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Contemporary dancer and choreographer.

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This exercise is our bend and flat-back exercise which evolved from Martha Graham to improve our posture and alignment. The video below shows this combination and we are taught this because we need to progress on these skills. These skills will help us become better dancers in all styles of dance as we are taught how to use our bodies to convey different movements.

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The following video shows our Lateral T preparation exercise. This exercise is to help improve our balance and to prepare us for our lateral T position which is why we build each step up in the video below. Balance is needed in the industry because the skill is required throughout all genres of dance as it helps you hold different positions with strength and control and makes your movement cleaner and more precise. Nahum taught us this exercise to improve on our balance and allowed us to video it for practice and to view our progression throughout the course.

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In today's session with Nahum, we done this Coccyx balance exercise to help us with our strengthening and control. These skills are important in contemporary as they allow you to hold certain positions such as our lateral T position, which is shown in appendix B and a lot of other balances.

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This is our Horton release swing exercise. We have previously learnt this exercise but have now slightly advanced it and added in the lateral T preperation position and a full circle around.

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In today’s session we done graham contractions to help work our backs and flat backs. This helps with all techniques during contemporary as most of them consist flat backs and allow us to do the correct shapes and movements.

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This is evidence of our new Joan Skinner release swings combination that we have recently been taught during Nahum’s contemporary session.

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Appendix G                                                      Date - 1/11/18

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Appendix G                                                      Date - 1/11/18

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Today we practiced the Joan Skinner release swings combination that we were taught by Nahum during a previous session. We went over this combination outside of the session so that we can view our progress and enter the next session with this combination being improved. We also added on to it as Nahum advanced it which shows the  difference from the over video in Appendix F.

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This video shows us practicing our lateral T position with prominard turns on our right side. We done this outside of our contemporary lesson which will help us improve.

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Appendix I                                                      Date - 1/11/18

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Appendix I                                                      Date - 1/11/18

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Today we also went over our lateral T position with the prominard turns on our left side. we done thisboutside of our assigned contemporary session so that we can view our progression and also so we can show an improvement during the next session.

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Appendix J                                                     Date - 6/11/18

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Appendix J                                                     Date - 6/11/18

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Today we done Paul Taylor release swings. This video shows the combination that we participated in within today’s session.

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This video shows our lateral T combination which we haven’t displayed before as it is a new combination.

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This video shows our laterall combination which we performed again in our groups after we were given feedback.

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The video below shows the Paul Taylor release swings with the new section that has been added into the exercise. We recapped this in today’s session and videod it to show progression from the last time.

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The video below shows me doing the lateral preparation exercise. This is part 1 of the exercise and the other parts will be posted on Appendix O and Appendix P.

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The video below shows part 2 of the lateral preparation exercise.

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The video below shows part 3, which is the ending, of the lateral preparation exercise. This exercise helps tone up the muscles that we need for our lateral T position which helps us gain the strength to hold it without collapsing.

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On this video I am doing the Horton release swings exercise. The specific video below shows part 1 of 3 of this exercise as this section just involves release swings with a flat back.

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This video shows the second part of the Horton release swings exercise as it now involves the lateral position before the flat back.

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The video below shows part 3 of the Horton release swings exercise which is the ending as we do 2 release swings with flat backs and one with a circle of the body and repeat on the opposite side to come up through the lateral position.

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The video below shows our Joan Skinner leg release swings, this is part 1 out of 2 of the exercise and from this video I know that I need to practice this exercise in my own time as I did not retain the information from when I learned this.

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This video shows part 2 of the Skinner leg release swings.

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On the video below I am doing the Martha Graham bounces combination. This is part 1 of the combination and part 2 will be seen on Appendix W.

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This video is part 2 of the Martha Graham bounces combinations.

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This exercise below is the Martha Graham contraction combination. The video shows part 1 of the combination and part 2 will be show in the next Appendix (Appendix Y)

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This video is part 2 of the Graham contraction combination.

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The video below shows the new spiral turn exercise, the specific video below is part 1 of the exercise.

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This is part 2 of the seated spiral twist exercise with the high release position at the end. The high release position was one of my weaknesses from a previous session and I now believe that I am begging to improve on the position.

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This video shows part 1 of our Horton roll down exercise. We have been working on this exercise for weeks now and I believe that I now understand it.

