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Journal Entry 10.4&6.18

To summarize this semester in three words - Unexpected - overwhelming - transformation.

I was going into this class this semester with really high nerves. And they showed. I struggled with this class a lot. But as I got into the semester I didn't want to fail because that would cause more anxiety. So I tried to get caught up. I didn't get fair. And then the car accident happen and that set me back.

I get upset thinking about myself failing a class but that is life and I completely understand.

But I did learn many things from the class. Like, facing and how facing different ways on a stage makes the audience feel different things. And the timing and energy have so much more to do with a dance.

Journal Entry 11.27&29.18

In my final study I wanted to focus on energy out of all the topics we talked about. The whole study was about being refreshed when a heard day of work is over. The piece it titled "Refresher" - I used my experience of have a struggle of school work and mental health. It all is a mixture of feelings an emotion.

It all goes off of my very first and only study, titled "Working Bee." In that study we were given a task to find three photos to find inspiration. My three photos were - an elephant, a bubble bee, and a flower starting to blossom. In that image it has rain drops on the leaves . I think of rain be a refresher to the earth and life altogether. Therefore, my titled and piece.

Journal 11.20.18

"Whether a dancer gets a concussion in or outside the studio, she will need to take time off and re-enter class gradually. If a dancer comes back before her concussion heals, she risks life-threatening complications or endangering other dancers. If someone hits her head in your class, you'll need to know what to watch for to make sure the student gets the treatment she needs and resumes training safely."

Not being able to dance for a month (and counting) have been hard. I catch myself doing spins and foot work off gaurd. But it has made me see dance from another view. After not being in Fall into Dance and Candles and Carols, I got to think about my dedication for dance. At first I thought I would be nothing without dance. Since I've been dancing for fifteen years it is something all I known. But I realized that there is other things that I enjoy. Like decorating and coloring! (😂) What I'm trying to say is that I don't have to have to have dance define my life.

Before college that is something I always worried about. I didn't have another sport or group of friends. - That sounds sad. I have acquaintances at school but they weren't my true friends. - Unlike college, the concept switched. But the dancers still care

Overall, I still love dance and the friends that come with it!

Journal Entry 11.13.18

Here are a couple of photos of our notes about energy. I believe energy is the most important thing in dance. Each style of dance has a different energy. Ballet can be soft and delicate. While jazz can be performed as smooth or sharp.

Percussive: sharp, aggressive movement; hit, whip, beat, chop, cut, strike.

Sustained: energy is released equally in a smooth pattern; sailing drifting, wandering.

Google defines energy in dance as “Energy is about how the movement happens. Choices about energy include variations in movement flow and the use of force, tension, and weight. An arm gesture might be free-flowing or easily stopped, and it may be powerful or gentle, tight or loose, heavy or light.”

behind-the-student

Me: let’s go to sleep

My last two brain cells:

self-care-suggestion

3 days till Friday

You got this

One step, one breath, one task at a time.

I believe in you.

petalier

@WeHeartIt /keepcalmimhere/collections/91963387-books-coffee-work

Journal Entry 11.08.18

Sitting in Maritn Hall’s lobby late after open house hours, a group of friends sits on the floor playing a card game. They have the couches pulled back to make more room because the game gets very intense and physical. All friends sit in a tight circle as one shuffle and deal the cards. Swap, swap, swap the shortest friend shuffles the card quickly in her hands. The audience eyes get wide the faster her hands get. Even some jaws drop. The game beings, with the pace, starting off slow, but it quickly picks up when the tension rises. Hands reach for the prize and the loser bawls. The group laughs and smile and prepare for the next round. The pace is set and picks up. Each person lifts the cards in their hands to eye level and reads their fate. Rounds go over and over until there are two left. The handful of losers take the last prize and to find the perfect hiding location. The final pair goes at it and when the four of a kind is found the two jumps from their spots high into the air and dash find the winning prize. The get low as the couches and under the tables. Bending their backs and turning their necks to search. The prize is spotted across the room and the two spirit into action. Gliding through the room, leaping over the couch and pouncing up to achieve the spoon. And the winner of the Ulitmate Game of Spoons is pronounced

Journal Entry 11.06.18

James Hinchcliff Dancing With The Stars - Waltz

I LOVE THIS DANCE!!!! (I’m also a huge fan of James Hinchcliff)

So I know this isn't the usual form of dance we discuss but I love this dance so much. It was choreographed so well and performed even better. The facials are amazing and the foot movement is wonderful. This dance makes me grin and smile because it is so good. The leg extension that Jenna does is excellent and her evil glare makes it better. The pair together is a perfect match.

Journal Entry 11.01.18

Your leap of faith doesn't have to be alone.

Journal Entry 10.30.18

This text gives me hope. Hope in a better day, tomorrow, and future. I can see this being a beautiful contemporary number; either as a solo or duet or group number. The dance would start off as a sad depressing moments. Slow and low to the ground. The dancers would face the side or back to show there sadness. But through out the number the music will bilud up and the dancers will achieve what they were fight against. The movements towards the end will pick up along with the moments. The lights will get brighter and the audience will sit up straighter in their seats. The end would be silence with stillness. To show the accomplishments and the journey the dancers have gone through. The end will embrace their achievements. At the very end the dancers stand in a line facing the audience but looking up.

