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( External Performance reflections)

Dear Dancers, please take the time to reflect on our recent performance session(Malay Fiesta in National Library) and answer the following questions to the best of your ability.

1) Think about 1 thing you felt you did well on the day and how you can use it to help other dancers.

2) Which part of the preparation works was most personally challenging for you (costume/makeup preparations, dance steps, rehearsal  etc)?How do you plan to improve in our next NDP performance in August?

3) What are some of the things we can consider to improve on in our next live performance?

Once you have completed your reflections, please write at least 2 positive comments to other dancers to encourage them/praise them :)

For Exco to take note, please jot down your observations of our previous CCA session and write down the areas of improvement in the last column. Thank you

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Dear exco members, kindly jot down your observations (warm-up, practicing dance steps)  of the previous CCA session. Appreciate you can write in details on what did we did well and what is the areas of improvement. :)

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You may click on the link and watch the recorded video to revise the dance steps. Please practice at home okay!! :)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GEsHa8n4a9HsM9VUfzD3MCWfFx3eCBjn?usp=sharing

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1. I listen to the instruction that was given and the positioning. I reminded the dancers where they were supposed to stand when they are still confused.
2. The most challenging was the dance step and putting on  the base for the make up. Getting the dance steps right and confirm with the other dances and as for the make up, learn from the others.
3. Practicing the smiling because some of us are used in wearing mask while dancing and when we take them off and perform we sometime forget that our mask are off and we never smile the best.

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1) One thing that I felt I did well is to get use to the new position on the day itself as it is a sudden change to the position. I think hearing is the most important thing to have when we are in this situation. I do try to help some dancers with their positions.
2) Personally, I would say the preparation mostly head accessories. Since my head accessories is big and tall it can be difficult to move but I have to get use to it and also be careful with it too. Also since the dance steps involve some turning and fast move, I have to be aware of my surrounding since the head accessories may hit someone else when dancing.
3)I feel that for the next live performance and that is national day so us dancers will have to dance in front of the whole school. I think that we should gain more confident and be confident about the dance steps because i think that it is some ways that we can ignore those nervousness or negative feelings we have while performing.

I would like to say good job on performing. Since this year is our first physical or live performance since the others were like a recorded one.

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1) i felt that i did well on keeping myself calm and getting used to the space and new position for some parts.I was able to keep myself calm and less nervous compared to the previous performance and although it was the first time that we perform infront of strangers, i was not that nervous.
2) I would say that the head accessories because it is big and we have to move around with it but we had one practiced with it so i got used to it for bit.I also find the space a bit small and we had to work on the position because of the stage but overall it was alright.
3) For the next performance, i think we should gain confidence and build on the steps. As in to keep on practicing on the dance so we can be more confident in it for the next performance and enjoy the dance more.To also keep the smile or even try to smile.

For the previous session, it was better as we practiced without looking at the mirror and some people get to memorise and work on the steps. we also are working on not looking at the mirror because during the performance, there is no mirror for us to look at.

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1) One thing that I felt that I did well in was I didn’t look at any of the dancers to refer my step during the performance. I tried helping the others to remember the step when we had time.
2)  The most challenging part was to dance with the things in our head. During the rehearsal we practice with the sanggul and it was okay but during the performance day, we all had to use the flower and the sanggul. I was a bit worried that it might get stuck. And my selendang  got stuck to one of the dancers but lucky it came out easily. I tried to be careful since the selendang can get stuck with the other dancers accessories
3) one thing that we can improve in is that to be more confident in our dance step and we should practice smiling more!

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1 ) I listen to instructions and also remember the steps and what mr hafiz taught us before the performance started.
2 ) For me it’s the make up foundation when I wanted to change my costume the foundation was stick in my Malay dance shirt but not my costume. I learnt my mistake by change to my costume before putting on make up .
3 ) We can improve by don’t be nervous like how radiah say dance happily like your crush is in front of u !

