Just an update on my thinking on the professional inquiry and advisor feedback.
So, first week back getting into the routine of reading and planning the inquiry. What struck me when reading through the handbook and reader this time is that there is a lot to do in 12 weeks! My mantra will be 'less procrastination'! I have found that although I have read and discovered alot about my craft and work, I don't always blog on it or reflect in my professional journal. This module I will reflect and make notes on all of my ideas, so as to remember and be able to reflect on them later.
I will make some amendments to the aim of my inquiry. In the proposal, I stated that the inquiry will encompass 3 main themes: tools to inspire improvisation, creating the optimal learning environment in rehearsal, and rehearsal structure when conducting rehearsals with novice or inexperienced dancers. Although all of the areas are important to discuss with the choreographers I will interview, I have decided to base my literature review and professional artefact around the theme of improvisation in dance. It is an area I feel I have a lot to learn about and is a massive field unto itself.
Presently I am reading Lisa Nelson's 'Composing while dancing'. She focuses on field studies with dance makers who work with improvisation. Not talking about the way to improvise, but finding your way: finding your methods and following your nose. I am finding it so beneficial to read the the input from dance practitioners who have paved the way to how we approach improvisation in class, rehearsal and as choreographers today.
So, first week back getting into the routine of reading and planning the inquiry. What struck me when reading through the handbook and reader this time is that there is a lot to do in 12 weeks! My mantra will be 'less procrastination'! I have found that although I have read and discovered alot about my craft and work, I don't always blog on it or reflect in my professional journal. This module I will reflect and make notes on all of my ideas, so as to remember and be able to reflect on them later.
I will make some amendments to the aim of my inquiry. In the proposal, I stated that the inquiry will encompass 3 main themes: tools to inspire improvisation, creating the optimal learning environment in rehearsal, and rehearsal structure when conducting rehearsals with novice or inexperienced dancers. Although all of the areas are important to discuss with the choreographers I will interview, I have decided to base my literature review and professional artefact around the theme of improvisation in dance. It is an area I feel I have a lot to learn about and is a massive field unto itself.
Presently I am reading Lisa Nelson's 'Composing while dancing'. She focuses on field studies with dance makers who work with improvisation. Not talking about the way to improvise, but finding your way: finding your methods and following your nose. I am finding it so beneficial to read the the input from dance practitioners who have paved the way to how we approach improvisation in class, rehearsal and as choreographers today.
Hi Catherine,
ReplyDeleteI think you're right, getting back into the routine of studying and blogging is difficult. I think with the BAPP Arts course that there are so many different 'elements' that it is difficult to remember to do everything, especially when you become really engrossed in something like literature. I feel the same that I need to blog more, something that I have decided that I need to do everyday and post of my SIG too.
I think your decisions have given you more focus in your inquiry which is always a good thing. Have you had any thoughts about what your artefact could be yet?
Jess.