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My goal for myself is to learn how to stiffen my back up a little bit, although it is good that my back is bendy it sometimes is the reason as to why I can’t do trick I would like to for example, back handsprings. I’m going to achieve this by strengthening my core muscles and my lower back area by doing planks and hollow body holds which should gradually help me improve to stiffen my back to achieve my goals

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The music was a mix tape of songs with artist like Steff London, Black IPs and Niki Minaj

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This week I struggled what I wanted my contemporary to be wether I wanted it to have a story or not after having a look online at my past dance videos or old routines I have done it helped me create an idea that I was yet to expand on.

I also had difficulty with my commercial as the song mashup I first had there wasn’t a clean version anywhere I could find and other parts of the music sounded very quite even connected to the speaker so I had a challenge of looking for another backing track for my routine and even having to change movements of my choreography.

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By this week I had a Skelton of my routine and eventually found music to replace my commercial one and also figured what I wanted my contemporary piece to mean, I made quite a bit of progress in this week and the next few to work on both my contrasting routine pieces, I made sure to rehearse in my free time to get the movements known to my body and to make sure I was then familiar with my own dance routine

I had the idea that we should show what we have come up with so far to each other wether it was finished or not and help each other by giving one another criticism to take away and use to improve our dances

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By this week I was sure to make known that my routines where up to scratch and definitely finished so I can keep practicing them and clean up anything that needed to be done.

At this point me finishing the routine allowed me to think about my choice of clothing hair and give me time to contemplate which routine I’d rather perform first to save my energy for the next. In this week in my free time during lunch and breaks I used the studio as a way to practice my dances possibly change anything I personally thought could be better for both routines and give me the brain space to just go over it as many times as possible

by this week we had to show Charlotte what we came up with and what we feedback she gave to us we made sure to involve it into our dances to improve our routine and our skills as performers and dancers.

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Within the first couple of weeks my aim was to play around with music and movement ideas to get a drift of what it was I was looking for and wanted, during my week of I definitely knew I wanted both my choreography’s to be very contrasting from movements to music and the vibe of each routine. My first routine was contemporary which was very soft and emotional whereas my other routine was commercial where it was very up beat and strong.

On a morning every Monday we had a class called audition development where we had the brain space to figure out our choreography and music and rehearse what we needed to, I had already pictured what it was I was looking for and so I would improvise in these lessons to different songs till I found the sort of movement it was I was wanting, after figuring out what movement I would like to use I would record it for evidence and just to remind myself when putting the pieces together in the following weeks.

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This week both my routines where completely and 100% finished, I now just needed to slightly edit some music in both my pieces which took no less than a couple of minutes to do after doing that I then had to practice my routines with the edited songs to make sure it ran smoothly in which it did.

Doing these lessons with Charlotte from the week before we had to show Charlotte that the advice and feedback given was taken to account and perform with the extra notes she had given us to help us improve and prepare us for the audition panel, we was expected to perform them full out to come in and act as if we was in the audition room by saying our names and introducing ourselves as we would in the audition panel room.

In this week Charlotte explained she enjoyed my dance how there was different levels from wing in the group to nice leaps feedback Charlotte gave me this week was to make sure I finish my lines of and hold certain poses if that’s what it is Iam doing

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This was the final and most important week of practice before the real assessment of audition panel, because if the amount of times I had rehearsed my routines I decided to not practice my routines as much as I knew what to do and felt as though if I constantly kept doing it I would over do it and then forget the actually choreography. Although its not to say I didn’t completely not practice I did just to remind myself of the movements but to also give myself the flow of the dances and to keep my brain reminded of everything.

In our lesson on Monday Charlotte wanted us to practice back to back our routines again same as the week before as if we was doing the audition panel only difference was we had to keep repeating it one after the other to build our breathing control and stamina, this helped me because it gave me an idea of which routine I would rather do first which I decided would be my contemporary so I could save and keep my energy for my commercial which was very different to my contemporary piece

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On this final and last week which was audition week I felt as though my routine was ready and prepared especially with the feedback and advice given from Charlotte I felt as though I put into okay when it came to improving my solos I also think because of constantly running through my dances each week that I was confident when it came to performing them as I knew what to do and had nothing to worry about. One pointer given by Charlotte is ti make sure I don’t show the panel my concentration face which I do when I’m thinking about the dance and what comes next out of worry and when it came to performing I think I managed quite well in not doing so.

Before I went to perform my routines I warmed up, stretched and tried my tricks that where in my solos, the reason for this was to make sure my body was ready to perform and warmed up to less the chances of injuries I also attempted and practiced my tricks that are in the routine just to get it in my body and mind and be ready to show the audition panel, at this point in the week the solos became muscle memory and it was just mainly making sure for myself that I kept calm and didn’t over think anything and that I go in the audition confident and knowing my dance.

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The style of dance I did was commercial I chose this dance because it’s something I love and enjoy doing it is also something I’m very passionate about, I chose this style because I knew it’s something I would work hard on and perform when it came to it.