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1)I listen to Mr Hafiz instruction and when we were practising,I help some of my friends and try to explain to them about the steps and help them with their body posture and also during the performance,I help my friends with make up and help to
pack the stuff.
2)for me,when we want to do the hair make up is the most challenging part as we need to ask the seniors for help to do our make up and another challenging past is that I have to dance without spectacles and I never try removing my spectacle when I am dancing and I really cannot see when I was dancing on stage.
3)some things that we can improve on is that when we are dancing,we need to more confident and don’t be nervous when we are on the stage and when we are dancing on stage,we have to be careful of the props that we use and if we do some mistake,we just quickly follow your friends that are doing the same steps with you and just don’t forget to smile as there is audiences watching us dancing and just like Radiah say,just imagine your crush is in front of u watching u dance!

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1)i did not come for the Malay Fiesta as i was sick
2)the most challenging part of the preparation works for me is the costume and dance steps.For the costume,we needed to ensure that the head piece did not fall out and that it is properly stuck in our bun.As for the dance steps,it is quite confusing as we always changed some of the parts and that we needed to always turn around.Some parts that were difficult for me was the turning parts as i get dizzy a lot but as time past by,i am starting to get better at dancing.How i plan to improve is to practice the dance steps.If i do not know,i will asks my seniors or my friends on how to do the dance steps or i will practice with them.
3)One thing we can consider to improve on is our face and our dance steps.We all also need to work together

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1. What I think did well on the day was that I was able to adapt to the changes. It was not as how we planned due to the formation and the spacing so I felt a bit worried that I will somehow forget during the performance itself. I listen to Mr Hafiz’s instructions and help my friends if they need help.
2. I think the preparations was challenging as we need to wear some headgear. I felt a bit awkward and my hair hurts from wearing the sanggul, but i guess beauty is pain, so i endure it. Although we had already practiced with the sanggul during CCA sessions but I still could not get used to it. During the performance, my selindung kept on tangling on the headgear and it was really embarrassing for me to take it off in front of a huge crowd that day…
3. I think that we can maybe move faster (?). Like we should stay more focused on the day itself despite waking up early in the morning on a Saturday. During the rehearsals on the day itself, we were a bit unfocused and messed up a bit when Mr Hafiz already changed some parts of the formations and stuff. I think that we should also improve on our smiling. We were too used in not smiling as our mouths are covered with our masks and facial expressions are important in dance so i think we can improve on our lovely and pretty smiles :D

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1) One thing that i think i did well was trying to cheer the dancers up and trying to do their eyebrows. To me doing people's eyebrows is very hard as i am more used to doing my own and usually to do a nice eyebrow, you need to know your eyebrow shape. This made it hard for me as some of the dancers have thick or thin eyebrows. However, with the dancers trust, i think that i kind of did well with their eyebrows.

2) Personally, I find the rehearsal challenging as there was a sudden change in the steps due to the unwanted flowers on the stairs. We had to change the positionings, the steps a little bit and etc. With a limited time, we had to rely on each other to remember the steps. Moreover, we cant complain much as the space on the stage is angled weirdly and the space given to us is quite small for more than 12 dancers. Maybe for the NDP rehearsal we could try and imagine how big the hall stage would be and practice/ dance according to the space that would be given to us. We could also try and learn how to adapt faster if there were to be any last minute changes.

3) The dancers could try and learn how to do their own base properly, eyebrows [veryimportant] and maybe their eyeliner. With these 3 makeup done, the process of preparing would be much more faster.

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1) I felt like I did well with adapting to the new positions and keeping myself composed since I did panic at first since my headgear felt like it would fall at any moment

2) I find the spacing to be quite a troublesome thing. There was not much space to move around and there were things we needed to change in the choreography as there were things that made it difficult to go to our next position like the sudden flowers on the steps

3) I think we should like know what the stage would look like and if there were any objects that would be placed on the stage so the next time we plan a choreography, we'll know that we can't cross this way or we can't do that

