Dance Reflection

While watching the performance of the company, I notice how their choreography is displayed into action. The improvisation class that Robert Moses taught gives me an opportunity to really be engaged and focus on my habits to try to find an escape. Even though the Robert Moses Kin dance company is strictly a choreographic work, there are some improvisational components included in the performance, such as mirroring and the use of physical contact. By observing this performance, I am trying to base and look at it from an improvisational perspective.

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

On April 14, 2017, my friend and I visited for the first time Salt Lake City Community College dance company’s annual performance. The show was presented at the Grand Theater at the South City Campus of the college. The performance’s name “Moving Words” imply what the audience was about to experience. “Moving Words” consists of 18 different dances and each of those dances brought a unique feeling to the overall performance. I thought that the dancers and choreographers have done an amazing job. However, after seeing all the different dances there were two that stuck together with me, because of the ideas and the morals these dances introduced.

The multiple dances that were performed moved me in such ways words cannot explain. I am a beginner in Ballet, modern, jazz, tap, ballroom, and heels. Studying dance while going to see a live performance is crucially. I know I want to dance because Dance 105 became the eye opener to different expressions of the art form. However, the dancers allowed me to solidify that decision and go into the field of dance. I was moved more by the emotions rather than the actual dance moves. As the dancers performed, I was startled by the energy and love that the dancers brought to the platform. I could not

From preschool to my sophomore year of high school, I was a student at Conservatory of Dance in Wilton, Connecticut. It was a place I spent more time than my own home. During the summer of 2014, I attended the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts for a four week summer intensive. I had one of the most positive experiences, which ended up being life changing for me, not only was the ballet training of a higher caliber than what I was used to and, each teacher differed in their own way and brought new and different aspects of ballet to light. After the four weeks, I was

After high school, I joined the Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre Pre-Professional Training Program and 2nd Company. Under Kevin Iega Jeff, Gary Abbott, and Andrea Johnson, I not only learned how to use my body as a way of expression, I learned how to vocalize my needs as an artist, woman, and human being. Verbal expression was not my strong

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

I attended the Repertory Dance Theater concert on March 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM in the Snow College Theater - Eccles Center for Performing Arts. The concert was held because the Repertory Dance Theater was celebrating their 50th Anniversary. Dancers were touring around Utah and performing in almost every city. Concert consisted of five choreographed dance performances that lasted for about 2 hours. They were performed in this order: Suite from Mazurkas, Jack, Crippled up blues and other tales of Deseret, Begging the question and Pigs and Fishes. Today I am going to be analyzing all of these five dances.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

I do not recall learning about reflective practice in my undergraduate studies. Reflective practice according to Barbour (2013), “is the cyclic process of internally examining and exploring an issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which creates and clarifies meaning in terms of self, existing knowledge, and experience; resulting in a changed conceptual perceptive and practice” (p. 7). According to Barbour (2013), reflective process has many positive outcomes to help guide the nurse to become an expert nurse that can make on the spot decisions that do not interrupt patient care. I feel that reflective practice would have been beneficial to help guide me from a student nurse to a practicing nurse with critical thinking skills.

Being a dance educator, I strive to expand the knowledge of my students in everything I have learned about dance. I am currently attending technique courses such as ballet and modern, exploring the science of the body, history, rhythmic analysis, teaching methods, composition, and production to contribute to my knowledge of becoming a dance educator. I hope to encourage the students to not only learn from myself, but themselves and their fellow classmates as I remind myself that they are the future educators, performers, and artists of dance. Furthermore, I encourage commitment. I will help my students seek the potential to overcome any obstacle by providing positive and critical feedback.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

When first assigned this final project, two choreographers immediately fled into my mind: Ohad Naharin and Roni Koresh. Since I began dancing, I have always been extremely intrigued by both the Batsheva Dance Company and Koresh Dance Company. Being raised both ethically Israeli and religiously Jewish, these two companies allowed me to feel a deeper connection that went past the movement alone. Since I was recently informed that I have been accepted to train with the Batsheva Dance Company and its founder, Ohad Naharin for a month this summer I decided to choose a different choreographer to study. I wanted to look into a choreographer’s process that I did not know much about, am interested by, and may not have the opportunity or excuse to reach out to them in the near future. I decided to study the creative process of Ronen (Roni) Koresh. I have had the pleasure of seeing multiple Koresh shows. Since I have been to numerous shows, I have begun to notice multiple similarities between his pieces; however, I am also constantly surprised by what is yet to come.

The show started off with two male dancers. I was impressed by the way they moved. Especially because they didn't have any music. Everything was nice and practiced. They managed to perform each move exactly the same. It looked like a mimicry, but at the same time each move they did have their own style. Sometimes it was their hands posture, other times was the way they move their pelvis. They did a lot of jumps. Something that changed the dance was that one pointed his toes and sometimes the other one wouldn’t. I think it depend on the dancer however they felt more conformable. That proves my point; there is no such thing and perfect mimicry in dancing. I don’t think it’s possible for people to do a certain move exactly the same. There is always something that changes. With practice, the techniques get better and it looks more

Obviously, the goal for the team every year is to win, but we also like to have fun. Natalie Meloche elaborates on how she feels about spending countless hours at the studio perfecting her routines, “Going to dance class is my favorite part of my day because I can always escape whatever is going on in my life and just let loose and dance. I also love to see my friends and teachers as well.”  In fact, three of the four girls I got answers from said they enjoyed going to class while the fourth had mixed feeling about it. Although for the majority of the girls, being in class was their favorite part. My favorite part was all of the team bonding that we did. Outside of the practice rooms, the team went to the movies together, painted pottery, played laser tag, and took trips to the cider mill.