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Skype session 31st October 2017 and task A


As you may have read in my earlier blog I have sometimes struggled to participate in the group Skype sessions due to rehearsals or bad signal.  Today I managed to get an amazing signal and got involved in the group discussions.

The Skype session had students from modules 1, 2 and 3, which was very helpful as I’m in module 1 and I found the discussions with students  from different modules valuable.

Adelsola asked us one by one to tell the group what we’d like to discuss and the topics that came up were:

·      Professional profile (this is what I wanted to discuss as this is one of my tasks)
·      Unpaid work
·      Ethics
·      Enquiry questions
·      Drafts
·      Interview questions
·      Acting
·      Perfection
·      Plagiarism

I’m still getting used to this way of learning and this specific Skype session got me excited as we really were learning from each other by answering each other’s questions and giving advice. I now know this course is going to help me grow as person and find out things about myself I didn’t even know, so I’m going to write about the parts that were highlights for me.

The discussion on plagiarism got me thinking.   As I’ve referred to the blogs of other students in my blogs, have I acknowledged and credited them correctly? I know that when I write my thoughts down and refer to other people’s research and opinions I haven’t thought about plagiarism as this is all very new to me.

The discussion on drafts was another area I found myself heavily involved in without realizing I had so many questions about the subject. I mentioned that I struggle to pick a focus when writing my blogs although  I’ve written so many notes in my notebook about the course, tasks and discussions on blogs.   Also I have a fear of writing something wrong or that is irrelevant.  This comes up a lot! I realise that need to keep telling myself that learning to perfect your practice means there isn’t a wrong or right, there is just growing and learning.  The way of learning I’m used to is practice, practice, practice with feedback from choreographers and peers. Adesola said, “if writing doesn’t help, which it doesn’t work for everyone, leave a breadcrumb trail throughout - writing bits for the essay.”

Finding my own process is the key. Some of the other students said I should, break it down, do more than one blog at a time putting different ideas in each one.

So……………………………onto my topic ‘Professional Profile’, which brings me to task 1. I’ve already written my profile on my blog about what I do and myself. Now it is time to look at my CV.  I’ve always been very happy with it and it has  got me auditions and jobs. However, looking at it now, my big concern is having worked for the same company for so long as I’ve been on ships for a while now.  Additionally,  I’ve worked on land and in China for the same company. I asked the group their thoughts and they said that this shows I’m reliable.  I agree………..but I’m worried it doesn’t show diversity. Even though every contract has been different and helped me grow as a performer, has working for the same company made me less experienced? I’ve uploaded my original dancers CV for you all to take a look at.


I hope this helps anyone who wasn’t in the group skype session on the 31st.  Feel free to comment below.



                        

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