Strengths and weaknesses (Contemporary Technique) - 21/09/15

Strengths and Weaknesses in Contemporary:

In today's Contemporary lesson with Julia and Josie, I have found that both of my strengths have continued to stay the same. I have also found that some of my weaknesses have improved and I have also found a couple of new ones too. In this blog post, I will explain a few of my main strengths and weaknesses of this lesson and how I will improve my weaknesses.

Strengths:

• In my contemporary class today, I found that I have continued to be versatile. This was because I had to not only work by myself, but in a pair and also in a group with people that I don't usually dance or talk to much. This is one of my top strengths as I have become more confident as a person and as a dancer. It also meant that this lesson I could help come up with new choreography with my group and pair. 
• A new strength I found in this lesson was my spacing. This was because I knew where I was meant to be at what count. This meant that I was able to keep my spacing throughout the whole routine, whether it was travelling movement or not. I feel this is a strength as it means that the routine will look more clean and connected as a group because everyone will be in the right place. 

Weaknesses:

• A new weakness which I have noticed over the last couple of Contemporary lessons are my placement of arms. For example, I find that sometimes my arms will look more like Jazz arms and not fluid like they need to be in Contemporary. This is a weakness as it will not look like the correct style of dance which also means that it will look like the correct move. This can be improved by looking in the mirror while dancing and looking at whether my arms are in the correct place and whether they look exactly like the arms which were set. 
• Also, another weakness which I have found over the last couple of Contemporary lessons are my transitions between moves. This is because sometimes they will look messy. This could give the person watching me the impression that I do not know what I am doing and do not have the correct technique. I feel like I could improve this by recording myself doing it wrong and then watching myself. I can then see where the movement looks weird and where I need to focus on. I can then practise and then re-record myself to see whether the transitions have improved or not. 
• The last weakness I have found, which I also had as a weakness in the previous lesson is my flexibility. This is because when I need to put my legs in certain positions, I find that the flexibility in my hips stops me from doing this. I know that now I need to stretch on an everyday bases and practice to become more flexible. Although it has come up on my weakness list twice in two weeks, I am not upset or disappointed with this. This is because I was not born with natural flexibility which means I have to work harder then some others to become more flexible.