Blog 2

The first day of my project was today, and I arrived at the studio at 3:30 p.m. Michelle (the studio's owner) ran down a quick list of tasks that needed to be completed today, and we all got right to work. She first gave me the task of teaching a combo to the mini team, a group of kids ages five to seven years old. I made up a quick combo to Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling," and the kids loved it! It was a lot of fun to teach a group of young kids who were so enthusiastic about learning. I could tell that the younger dancers look up to the older dancers in just one class session, and it made me really happy. A video of the combo is linked here.

Michelle has had a plan in place to fix the sound issues in the three rooms, so she will have to select soundproof artwork to hang on the walls to absorb the loud music. Michelle asked me to choose ten different abstract dancer-themed pieces of art. These must be clear and able to be blown up in order to be hung on the walls of the rooms. She then asked me to make a quick errand for her, picking up some poster board for recital preparation and binders for further organizations. I made a fast trip across the street to the CVS.

Michelle then requested that I conduct some research for the upcoming competition season. She required me to locate local dance competitions that would take place between the middle of February and the middle of April. Finding local events for next year is difficult and requires some investigation, as most competitions have not yet posted their 2023 tour. I began my investigation today and will need to continue tomorrow.

Lastly, before the studio closes, each employee has a cleaning assignment that must be completed before everyone leaves. I mopped all three floors of the rooms at the end of the day to keep everyone healthy because studio floors get pretty dirty.

I learned today that there are multiple small activities that must be completed in order to keep things in order and smooth sailing. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog 5

I spent this past week helping the teachers with classes and other small tasks around the studio. On Wednesday, I offered to help with some additional cleaning at the studio. Because the kids frequently place their hands on mirrors, leaving handprints, I thoroughly cleaned all of the mirrors, making sure to remove any handprints. In addition, we had marks of tape down from the pandemic that required dancers to stand six feet apart, so I began removing the tape. Because the tape was two years old, I had to apply Goo Gone, which left the floors extremely sticky and slippery.  I assisted some classes on Thursday. I started my day with Michelle's jazz red class, which includes dancers aged 10 to 11. To avoid injury, I began by stretching the kids thoroughly with their regular stretch routine, making sure that all of the dancers felt loose and flexible. Then I gave them some across-the-floor combos. They began by doing a kick combo that included two front kicks and two side kicks i...
Read more

Blog 4

Image
Yesterday and today, I spent more time preparing for the recital (show), and I was able to put my creativity and design abilities to good use. This year's recital theme is Monopoly, and my mentor Nina asked that I prepare slides to be projected at the recital. Each slide includes the title of the dance, the choreographer, the full names of each of the dancers, and a monopoly card from the game that corresponds to that dance. I had to do this for each dance in each show, copying the recital program word for word. First, I listed the dance's title, "Missed," as well as the choreographer, Emily Ragland (for the one pictured below). Then I alphabetized each of the dancers' names and placed a picture of a chance card on the monopoly game board that corresponded to this dance. I edited the photographs' saturation, contrast, and brightness to make the colors pop on the projector from the perspective of an audience in a large auditorium. Income tax, go to jail, and GO...
Read more

Blog 7

Only a few days remain until tech rehearsal and the first recital performance on Saturday, and further recital preparation took place on Wednesday and Thursday. Michelle assigned me to work on the dress rehearsal change areas for all dancers. Backstage 1, backstage 2, auditorium center, auditorium front right, auditorium back left, and auditorium back right are the different types of changing spaces. Backstage 1 and 2 are made up of older dancers that have a variety of dances and have a lot of quick changes. The front right and left sections of the auditorium are made up of younger dancers under the age of eight who aren't in many dances and only have dances at the beginning of the recital. Adult classes are held in the Auditorium Center. Back left and right in the auditorium are dancers beyond the age of ten who aren't in as many dances and don't have fast changes. These arrangements are established in this manner to ensure that dancers are separated by age, number of danc...
Read more