My intentions for my dance routine was to focus on my musicality and portraying different styles of commercial as commercials not just one style. Using strong movements and showing different levels and fluidity also created my vision and brought it to life. The opening was strong I went from standing to quickly moving to the ground to getting back up again each movement was strong compared to other sections for example the voguing section was all strong movement and had moments of where I held poses that where powerful to create that scene, other sections like the Niki Minaj section showed more dance hall style which is more flown but still powerful

The decisions I made for this dance was taking ideas from past choreography’s I have done and molding it into a routine. In my routine I used different styles and movements of commercials for example vouging, hip hop, kicks and feminine hip hop movements. The music was another way of me creating my routine using a mixture of different songs to create a mashup helped because when it came to disifering movements the music choices helped with showing the distinctive styles for example the Hip Hop section matched the start with the opening song of Steph London same as when it came to the voguing section it matched the song of angles in Tibet. The use of the music helped create the performance and piece as a whole

My inspiration for my movement and ideas for my choreography are from  my past group comp dances from dazl and dance teacher steph and also routines I’ve done with kaci at dazzle and at college. Learning the different styles of commercial at dazl and listening to the different mash ups of songs has helped me create ideas for myself it’s also help me create an understanding as a dancer and choreographer.

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Sia - Angel By The Wings (from the movie "The Eagle Huntress")

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All in all my audition went well although it could have been better, through preparing the routines for weeks producing my own timings and movements and choice of song I went into the auditions prepared and felt as though I knew both my choreography in and out and felt confident to perform it. The day of the audition i marked my routines when rehearsing just so I did not over stimulate myself and worry and because I knew it the dance, I did one full out practice of both routines before going into my audition as a small preparation for myself, I also did a huge warm up and used cardio time to do my warm up, I also stretched to less the chances of any injuries and to prepare myself to perform it Infront of the three judges. Before entering I went over small parts of the choreography that I thought where important to make sure where correct for example travelling to the next section in my commercial dance and hand placements and small moments in my contemporary piece, moments until I went to perform I relaxed still making sure my body was warm and stretched, kept myself calm and level headed i made sure i thought about the weeks used of practicing as a way to remind myself that i do know my routines and i know if anything goes wrong i know how i can improvise if needed.

Strenghths contemporary

I think my strength in this piece was managing to get across to the judges that it wasn't about any form of a story line but an emotion and transferring that emotion of vulnerability to my audience I did this by the fluidity of my movements and my levels from being high and low also through the words and using certain movements to match the energy and words of the song. I feel as though i got across the emotion of loss and being scared through small moments of my dance this was a massive contradiction to my commercial where it was very up beat and fast tempo

Strenghths commercial

I think my strengths in this piece where performed and i kept the energy up throughout this piece, I managed to create a fun vibe and enjoyable routine through the uses of my movement and music choices, my strengths in this piece required a lot of breathing and stamina which i did very well i believe i used my breath control correctly and kept my stamina up and didn't drop any of the energy throughout the routine whilst still keeping the vibe of the choreography.

Areas of development / conclusion

My personal views for my areas of development would be handling nerves in a new environment better because of this i was so focused on making sure that both routines ran as smoothly as possible I forgot to use face and perform and bring that show to stage rather than performing the routine to just a high standard but bringing it to life as well, my strategy to help me improve tis will be to not criticise myself as much especially when i know deep down i know the routines and making sure i give myself time to breath and feel a lot more at ease rather than stressing and worrying if anything goes wrong especially when the routine is perfect and i know the movements.

In conclusion i think my performances both went well no mistakes physically happened and it ran smoothly, i also think it went well as i was able to show the panel what i am capable of technique wise, musicality wise and rhythm wise i remembered everything in my routines got across what i could and enjoyed myself whilst performing them.

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For this routine i wanted something different, i didn't want my choreography to portray or tell a story line but to represent an emotion this idea of emotion was the feeling of being lost and vulnerable, i used my knowledge of musicality, fluidity and raw emotion to put into the dance i also used my skill of flexibility. To find the right song to portray this i used one that its quite close and relates to me the song choice helped me create the atmosphere i was looking for. The reason the song choice resonated with me and the emotion i wanted to create as it is a song that i listened to when my friend passes away early last year by using this song and what it meant to me it was able to help me create that vision of vulnerability and loss.

As i produced the movements for my dance i sued my experience of movements from contempory workshops, routines from dazl and my own past choreography i have made myself. Learning how to improv at dazl also helped me to create movement as playing around with dance moves gave me ways of what would fit best for where in the song and for what would make sense in portraying that emotion. The reason i did this was to be able to create that atmosphere of feeling alone and your worst and feeling confused, vulnerable, and lost on what is to happen next in your life using the slow and fluid moments of my body to then leaps and turns showed and helped portray all these different emotions.

My past workshops, and contempory teacher Mason inspired me with these movements the use of timing and just the small touches whether that be the minor movement of my hand or a huge tremble to the floor showed diverse ways to represent my dance as an emotion not a character or a story, being taught how to improv also helped me as it taught me how to play around with the music till i see what was fit for the choreography.