•Be more confident and outgoing in social settings

•Train in South Korea for a few months.

Professional goals:

•Thriller Live

•Hip hop/commercial work (e.g. BRITS/ music videos/ concept videos/ tours)

•Improve hip hop technique and textures

•Good at maintaining groove and fluidity within my dance.

•Expansive dancer with good use of travel.

•Trained in many different styles such as hip hop (old school, wackking, locking, house and commercial), jazz dance (lyrical and Matt Mattox style), ballet and contemporary (graham technique and release work).

WEAKNESS-

•Using various facial expressions to enhance my performance.

• Concentration issues due to ADHD.

•Needing more strength and control over my movements.

•Require more overall confidence in what I'm doing (especially in singing).

As a result, it tailored me to find what I enjoy and what I can build upon. I believe I am a strong hip hop/ urban dancer with a lot of natural groove, which helps to aid my physical ability to audition for musicals such as Thriller Live, due to the content of the show being heavily hip hop based.

In terms of personal goals, I need to dramatically increase my confidence in using my voice. Naturally I'm introverted and quiet, resulting in going unnoticed when in a group of strangers. This is detrimental to my ability to socialize and get seen by the right people as I can’t show my personality off to its full extent. I am working on balancing my extroverted dancer personality with my introverted human personality.

In terms of support from my family and friends, my dance father is Korean and he has helped me to learn the language for when I go, meaning communication wont be an issue throughout the dance classes. As well as this, my mother and father have helped support me financially to ensure I get the best training when I'm out there.

As for my other goals; I am continually supported by the people I surround myself with as we have created a uplifting and encouraging environment to help us all succeed.

Whilst improving my confidence would take time, I’ve found that little and often is helpful for my progression. What I mean by this is going outside of my comfort zone every once in a while (for example; when in a social setting with people I don’t know, I should start the conversation/ in outside dance classes, talking with the teacher or other students after class and asking for feedback or queries/ singing in front of people that aren’t in my class and keeping calm). While these may sound like simple things, they are mandatory building blocks to improve my confidence.

My decision making is becoming more focused and beneficial towards my goals. For example, when budgeting the amount of classes I can attend in the week, I ensure I’m attending classes that focus on improving my abilities; this way I’m actively making a conscious decision to benefit my future self. Each week I will attend at least one hip hop style choreography class by a teacher that has got worldwide influences on their choreography, e.g. Shanise Liang, who has trained in London, Hong Kong, LA, Korea and Japan, therefore her choreographic style reflects all these places and is so unique and challenging

Nevertheless, when approaching the larger picture its evident that there is an increase in progress from the beginning point.

I’ve also concluded, maintaining a steady level of progress means I need to do things in moderation. For example; not attending loads of outside classes as well as my university classes to let my mind breathe and for the improvements to marinate in my body.  I like to focus on something different in each class, like, textures/ fluidity/ sharpness, so I need to let my body understand the difference between these dynamics by giving it time to process.

Provide valuable knowledge about the industry and are preparing me for the type of environment I'm going to enter.

Providing me with a vast skills set in various styles to aid my versatility and opportunities.

•Outside teachers-

Provide knowledge about the industry.

Can help me to build connections within the dance community.

Provide paths of inspiration from the people attending the classes.

•Agents-

Agent talks at LSC explaining about the type of work available and how its found.

Provided an informative view of how the industry is constantly changing and finding new talent all around, so its good to have multiple skills.

•Researching musicals-

I've been fortunate enough to have spoken to Shakara Brown and Aisling Duffey (both LSC teachers and Dance Captain/ Dancers in Thriller Live) about the musical Thriller Live, where they have given me an insight to how the audition process goes and I have learnt some of the choreography repertoire from the show.

•Alumni-

Graduates of LSC have given me an insight to how life is after graduation and how to stay on your feet whilst auditioning and booking jobs.

Staying in contact creates useful connections to be made for job opportunities.

Barnet Schools Festival/ MOVEIT/ Spring Showcase (March).

•GVO (dance crew)

Box Park Show (March), Upfront (April), Inhouse show (April), Project Pac Show (July).

•LSC

Third Time Lucky (January), Overture (July).

In December I strained my hip flexor badly, that it put me out of dancing for a month and required me to modify lots of my dancing throughout term 2. With the help of physiotherapy, I've worked out how to manage the injury, but it will take months to fully recover, so I need to be careful I don’t overdo anything and cause further injuries.

•Managing time

As I've got many opportunities throughout the next few months, there's a chance I'm going to feel fatigued which could lead to me injuring myself more. Therefore I need to make a conscious effort to manage my time appropriately so I get enough rest/food intake throughout each day and avoid burn out.