Helping 2013

(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

• Photography because I like to take pictures, i’m already in ROP, and I already have a service learning place. I’m going to work with Jack (as mentor) on outside events and maybe I could help him during ROP classes.
• What feedback did you offer when you heard the topic ideas?

As long as you have service learning then you should be set!

(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?  Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.

• I plan on working with Jack from ROP during the summer. He already told me that there’s an event on June 1st so I could go with him to observe.
• What feedback did you offer them in response?

Just make sure you have enough hours for the event.

(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

• I’m hoping to see fun and interesting topics that I would like to learn about.
• What suggestions did give them regarding how they should approach watching the 2 hour presentations?  

I told them to look for examples that they could use for their senior project.

(4) What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?  Be specific and note what you told them.

• What’s the independent component?
• How do I get the service learning paper?

I told them that there are 2 independent components/ 30 hours each and it’s basically making your own component. For example: Mine is practicing for 30 hours. And I have whoever is watching me sign off hours everyday that I practice. So basically you just need another way to show that you are experiences your topic.  

• What additional recommendations did you give them?

I told them to start working on service learning as soon as possible because it is a lot of hours. And you want to make sure that you have enough for the grade.

Answers

Answer #1: In order to perfect the role of a ballerina you must train and practice enough so that, every step and position is perfected.

Answer #2: In order to perfect the role of a ballerina, you must have the appropriate ideal body so that weight isn’t what is stopping you while dancing.

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.

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.

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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."

The Product

My product: I have improved in my dancing. I believe just from last year that I have actually improved a lot. This year for my studio’s March recital, I was the lead role in our ballet. I also believe that my research helped me become a better dancer. I have learned many other ballerina’s experiences and I have improved from them. I have applied what I learned from my research to my dance skills. Regardless of my injuries, I believe that my legs and ankles have also become stronger; therefore helping improve my dance skills on pointe shoes. I have also learned from my research that facial expressions are an important qualification for performing on stage; which made me apply it to my performance.
As of right now, my recital has recently passed and I haven’t gotten the video that I ordered from my studio. I will just post up an already used photo for this blog because I do not have a video to post.