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The video below shows part 2 of the Horton roll down exercise.

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The video below shows part 3 of the Horton roll down exercise as we then half the time and roll down and bend for 2 counts instead of 4.

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On this video I am doing the Lateral T combination with prominard turns. However this is part 1 of the combination and part 2 will be shown on Appendix 2F.

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This video shows part 2 of the Lateral T with prominard turn combination.

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This video shows our final performance which is the choreography, we we’re taught this today. I will be seen through the mirror towards the middle of the group.

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Practice in my spare time, I practiced the Horton release swings during my spare time afer college hours.

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This video below shows release swings with pencil turns. This video was taken during our Wednesday session with Nahum and we have been working on this combination for a while.

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Stretching during my own time, right leg lunge (Appendix 2J)

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Stretching during my own time, right leg lunge (Appendix 2J)

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I had taken myself into a studio during my free time and chose to stretch before I had practiced any combinations. I had videod myself doing this and screenshot each position to see my progression.

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Stretching during my own time, left leg lunges (Appendix 2K) 

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Stretching during my own time, left leg lunges (Appendix 2K) 

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I took myself into a studio and began to stretch, I had taken a video of this and screenshotted each position to post on my progression wall. Stretching helps me a lot as it helps you perform better in all genres but specifically ballet and jazz as your execution of moves are more correct and easier to do than if you had no flexibility.

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Stretching during my free time, extra stretches (Appendix 2L)

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Stretching during my free time, extra stretches (Appendix 2L)

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The pictures below show me stretching in various positions, I have uploaded this too view my progression.

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Stretching during my free time, extra stretches (Appendix 2M)

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Stretching during my free time, extra stretches (Appendix 2M)

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The pictures below show me stretching in various positions, I have uploaded this too view my progression.

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The video below shows me doing Joan Skinner release swings during today’s session with Nahum.

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This video shows me doing release swings with pencil turns, part 1, as this only contains half a pencil turn and part 2 contains 1 and a half pencil turns.

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This video attached below shows me doing release swings with pencil turns, part 2, as I am now doing 1 and a half pencil turns between each release swing.

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The video below shows part 1 of the Lester Horton flat back combination

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This video shows part 2 of the Lester Horton flat back combination which I participated in during our contemporary session with Nahum.

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This video shows part 3 of the Lester Horton flat back combination.

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This video below shows part 4 of the Lester Horton flatback combination.

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This video shows part 5 of the Lester Horton flat back combination.

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The video below shows part 6, the final part, of the Lester Horton flat back combination

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This video below shows part 1 of the seated spiral exercise.

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This video shows part 2 of the seated spiral exercise that was videod during Nahums contemporary session.

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This is part 1 of the roll down exercise, this exercise helps stretch out our hamstrings for the rest of the lesson.

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This video below is part 2 of the roll down exercise which is shown in Appendix 2Z.

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This video below shows me doing part 1 of the lateral exercise that originated form Lester Hortons background. We were taught this exercise during Nahums contemporary session.

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This video shows part 2 of the Lester Horton lateral exercise taught to us by Nahum.

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This video shows part 3 of the Lester Horton lateral exercise

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This shows part 4 of the lateral exercise

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This video shows our final combination. This choreography was created by Nahum McLean and we will be performing this during our assessment.

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This is a second video of the same choreography as appendix 3F. It is the final combination that we will be performing during our Contenporary assessment.

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This video shows my Paul Taylor release swings that we have practiced today for our assessment tomorrow.

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This video below shows me doing the lateral T exercise during today’s session with Nahum.

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This video shows my Lester Horton release swings combination which includes: release swings, release swings with Lateral postition and release swings with a full circle.

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This video shows part 1 of the lateral preparation exercise.

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This exercise shows me doing the lateral preparation exercise part 2

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The video below shows me doing the roll down exercise that we participated in today to practice for our assessment

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The video attached below shows me doing part 1 of the Horton flat back combination

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This video shows me performing part 2 of the Horton flat back exercise

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The attachment below shows me on the video doing the seated spiral exercise

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This video below shows me doing the contraction exercise

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This video shows me doing the bounces exercise.

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The video below includes me doing the bounces exercise

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This video shows me doing leg swings across the studio.

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This video shows us doing the Egyptian walks across the studio