Evaluation of Todays Class and Strengths and Weaknesses (Jazz Technique) - 24/09/15

Evaluation of todays Jazz Class:

In todays Jazz lesson, Julia - our teacher was not in. This meant that we had a cover teacher and was given the task through email. In this email, we were told to run The Witches number we had learnt in the past few lessons and to learn Robbie and Lucy' groups choreography. This lesson to some extent was successful, however I personally feel that it was not exactly like normal. This is because not everyone would be involved when we (as a class) were trying to clean the routines.

Moreover, something which was defiantly successful was learning the groups choreography. When I originally watched it, I was a bit worried as the counts were odd and it looked complicated. Also, it looked a bit like an urban routine (which some people in the class do not do). However, when I learnt it I was surprised. This was because everyone in the class, whether they had done urban before or not, learnt the routine and it looked really good. Below I put a link to the video which our supply teacher took for us. In the routine, we are not in set positions and we had only learnt it five minutes before filming it.

Even though this was successful, one part of the lesson was not. This was when we were told to clean and perfect The Witches routine, which Julia had taught us. This was not successful as people did not listen to one another and not everyone went through and cleaned the routine. Also, we only did the routine full out once, which was not good as it looked messy later on when we showed it to Josie. When we showed it to Josie, we did not realise that Julia was watching us from outside. This makes me worried as she saw us perform a messy routine which we had one hour to clean and make neat. This means that she will be annoyed with our class and the routine as we have not done what she has asked. Consequently, this will mean that we will have to take another lesson to clean the routine.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

Because we did not have a teacher, I do not have many strengths or weaknesses for this lesson. Instead of having two strengths and three weaknesses, I will just talk about the main one from each section which sticks out most in my head.

Strength:

• The main strength I found from this lesson was that I got to my place in time. Throughout all my rehearsals, I have been unable to get to my place in time in The Witches routine. However, this time I did in both rehearsals. This is very successful as it means that I do not ruin the routine because I can not get there in time. I will now continue to focus on this to make sure I ALWAYS get there in time. 

Weakness:

• The main weakness I found from this lesson was my stamina. This was because we kept going full out with Lucy and Robbie's routine and I kept giving 100%. Although this wasn't an issue, after a while I became a bit slower and less cleaner with my moves. However, I do feel I have improved since the last lesson which means that I become more stronger. As it a result of this, it meant that I kept dancing for a longer period of time without getting as tired or out of breath. To improve even more I will continue to focus on this, so that I am ready and able to get through the whole show.