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[sarahdee623]

Reduction Study: Feedback Reflection

The feedback I got from this reduction study was pretty positive! We talked about the changes I had made since the first run like the insertion of the traveling phrase, and the "not dropping" the hand at the very end. MiKayla felt that the traveling phrase pulled her too far stage left in her focus as an audience member. I think this issue may be alleviated if the piece included other dancers and wasn't a solo, but I can for sure understand her reasoning. Additionally, Haley was very happy with the ending change:)

The biggest thing we discussed with this piece was the process of moving forward from here. We talked about the meaning of reducing the study to it's "purest essence" and we discovered that I was sort of playing with two different ideas at once. Because while I was really focusing on the movement play between two different energetic qualities, I still had the idea of being "caged" in the back of my mind while I was creating. Brittany and I talked about the possibility of somehow merging these two ideas together, if possible. Or the possibility of totally honing in on one idea and letting that idea become the full essence of the piece. All really good thought provoking comments and discussion!

[sarahdee623]

[rib]cage Feedback Reflection

We had a great class discussion after I performed my flash study. The class was taken by the interesting shapes I was making. I was pleased with this feedback because this is something I was really focused on while I was creating. I was intentionally working to create new shapes. We also discussed the interesting quality of the movement throughout the whole piece. MiKayla mentioned that because the movement was so interesting when I did a double pirouette she was instantly "pulled out of it." I really appreciated this comment and I can understand why she felt that way. Going forward if I were to continue I would revisit this moment and perhaps something as simple as changing the position of the foot and arms while turning would fix that issue. Lastly, we had a discussion about the very last moment in the piece when I slowly "picked up a feather" and then heavily dropped it. Brittany mentioned that this action suddenly gave me a very humanistic quality that wasn't present through the rest of the piece. Haley mentioned that she was craving this moment of suspense where I would not drop my hand. Again going forward I would definitely take her advice on that moment.

[secretlyoptimistickingdom-blog]

Notes #4

Before receiving any feedback, I already knew that my first analysis lacked clarity despite having read the book and captured many ideas that were suggested by the text. When I read the feedback, I was not surprised that I started out with good ideas but that they became lost when reading my analysis. It was understandable, I say, because I felt lost doing the assignment myself. If I were to revise my analysis, I would clarify the difference between "servants, men," and etc. from the Tempest . This would allow the reader to know where I am heading with my analysis--that is, to explain if there is a pattern where servants seem to have more or less knowledge than those who would be considered higher-rank than them. In this play, the phrase that "Knowledge is power" is taken to the extreme as I tried to convey my idea that servants that obtained useful secrets would be able to use it to their advantage and try to achieve social mobility as we see Gonzalo using his knowledge as to when Prospero goes to bed, usually, in order to have  Sebastian kill him in order to be free from Prospero.

My main struggles are two things: first, I need to be more concise with my ideas and second, is actually coming up with a topic that would interest me and encourage me to write my thoughts rather than having to rely on classroom discussions to stimulate any ideas.

[portfolioprofpractice-blog]

Career Trajectory Strategic Development Report Feedback Reflection

From the feedback I found there were a few things that I need to improve on in my next assignment. In my report I gave the wrong citing references which can easily be changed by looking and seeing how to reference correctly in the citing reference guide given to us by the university. Another point raised in the feedback was to use more images in the report, which i will do next time as they will help illustrate my ideas and concepts. A big issue that was shown in the feedback was my lack of following through with the ideas that i had proposed, in the future I will do more research into the ideas and provide a strategy to complete these ideas. The last point was to be more organised and manage my time better with tasks as these are skills that a video editor needs. 

In conclusion I had some good ideas and good research, I just needed to follow through and build on the ideas that I had thought of.