Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I'm proud of my activity, I think everyone had fun and it was a new experience for everyone. I was also proud of how much I have improved this year because I think becoming better is what I needed. 

(2) Questions to Consider

 What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)? Why?

AE because I had so many things that I went through especially my injuries and I still went through it. I also had to add some material to my 2-hour because of what the teachers said during exit interview. I never knew they wanted professional ballerinas mentioned because thats not my EQ but I still added material to my 2 hour. 

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)? Why?

AE because not  only did I do what was asked but I believe it went well and that I reached above and beyond material. 

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

My service learning helped me so much and it was really fun!

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project?

3 column chart didn't work because I didn't even use it. 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. 

It is helpful because I know I will continue dancing my whole life and it helped me improve. 

2-Hour Presentation

Link to Plan

Answer #3

EQ: What is most important for perfecting the role of a ballerina?

Answer 3: In order to perfect the role of a ballerina, you must be "immune" to pain so that pain doesn't stop your dancing.

Facts: Pain overcomes a ballerina everytime she puts the pointe shoe on. Every time they dance, there's always a certain amount of pain in their feet. Pain also comes when a blister is formed or popped, when you have a current injury (ex. tendonitis), when the pointe shoe is worn out, when a toe nail is a little too long, and lastly when your feet/ankle/legs are too exhausted.

Example: John, Emma. "'I Was Doing a Solo and I Heard My Foot Crack'" While the ballerina was dancing onstage, she broke one of her bones but she still finished her performance without any emotion of being hurt.

Evidence and Sources: #1 Article: John, Emma. "'I Was Doing a Solo and I Heard My Foot Crack'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2006/sep/05/dance. #2 Article: Ballerina's dance with current injuries. This article is about common injuries. "IADMS." IADMS. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. . #3 Life evidence: The girls in my dance class and I all are hurting during class sometimes and some of us take our shoes off but some of us stick it through the whole class time.

Room Creativity

(1) How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?
I'm planning to have the room look like a studio. For example: mirrors, pictures of ballerina's, pointe shoes, costumes, leotards, skirts, maybe a bar if i could find one.
(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?
For answer 1: The beginning of bar work for training, maybe learn a routine for practicing.
For answer 2: Have scenario's asking which one would have the best chance according to their body, a game to guess what the perfect ballerina should have. I'm still thinking of other ideas.

Answer 2

In order to perfect the role of a ballerina, you must have the appropriate body weight so that weight isn’t what is stopping you while dancing.

Evidence: #25 and #57 show Natalie Portman’s diet while training to be a ballerina. #51 and #52 both tell me the ideal body weight of a ballerina. #50 tells the perfect body of a ballerina. Basically you need to have this perfect body weight/body type so that you could dance perfectly.

Sources:
"Ballet Exercise – Get a Dancer’s Body on ELLE.com
"Met Dancer Spills on Natalie Portman's "Extreme" Black Swan Diet, Training
Ballet: Ideal Body Type
"The Ideal Weight for a Ballerina." LIVESTRONG.COM.
"The Myth of the Perfect Body: Seven Gorgeous Dancers Talk about Why They Are Far from Perfect."

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

20 Minute Presentation Plan:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rip-uThprXdeB-EKUI6oqymCgBlmeYSgTyr9k3CI-GE/edit

Answer 1

1. What is answer 1 to your EQ? Be specific in your answer and write it like a thesis statement.
In order to perfect the role of a ballerina you must train enough so that, every step and position is perfected.
2. What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?
In my research, ballet training begins between the ages of 5-8 through a ballet school and usually become professional by age 17 or 18. They train for 6 days a week for about 5-8 hours a day. (Dancers and Choreographers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
For an example: As you know Natalie Portman starred in the movie, Black Swan, as a ballerina dancer. She had to train with Mary Helen Bowers, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet. Mary Bowers had said she started training Natalie a year before her rehearsals started, 5 hours a day, 6 days a week. When they started filming the movie, they'd squeeze in sessions in the monring and evening on set. (Ballet Excerise: Natalie Portman's Black Swan Workout, Interview with Mary Helen Bowers)
3. What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?
Dancers and Choreographers, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ballet Excerise: Natalie Portman's Black Swan Workout, Interview with Mary Helen Bowers
Ballet Dancing, kidzworld.com

Presentation Reflection

1. My first interview affected my presentation in the way that I actually had some source to talk about. I presented the things that my interviewee said about what I had asked her. I presented what she said about her perspective about ballet.
2. I think the thing that stood out about my presentation what that I incorporated a lot of art into it. I also let everyone know how much ballet feels to me and why I chose it.
3. The most challenging thing to do was to explain the audience my perspective on ballet. Not everyone knows what ballet actually is and to explain it is even more difficult because you what the audience to know your perspective.

Senior Project Presentation 1

Objective: The students will learn the beginning of ballerina’s life and will understand the definition of ballet in a ballerina’s point of view.

Procedure:
Step 1, Intro: Show the students the picture frame and the pair of pointe shoes, asking them, “What do these mean to you?” (approx. 45 sec.)
Step 2 Inro2: Compare the audience’s view of ballet and the ballerina’s view. Also talk about my interviewee. (approx. 45 sec)
Step 3: Facts about ballet including: the hours of practice (ask students a question), when you need to start training (professional or for fun), and performances. (approx. 45 sec)
Step 4: What does ballet mean to me? (A ballerina’s point of view) (approx. 15 sec)
Step 5: Explain my end goal (approx. 30 sec)
Step 6: Questions including: showing the picture frame and pointe shoes, “Now, what do they mean to you? and “Any questions?” (approx. 45 sec)

Check for Understanding:
I will ask questions at the end including: “Now, what is ballet to you?”

Resources/Materials:
Visual:
A picture frame of a ballerina
A pair of pointe shoes