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1. one think that i feel i did well on that day was to adapt quickly with the new positions given on that day itself since it was not planned. the environment there was new and i did not know how the new positions will work during our performance but i tried to put some faith in myself and everyone and just did as what i was told. even though it was nerve wrecking performing infront of strangers with our new positions, i think i did well on calming myself down. putting some faith in ourselves and not to always think about the negative sides to changes can help the dancers if there were changes on the spot similar to that day.
2. the most challenging part was the makeup preparations. there were a lot of us and not a lot of teachers/makeup artists to help with our makeups and props so it was quite difficult since we could not do some on our own. to improve for our next performance, we can learn how to do some basic makeup such as eyebrows, eyeliner etc and move faster to do things than before. also not to be ‘blur’ on what is happening around. less chat more work?
3. we can consider to do things faster like when the teachers/makeup artists asked for the next person to do makeup or response faster to situations and quickly adapt to new changes wihtout disappointment

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1) Despite making mistakes on stage, I still smiled and continued with the dances.

2) We had to add on more probs which we didn’t have during the practice in school. The stage was also smaller then expected so me and some of the dancers didn’t have enough time to flip the “ selendang “. With that, it got stuck with my prob and with much strength, my prob fell on the ground.

3) Being independent on ourself and trusting ourself during the performance. Always smile even if we make mistakes, we should also be aware of our surroundings more.

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1. One thing I think I did well in is adapting to the space on stage at the venue. Although there were a few problems initially, like the flowers on the stairs where some of the dances were supposed to be at, however i still managed to make use of the space that I have without bumping into another dancer. I think I did okay in getting most of the steps right since they were a few changes made before the rehearsal. As of preparation wise, i managed to help some of the juniors to apply their base as well as parting their time before they get it bun.

2. I think getting ready for the performance was the most challenging. Since not many of us know to draw our eyebrows and do our hair, it was rather time-consuming as and we had to rush to get ready in time. Hence, for future performances, maybe we can all learn to do the basic hair and makeup to save more time so we are able to practise for a longer time.

3. Personally, I think we have to gain more confidence for future live performances. Maybe because we are too dependent on the mirror or the people in front of us most of the time when practising instead of focusing on our own steps. Hence, we should try practise more without looking in the mirror and be more mentally prepared of the space of the stage we’ll be dancing on. Overall, I think all of us did great for the previous performance especially since that was our first live performance after a long time.

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1.I felt so nervous because of like how i haven’t performed infront of a huge audience in so long but i just pretended as if they were all my friends.

2.I feel like the most challenging was wearing the head props because we like had to change before and it was abit heavy and tight .I hope the next performance wld be better because to be honest i think we did ok but we could def do better

3.when someone is done w their makeup faster move and get ur make up done and when ur foundation is thin faster put a thicker base

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1. I listen to the instructions, especially for the part where we had some difficulties and we had limited space to dance and i think that i did well for that.
2. Make up because there was a lot of people who needs help to do their eyebrow/eyeliner. We had a little bit of time as we take our own sweet time talking and all so i hope that everyone will be more focus in our next NDP performance and no playing around. ( for the juniors or some people who do not know how to draw your eyebrow/eyeliner, since we have 2 more weeks you guys can practice how to do and everyone will have time to change, do their hair and make up. )
3. Less talking, help people around if they need your help and dont daydream and SMILE when you all are dancing ! show people that you love to dance !

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1) i listened to the instuctions given, and performed beautifully as i knew where to stand
2) make up as there was still some people who went on stage without proper make up.if we didnt took our own sweet time then probably everyone on that day could had gone up looking beautiful as a group.The hair was also a problem as many people were just waiting for someone to help them when they could atleast try to do thier bun first
3)less talking and more moving and SMILE more

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1. i think i was quite cooperative with the teachers’ instructions on that day. there was a problem with the positions and all but we all managed to quickly adapt to it
2. i think the biggest problem is with the makeup and costumes. we were all very slow in terms of preparation as we didnt take as much initiatives to help each other out. we were very slow. also, i think the wind was an obstacle for all of us as well, especially the selendang ladies. it kept moving around and we cldnt really control it.
3. i think it wld have been better if we smiled more and make lesser mistakes