Rocío Chacón photography online (1)
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Tuesday 20 December 2011
Friday 10 June 2011
Dance Update
BA Ballet Education Graduation show is over and well done: Notice and some pictures here.
In June: Performing at The Place.
I am also very honoured and happy to have been given the opportunity to be part of The Karsavina Project - a project hopefully to become more and more popular amongst dancers and teachers. Tamara Karsavina, as a founding member of the Royal Academy of Dance, devised a syllabus specifically for dance teachers who would train there. Based on her own experience as a ballet dancer and a student at the Imperial Ballet School (now Vaganova Academy) in St Petersbourg, the syllabus contains elements of various styles and schools of ballet and is therefore invaluable also from a historical perspective. This syllabus has been passed on from Karsavina herself to selected teachers who have taught it at the RAD since. The Karsavina syllabus is the Royal Academy of Dance's possession and copyrighted.
There is an endeavour at the moment to record the syllabus in other, more tangible ways as well (video, notation, interviews): "The Karsavina Project". Find it on facebook with more explanations and lots of pictures from the filming session!
Tamara Karsavina, circa 1915
In June: Performing at The Place.
I am also very honoured and happy to have been given the opportunity to be part of The Karsavina Project - a project hopefully to become more and more popular amongst dancers and teachers. Tamara Karsavina, as a founding member of the Royal Academy of Dance, devised a syllabus specifically for dance teachers who would train there. Based on her own experience as a ballet dancer and a student at the Imperial Ballet School (now Vaganova Academy) in St Petersbourg, the syllabus contains elements of various styles and schools of ballet and is therefore invaluable also from a historical perspective. This syllabus has been passed on from Karsavina herself to selected teachers who have taught it at the RAD since. The Karsavina syllabus is the Royal Academy of Dance's possession and copyrighted.
There is an endeavour at the moment to record the syllabus in other, more tangible ways as well (video, notation, interviews): "The Karsavina Project". Find it on facebook with more explanations and lots of pictures from the filming session!
Tamara Karsavina, circa 1915
Monday 30 May 2011
Thursday 5 May 2011
Change of mind
I finished my BA dissertation and bound it, title:
I feel differently but I don't know why: A phenomenological study of ballet and contemporary dance classes.
Thanks to all those who have emailed me about their experiences, talked to me, and contributed in these ways.
Some pending ideas for next year - Dance in London, teach ballet in China, teach ballet in Europe, continue studying??
I feel differently but I don't know why: A phenomenological study of ballet and contemporary dance classes.
Thanks to all those who have emailed me about their experiences, talked to me, and contributed in these ways.
Some pending ideas for next year - Dance in London, teach ballet in China, teach ballet in Europe, continue studying??
Tuesday 15 February 2011
February news
Today, I went to the first audition for next year.
I doubt I do things physically that people would pay for.
But I wonder to what extend this is a pre-requisite for some success.
Tips for next time: Do take paracetamol. Do not wear anything hinting at pyjamas-like clothing, even if I think it reflects my character. Be fitter. I think most other things I did right.
It took me a very expensive travel ticket to London and several hours closing eyes to recover from a headache I got during the day. Also, rethinking options. I can predict what kind of people I will encounter at more auditions. Still, I must go through - it is a way of contextualising myself in the dance world and that's the process to finding my way.
On the other hand, it also seems that I am not doing a real thing. I am not really preparing to teach, and I am not really dancing. Not able to focus on either one, trying to combine both.
I wonder how things develop. I was never that happy to return to London before.
I doubt I do things physically that people would pay for.
But I wonder to what extend this is a pre-requisite for some success.
Tips for next time: Do take paracetamol. Do not wear anything hinting at pyjamas-like clothing, even if I think it reflects my character. Be fitter. I think most other things I did right.
It took me a very expensive travel ticket to London and several hours closing eyes to recover from a headache I got during the day. Also, rethinking options. I can predict what kind of people I will encounter at more auditions. Still, I must go through - it is a way of contextualising myself in the dance world and that's the process to finding my way.
On the other hand, it also seems that I am not doing a real thing. I am not really preparing to teach, and I am not really dancing. Not able to focus on either one, trying to combine both.
I wonder how things develop. I was never that happy to return to London before.
Wednesday 2 February 2011
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