I feel that anatomical awareness and the correct use of muscles within technique is one of my strongest qualities. For example; I know that without engaging my abdominals and the lateral muscles in my back, my pirouettes will not be executed as well. Within my jazz and ballet lessons is when I learned and understood the correct method for perfect pirouettes, and after embodying this, I can now rely on my muscle memory for the correct body placement and alignment, and concentrate more on my performance.

Within lessons, David Needham dissects his exercises whilst teaching, delivering verbal anatomical knowledge alongside demonstrating the movements. This massively helped me because I could then understand exactly which muscles should be contracting and which should be released, making my shapes and lines look cleaner and the style of Luigi become more natural. This also becomes a transferrable skill that helps in other styles such as commercial, because I am forced to think what muscles to use when a choreographer hits a shape. This makes my dancing more powerful and improves my dynamics. 

Another of my strengths is my ability to travel and use the space given. I find that as a small dancer this is a key quality that I need to have. It is within my jazz and contemporary lessons that I achieve this. Turning and travelling sequences from the corner within David Needham and Eric Carpenter's lessons are what pushed me to use the space including the use of levels, line and execution. 

Another area of weakness is the strength of my ankles. It’s within ballet that this becomes highlighted, as when working on relevé or doing tendu exercises, my ankles start to ache easily and this prevents me from holding a rise for longer periods of time which if not improved, will affect my pirouettes. In order to have strong ankles I need to strengthen my metatarsals and the muscles around the ankle such as my gastrocnemius muscle. This will make it easier for me when holding a rise and enable me to execute more pirouettes, instead of just 2 or 3.