Choreography

2016 -2017

First Bimester Hours: 10

Since I’ve been in the dance industry since I am a child in DanceStudio and have been performing in several big and public shows, I decided that now is a good time to work with a personal coach as I was achieving a good level and wanted to maintain or improve my standard. Having a coach makes me learn the proper techniques needed to impress judges in festivals and he advices me how to create movements when there is a freestyle performance in case I am applying to casting event. These classes are intensive as the first half hour we practice in detail the movements and the background concept, then for the next 1 hour we practice the whole choreography nonstop and lastly for 20 minutes we stretch as in ballet.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

Second Bimester Hours: 12

Jonathan has been my personal coach for more than half a year now and during the second bimester he has taught me how to use ballet technique to improve my contemporary dance. We have practiced 3 songs completely, one of contemporary dance and 2 of hiphop. The outcome is that I have achieved being more flexible and I have also learned how to show more feeling while dancing, as well as how to connect more to the music, words and beats.

Throughout this training I have achieved a new skill which is linked to the musical aspect, I can now differentiate each beat and identify when a new step could be added into the choreography. This has also developed my creativity skills as not only I am physically active but I am joining my knowledge of dance skills into each step.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

July Break Hours: 12

During the vacations Jonathan taught me 3 choreographies and gave me the news that I was going to perform in the Rastrillo event, an important national fundraising event.

We constantly practiced urban dance with the chart song “Work” which is going to be the opening act for the fundraising event. As this event is well known in the city we practiced a lot for perfection as we want to please the public. I believe this is going to be a good experience for my future and I consider that this vacations were fun as I had this activity that took my mind completely out of the world and placed me totally in the moment.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

Third Bimester Hours: 12

During the third bimester Jonathan decided to focus the class more in stretching, as he wanted me to be more flexible therefore be able to do more pirouettes easily and faster. We started the class with simple stretches in order to warmup the body and then he showed me steps that involved jumping, then falling onto the floor without hurting my body, then doing some movements before standing up very fast.

This new style of movement was at first challenging to me as I struggled on falling onto the floor as my knees started to hurt, and then going up again I felt that my body didnt have enough strength so during the first week the movements were difficult to do and Jonathan had to repeat them severall times in order for me to perform them correctly. Then during the second week I was able to perform the movement very fast but the technique didn’t look completly orgainzed so I started working on my technique rather than just doing it quickly. The following week I was able to do it perfectly and I felt proud as the beat of the music matched the movements.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

Summer Vacations (2016-2017): 32

During the summer break of January and February we continued having classes, we trained 4 to 6 hours a week, we practiced a mix of Jazz and Hip-hop. These classes focused more on each step on each step of setting up a routine as we were going to present this in a showcase. Throughout this time I was able to practice with more professional dancers that were giving me feedback in what they saw while I was dancing, and the best part was that I was able to dance with them and learn more their style.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

First Bimester 2017: 12

During the First bimester I started to attend my activity from the 20 of March so 2 weeks I didn’t go due to medical reasons. On my first day back my coach Jonathan trained me for 1 hour and a half and the 30 minutes was for stretching with my 2nd coach named Mayra. During these classes I was able to be more flexible and learn a little bit of ballet and their techniques. My posture improves and my stability as well, with the help of Mayra my spins were more centred and during this I was able to be in tiptoes.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences

Second Bimester 2017: 40

In the second bimester I changed my dance schedule classes for 2 hours and a half every Tuesday and Thursday, until the end of the term. The first two hours were dedicated purely to hip-hop dance lessons and the last thirty minutes were for stretching with my 2nd coach named Mayra. With Mayra we integrated ballet techniques as well as contemporary dance and since I started applying this techniques from bimester 1 saw a progress on my stability during my hiphop classes. Further on, Jonathan in the middle of the bimester he changed form Hip Hop to salsa something that was new for me in terms of choreography and it was challenge that I needed to face. At the end of the course I had good skills of different dance genres and I was proud of myself.

I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

LO 4 - Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences