performing arts.

After the talk, we did a quick run through of the dance to see how much we remembered. Surprisingly after 5 days, everyone was able to remember the dance.

We then began the warm up. Helen decided to add another part on to the warm up,the part being the steps after the clicking in beginning of our dance from Dreamgirls. We did this twice on one foot, jumped twice and then twice on the other foot and jumped twice. This helped us perfect that part of the dance so we didn't forget it when performing. It also helps with body alignment.

We were then split into groups to help with reviewing each others alignment and strengths in the skills we were using in the warm ups and plies.

After the warm ups we rehearsed the whole dance again, adding a formation to the part between the dance break and the pose during the 3 Groups devised dance.

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This video refers to the V Shape formation dance

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What went well this week:
This week I didn't manage to meet my target but I managed to show good co-ordination skills with my arms and legs when doing tendus.

Even better if:
It would of been better if we had more time to rehearse our performances

My target next week:
My target for next week is spatial awareness,i can do this by practicing the spins with my group for the devised sequence.

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Musical Theatre is genre in drama of which singing and dancing is involved. Here are 5 Musical Theatre productions that are curently on stage on the west end.
RemoveThe target audience of Musical Theatre is normally 18+, but nowadays the target audience seems to be getting younger.

The target audience could also depend on the type of performance it is e.g, the audience will shout out answers to the protagonist if it were a pantomime

conventions are techniques that have been used to create dramatic effects in plays. The different types are: Slow motion, Freeze frame, making two locations on the same stage  in real time and freezing then coming out of character to speak the character's thoughts (soliloquy).

If we did Dreamgirls, I could see us putting a soliloquy at the ending of Steppin' to the bad side with the music faintly playing in the background.

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Here are 3 exercises to develop my techniques and movements for my performances:

Lunges
Doing lunges helps me improve my flexibility for the dance. I'll will need to do the lunges because it helps with my body alignment with a certain dance move.

Running
Running helps to improve endurance and stamina, it also strengthens the lower body and core muscles.I will need stamina for the long duration of the dance.

Push ups
Doing push ups improves the upper core body strength. I do this to increase strength and for any surprise dance moves we may be doing that includes lifts.

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Pirouette, spinning on one foot, while raising the other foot and touching the knee of the supporting leg.

In this morning's class, Helen decided to start the warm up early. We did the warm up, body conditioning, plie, tendu and plank & roll in short sets which lasted 15 minutes after wards we went straight into rehearsal.

We learnt a new travelling movement that lasts for 12 beats (video next lesson), this new part of the dance connects our devised 16 beats to the dance break. Next week I'm hoping to rehearse the whole dance that we have learnt so far and add on to it.

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What went well this week:
This week I worked really well on my body alignment. I did this by practicing with Kyra and Arnold and they helped me by giving me feedback on what parts i need ti work on.

Even Better If:
If I wasn't distracted so much by other classmates.

My target next week:
My target next week is to improve my control. I can do this by doing more planks

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This video refers to the devise performance

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What went well this week:
My stamina & my ability to keep up during warm ups. I can continue this by jogging or using skipping ropes at home.

Even Better If:
Try and devise faster for performance.

My target next week
Is to improve my alignment during performance. I can do this by doing the lunges and/or practicing the dance moves with someone else to give me feedback.

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In today's class we are focusing on accuracy, control, and alignment.
Accuracy to improve our preciseness during performances. Control to improve the speeds we transition to during a dance. Alignment to properly position our body parts.

As we we're warming up, Helen split us into to twos to practice the part of the warm up sequence that we don't know. I was paired with Arnold and Kyra and together we practiced the whole Body conditioning warm up, Plié and Tendus. We do Tendus to develop our legs, stregnthen them, to point with our toes when we want and improves alignment.

We then did a full run through of the dance so far, we didn't get far with all the distracions in the room but we managed to add some parts in.

Tomorrow I'll try not to be distracted by the people in the class and focus on the task at hand.

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Mogadishu is the debut play by ex-school teacher Vivienne Franzmann concerning a white teacher who tries to protect her black student from expulsion after he pushes her to the ground. In order to protect himself, the student lies and drags her into a vortex of lies in which victim becomes perpetrator.
- Wikipedia

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Today we started with a warm up by running around the room. starting by walking to a jog then run.

We then played a new game called '7-UP', this game improves our focus and listening skills, it also helps with reaction time.

After playing that fun game, we found out that we are in fact not  going to work on Mogadishu but we are going to do duologues.
I've been paired up with Franciana and the peformance we are going to do is called 'The Royale' and it is a scene with siblings; Nina Jackson and Jay Jackson.

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In todays lesson we started with a game of charades with the Technical and Performance skills sheet (at the bottom) this helped us re-learn the meanings of each word.

Then we jumped into the warm up sequence, adding a new part called 'Tendu' which helps us with our alignment, flexibility and knowing it will be good for future career.

After doing our warm up sequence we rehearsed the beginning of the dance, the teacher (Helen) then taught us the next parts of the sequence.

Learning the next parts, I could see how everything was going to add up and why we were learning the dance break first.

Finally, we split up into our groups from last week and started to devise our own dance lasting 2 lots of 8 (16 beats).

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This morning we started using the script more and came together as a whole class to choreograph a scene in Mogadishu, where the bully (Jason) and his gang pick on a foreigner (Firat) in school.

Listening skills and focus are very important in this situation because if you don't hear your cue to come on then it would hold up the whole performance.

The whole class (except Firat, Jason and his gang)'s objective was to intimidate Firat into a fight with Jason. This is where the objective and actions research comes in, we all talked about what a school environment would be like during a fight and what we came up with was people shouting "beat him up", "don't take that", racial slurs and swear words.