Journal Entry 10.25.18

Hallelujah - Lindsey Stirling

I’m a big fan of Lindsey Stirling and her music she plays. She is a dancer and violinist that is well known in the American music industry. Her debut self-titled studio album earned her a position on America’s Got Talent. Recently in her career, she was on Dancing With The Stars. (one of my favorite shows) She ended up getting the first runner. With her bubbly and fun personality, she is loved by many.

The song Hallelujah is one of my favorite Christian/ holiday songs. I like the dynamics and energy of the music gives off. This song can be danced to or simply listening to enjoy. The instrumental version of the song is wonderful because even without lyrics you can hear the words come to life. The song lifts up the mood with the high pitch sound of the ‘Hallelujahs’ being played by the violin. The song makes me think of the Lord and all that he has done for me and my family and friends. The joy he has brought to my life and the blessings he has given me.

#ASaviorIsBorn Hallelujah LindseyStirling #jesus #holidays collegedance GBGR goravens

Journal Entry 10.25.18

For my inspiration of time is the image above. The photo was taken and edited by myself and as for the quote. (I can't remember if it something I heard somewhere...🤔😅)

In high school I was in the Royal Leadership Academy and one of our fundraisers was to create a calendar with wisdom. (With out own photos and any quote or phrase.) This is something I think about a lot. No matter how much I want the day or week or year to be over, I remember that God has a plan and a path for me to take. I don't need to be in a rush to get things over and done with. I need to take it all in and be there and learn why God has put me here.

Journal Entry 10.23.18

Time Notes 10/23/18

Tempo - the speed of the beat

•Can determine the response and attitude of the dancer

•Effect the mood of the number

•Tempo could dictate or the dancer could dictate the mood

Fast tempo- fear, excitement, joy, entertainment (tap, theatre dance)

Slow tempo- indulging, pleasure, gentle caring, pain, sadness

Momentum - implicit affinity for energy

•Increase of tempo

•Happen in a short moment or a long one

•Give an intense look

•High level

Decelerated - to slow down

•Weakening

•Slowing

•Low level

*Careful with ending shape appearance

Duration - the length of moment determine how long it take by doing it

•What are body can do and how much strength it has

•The relationship of the movement to the beat

•How many beats at a given tempo the movement takes

Clock time - what it means

•Be restrictive

•Natural but unnatural

•Has to do stuff in that time to complete till time is up

Dance Time

•Freedom in structure

•Use time anyway you want

“The clock will tell you the actual time of a sequence but what you do choreography determines how the time will perceive and how the audience will feel.”

Regular / irregular

•Regular use of time Comfort and supported or boring

•Without level

•Could be uncomfortable

•Irregular use of time can feel unpredictable and is ever changing

•Hard to teacher to dancers

•Hard to anticipate what is next

•Is fun

Accent - emphasize on

•Give sense of impulse or beginning

•When an accent happens are periodic impulse meter is produce

Mete -

•Makes regularity in timing

•Unison or partners

•Contrast against

Stillness

•If time is flow it also contains its oppentseness, stillness

•It is a waiting with ongoingness

•Gathering in the past

•Holding save the present

I really enjoyed having these short phrases or quotes to tie up the end of each section. It allows me to look at the information in a different way. Timing is something I've have struggled with as a dancer. I'm either too fast or too slow. (Most of the time it's because I'm too fast. I just get so excited and I speed up my movements.) So this section of the semester is something I really want to work on! My favorite part of the notes is talking about the Stillness because it was made clear that you don't have to be completely frozen.

Journal Entry 10.16 & 10.18

Last week each of my peers was given an image. An image that only they could see and not share with others. My image was a line across the page. That line was zigzagging its way through the page like it was lost or undecided on which way to go. The line was crossing through a red sea of anger with bright colors beaming off of the line itself. I looked at myself as the line. Not knowing what I’m doing or where to go. Swimming through negative people and thoughts telling me “I can’t do it” - “why are you even here” - “You’ll just end up being a failure.” I didn’t like the look of the image. But I saw something that I could work with there. I saw a dance that I could relate to.

I’ve been struggling on my own for the past couple of weeks and it really started with class. I see everyone else dance and think that I can’t do that. I’m not that good. It’s the stuff like that makes me rethink why I’m dance major. I’m still finding myself. It’s not that I don’t love dance - really do. I just don’t know if I can really do it for a career or living. I know a lot of people are struggling in college as well and I hear it all the time. That only makes me think “why do I matter compared to the next person?” But now I’m going off on a tangent. - - - I had a dream the other day of me performing this study. I dreamed about me working on it and not struggling with it. Which in the reality I was struggling. But in my dream, I finally created the dance piece and performed it in class. My dream then turned into a nightmare with everyone hating the number. No one in the class spoke but I could read their minds and just tell. That nightmare caused me to wake up into a mini panic attack and I made up my mind to not attend the class that morning.

I enjoy learning a dance and being challenged. I like to present it to an audience and show off. I don’t mind being in front of many people. But I care about how they see me as a person and as a dancer.

It’s taking a lot out of me to get out of bed and attend class. I get HUGE knots in my stomach. I’m lost at a crossroad and do not know what to do with my life and college. I’m trying my absolute best to push forward and continue to dance.

#hashtag #dance #college #anxitey #knot #push #breaking