Key Concept:
Identity
Related Concepts:
– Innovation
– Structure
Global Context:
Globalization and Sustainability
Statement of Inquiry:
The transition from traditional to modern is facilitated by innovation.
Inquiry Questions:
Factual -How does innovation lead to positive change?
Conceptual – In what way does innovation represent identity?
(Innovation- Identity or Identity – Innovation?)
Debatable – Does time affect innovation?
Week 1
12 April 2016
Unit Introduction: Solo Dance
Story telling dance + recipe ?!
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15 April 2016
big and small movement + stop and change direction dance
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Week 2
Expedition Week
Week 3
26 April 2016
Contemporary Dance ( back roll )
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29 April 2016
Chair dance
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Week 4
3 May 2016
Today Mr. King provide us (dance class students) with one A4 paper and told us to wrote down out message to the world, and choose a song for us to dance the message out.
The first thing that came into my mind for what I am going to tell the world, I think it must be – Live! Survived! I want to tell the world to be strong and live their life thoroughly till the end of their life, leave no regrets in their hearts. Life is a journey that everyone have to go through, through the journey there will be happiness, sadness, love, hate, regret and more. However no matter what kind of emotions, we shall embrace it and feel it, because each time we feel, each time we learnt and fulfilled.
I had two suitable songs in my head to convey my messages “I Lived – One Republic” & ” I’m Alive by Celine Dion“, and while I look + listen to the lyrics video of each songs, I think “I Lived – One Republic”gave me more ideas to choreograph and listen to it I think I had found the muse of my life. Therefore the song for my solo dance will be I Lived by One Republic
My Message to the World:
Friend, if anyone ever said that you’re worthless, do not bother them, follow your own will, because you lived your life, not theirs. You lived for yourself! With every joy, pain and love you’ve received, you give it in your all and make sure you feel it thoroughly in your heart, then head on to the next journey. Remember you lived for yourself, not someone else.
Things that went well:
I manage to wrote a message that I want to tell the world and I had chose a song that is suitable for my message to be express out through dance.
Things to improve:
Next time when the song was chose, then quickly think of dance steps, do not procrastinate.
6 May 2016
Today we are told to choreograph our dance steps, however I still cannot figure out what steps will be suitable to convey my messages so the progress is slow today. Today My progress was only for the chorus and the starting, the verse still have no idea how to dance. Then Mr. King gave me advises like use up the spaces I have and make small movement big.
Things that went well:
I choreograph at least the steps for chorus and beginning of the song, and get advises from Mr. King, so I can enhance my steps and evolve it better.
Things to improve:
Try to dance more confidently in front of everyone, show them what I have got so far, because no one is perfect. Be confident to my steps and my sense. Think more creatively and always do not pressure myself while thinking my steps, otherwise at last not a single step will come out… =_=|||
Week 5
10 May 2016
Today I choreograph steps for my solo dance, while I am creating the steps I was thinking about how to make a big movement steps and steps that will use up the spaces given to me. Today I choreograph 1 minute of the song already, which I think is consider as a productive day.
Things that went well:
I finish the steps from the beginning till the end of chorus one, and it’s one minute long already, which means I left two more minutes to choreograph and it is a great improvement.
Things to improve:
Think more creatively and try to be more energetic, makes audience can feel my power and will to convey my message to the world. Most importantly make sure each of my steps can express my feelings and passion out loud through dancing.
13 May 2016
I finished choreograph the whole song about 3 mins, and I thought about simple steps then make it big. One of the steps which is turn then lie down on the floor, I just get the idea while I listen to the music and found it amusing 😀 It looks like a steps and it also can calm me down through this 3 minutes long dance 🙂 Furthermore I also thought about what kind of steps can express my feelings best and convey my messages thoroughly. In the end, I really felt accomplished after done choreographing the whole dance, and most importantly I found my passion in my solo dance 😀
I also had identified my costumes for my dance performance in class, black shirt and black pants. The reason why I chose black, was because black resembles darkness, and I want to tell the audience that embrace the darkness and rise up from the darkness, or a symbol of reborn! 🙂
Things that went well:
I think the things that went well are that I finished choreograph the whole steps and I was happy that I could dance a dance that I wanted to dance. I had a feeling of accomplishment after I done the choreographing, so happy that I can cry… T^T
Things to improve:
To polish the steps a bit to make it looks nice and memorize the steps, make sure on the performance day, I can performed it all out, with clear remembrance. I need to find a solution to balance up myself too while turning and jumping, otherwise the performance will be ruin badly…
Week 6
17 May 2016 – Tuesday
Today is the day to perform our solo dance in front of everyone in dance class, coincidentally most of us chose to wore black color costumes to perform our dance.
Things that went well:
The solo dance is finally done! XD I can rest now without any worries~~
The dance performance is performed well without any missed out steps, and it’s with energy.
Things to improve:
I need to learn how to balance myself while turning and jumping, even though I am able to balance up a bit, but a bit is not enough, I need to learn how to fully balance myself, so I can dance more different kind of steps in the future 😀
Week 7
Assessment week
Jinen Dance 