We rehearsed this many times after today and it all fit well together, what we did well today was teamwork and good time management, what we could do better is for others not to shout over the people with lines.

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The purpose of this lesson was to explore two essential ingredients for a successful scene, objectives and actions.

Objective means 'what the character's goal is, or what the character wants from the situation.
Action means what the character will do to achieve that objective/goal.

These are very important because these can help with character development, for example; what's going on in the characters mind, what the character wants or thinks of other characters.

The text we are currently working on is called Mogadishu, my individual objective was "I want to push him to fight me" and my action was "I provoke you".

I think i most definitely achieved these targets, these also helped me by thinking like a bully would because me and this character are opposites so it helped very much.

My strengths were understanding what my character wanted and going through with the action to get my objective. What I could work on is my time management, spend less time talking about what we should do.

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In this lesson we started off with our warm up sequence but this this we our teacher added 4 more parts to our daily routine.
Warm up
Increase the delivery of oxygen and blood flow to your muscles

Body Conditioning
To increase cardio fitness
Plank and Roll
Helps us with our core muscles
Plie
Helps with our body alignment and future reference
Yoga Stretch
Increases our flexibility

We finished the routine and went straight into learning the 2nd part of the Dreamgirls choreography.
We found out today that the choreography we learnt was not the full dance but the 'Dance break' where there is no singing, only the music playing during the song.

After rehearsing with our groups we were split up into, our teacher taught us the steps to the beginning of the dance at the start of the song 'Steppin to the bad side' as a whole class we danced as an ensemble which was difficult to do.

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1. Create your own Padlet for Skills Toolkit, using the 'shelf' format and the subheadings given in the attachment.
2. Reflect on the lesson (include the date):
(a) What was the purpose of the lesson (to explore two essential ingredients for a successful scene - objectives and actions)
(b) What are objectives and actions? Why are they important?
(c) What text did you work on (Group A Mogadishu)? What was your individual objective and action/s? Did you achieve them? How did it help your performance in the scene?
(d) What were your strengths in the scene and what do you need to do to improve moving forward?
Use the handout in the Drama Practical Diary to help you reflect.

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Today in our official first dance lesson,we learned a warm up sequence(will record next week)
lasting 128 beats (will find out how long the instrumental lasts next week also), this is to get our bodies warm and increase blood flow to your working muscles.

We then went straight into learning our 1st section of choreography for Dreamgirls Musical 'Steppin to the bad side', after learning this as a whole class we were split up into groups and tasked with rehearsing and helping each other out if we did not understand any part of the the 1st section.

Once we finished helping each other and rehearsing with our groups, each group showed the class what progress they made while rehearsing. This helped us by seeing what we done well and what we could of done better

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This video refers to 12/09/17

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In our introductory class, we first did some warm ups and yoga, this is very important to the beginning of the class to warm up our bodies, get our blood flowing and to keep our bodies from straining. We choreographed a 16 beat dance, with out teacher Helen, afterwards we split up into groups of two and rehearsed the first and second part of the 16 beat dance.
Finally we split up into groups of four, rehearsed and performed in front of the class.

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Great start Wesley, but can you check the How to Set Up Padlet document on my Padlet, so you are using the correct subheadings (at the top of each shelf)?

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Units 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed thorough Skills Toolkit. You can read the individual unit specifications here.

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There are seven areas you must do well in. Have a look at this Matrix and the Distinction requirements.

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You need to do the best you can in every unit/assessment and build on each so that you are prepared to do well in the final unit. Here are the indicative grades your teachers will use for Skills Toolkit.

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Dreamgirls setting
Dreamgirls was set in 1960's Chicago,

Story
It is about the show business aspirations and the lives of a young female singing trio from Chicago called 'The Dreams', who become music superstars.

Social/Historical Context
Events taking place in the 1960’s and 1970’s served as a turning point in Black musical theater, blacks started exercising Black pride and freedom of expression through musical theatre.

The Black Power Movement took place in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.  This was a movement that emphasized Black unity, Black pride and self determination.
Rhythm and Blues was created by Black musicians.  After World War II, southern Blacks were in search of better economic and educational opportunities.

They also wanted to escape the racial oppression and inequalities created by the Jim Crow laws.  Several southern Blacks moved to northern and western cities.  Even though the Black communities were isolated, they created a “vibrant entertainment district in every major city”.

New musical styles were introduced to white performers.  Rhythm and Blues was created as a way of Blacks to be creative and express their emotions.  They could be musicians that were just as talented as whites and they were not afraid the show it.

Steppin to the bad side by Henry Krieger
The song is about going into the bad side of the music industry which involves stealing others songs and doing all sorts of underhanded tactics to get ahead of the game in the business.

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Find a clip of Dance/movement:
Taeyang - Ringa Linga Dance performance video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1y-4mXIL0
What style of dance is it?:
Mix of styles (eg; Break dance, Contemporary.)
Why do you like it ? :
I like it because at first i listened to the song without the video and i really enjoyed it. Then the video came out and all of the movements were in time and co-ordinate which is what appeals to me in dance videos.
Does it communicate a theme ?:
Yes, it communicates a kind of wild theme and that they can do whatever they like.
Describe 4-8 dynamics in it :
The song stats off smoothly with a piano playing then it builds up to Tae singing and some bass. The next is when Tae is in the front and it seems like a sort of introduction to himself "My name is T to the A to the E", after he introduces himself he starts rapping fast.
When the rapping stops he does some soft singing and it builds up to the chorus.