Midterm Analysis

On Monday, we continue to do the floor stretches which it helps me a lot because I feel that I am stretched well enough to do anything. After the stretches we all went to the side to practice pique turns. I kept spotting the whole time, so I won’t get dizzy when I was turning. We also tried our right and left leaps across the room. Then we tried the open side leap in which I master, but I still have to bring it higher like the rest of my classmates.

The last balletic movement discovered was highly by my lack of core stability were my dégagés. I noticed that my upper body tends to shift back and forth when transitioning through en Croix. The energy that stimulates my dégagé currently stem from mainly my legs and my core is not as engaged in the sequence as it needs to be. If I employ Core Stability then the energy I use to carry out the motion of dégagé will begin at my center and shoot through my legs as I extend my

As dancers, setting goals for ourselves has become a number one priority for us at Coker College. During both Ballet I and Modern I, I had the chance to explore my body in numerous ways. I realized that there were things I needed to fix such as, technique issues, alignment, and just the way movements were performed. In the course of both Ballet and Modern I, I set a few goals for myself so that I could work towards to becoming a more prominent dancer. These goals included, keeping my pelvis in line, using my plié to its fullest potential, getting stronger in my inversions, and staying more alert in class.

During the seated spine sequence, I noticed myself sitting on top of my sits bones and not leaning forward or extremely backwards. Also the articulation of my feet during prances has improved greatly. I want to keep thinking and working on the height of my prances rather than the distance. D    uring the jenga phrase I thought really accented the out and in rotation of the spine well. I noticed I had a good a sense of space when traveling in the monkey,  I can continue to work on dropping my pelvis when shifting from the side shuffle. I was proud of myself during the sissone phrase because my a la seconde jump to the back was clear and my leg was extended to my true second. This used to be a challenge for me, but I overcame this by accepting and knowing the true rotation of my hip placement and progressing from

I just need to concentrate on making my body do the steps. I do not have any particular questions at the moment, but I will ask when I think of something.

I have several goals I would like to accomplish in my life. Right now, my immediate goals are to be able to finish this semester with A’s and B’s in my duel credit courses and to be able to pass my upcoming Lab Practical in Anatomy and Physiology 1. I intend to pass Algebra, English, Government & Anatomy and Physiology 1 with high scores this semester. To do this, I am studying more than I ever have studied before. This year has been a huge eye opener for me but I am looking forward to the feeling of accomplishment I will get by achieving these goals.

Three goals that I have for the future are finding employment in the hospital setting, working on my grades, and continue being active in the community through service events. There was a lot to look back on from the spring semester. Ultimately, I learned about the importance of managing stressful situations as well time management. In the future, I plan on making these two topics my top priority

Personal Independence is a common thing that everyone wants. You start to feel the urge to learn towards that path when you are a young teen. Everyone wants to experience independence at some point in their lives. There can be many struggles and hardships that you may go through to find your independence. Also, there are many benefits towards having independence.

Starting my second semester in Ballet, I was really ecstatic to see where this second semester of another Ballet class would take me. During this class I struggled a lot with keeping my pelvis in line to avoid hip hiking when it came to doing développés, battements, and fondus at the barre. While doing these certain exercises at the barre I have a tendency to bring my outside hip up as I kick out to a la seconde. This is causing my pelvis to be out of line. I went as far as getting help from my professors to give me ideas of what I can do to improve. During this Ballet class, I noticed an extremely large difference from when I started at the beginning of the year to the end of Ballet I. I worked more on concentrating on what my lower abdominals

This year I have definitely set some goals. 1st goal I have set is to end all my classes with a good grade.

The attainment of these goals is no easy duty, but that is why I do not let the public school system fail me. I prosper. My school career has taken some hard hits but it has also graced the honor roll numerous times. As a senior this year I am taking my toughest

In the beginning of the year, from week one to week five, we began learning some of the warmups and getting our body used to dance. I have never taken a dance class before so when I first entered the classroom, I was a little intimidated. One of the first things we learned was a warm up combination. The first part of the combo was where we had our right foot go forward, back to the other foot, side, back to the other foot, back behind us, and then back to the original position while clapping at the end. Then, we would repeat this process on the other side while trying to make your body not so stiff but free flowing. Next, we repeated these two steps fastly and then turn after your foot would return with the other foot. After that, we ran forward, lifting our arms and right leg up “neighing”, and then repeated on the other side. We repeated both sides twice. Next, we went to our right side lifting our right leg up and down on the floor while clapping moving sideways. After a few counts, we woulds lift our arms diagonally to the floor, and fall back to the left side. We would repeat this process on the other side as well. Additionally, we would do the octagon with our feet going back and forward. Once that was done, we would run to the right side and then run back to do the other side again. Lastly, we did the octagon dance again, running, and instead of turning back, we would go into the retire position and turn slightly to the front of the room. Last, we would repeat on the

So far, this quarter has had its ups, and its downs, all in all it as been really good for most of my classes. Some things that I have been doing well this quarter would be that I'm coming to school everyday and I show up to my classes willing to learn. If I were to say that I was't struggling with anything would be preposterous because I'm not infallible so there are some things that I'm struggling with this quarter. Like trying to keep up with my homework, and some classes I'll get bored and instead of doing work I'll end up going on my phone to play some games or something like that. I feel the main reason that I'm having a hard time keeping up with my homework is because I am a very big procrastinator, I could get an assignment a year

It is midterm and that means that we have already been in school for 31 days. Every Year the high school says goodbye to a group of students and hello to a new group. That means that every year a group of student must make the transition from middle school to high school. The transition from being kings of middle school to bottom of the totem pole in high school can be hard for some students. Freshman have all kinds of difficulties from harder classes to, a new schedule, and dealing with upperclassmen. Students might feel overwhelmed or lost there first few weeks for high school. They need to adjust to teachers wanting assignments done a certain way and teaches that don’t believe in giving A’s. They must learn a new lunch schedule and special

Midterm Instructions: Answer each question below in essay form, based on the principles and cases that we have reviewed so far this semester (i.e., Recognizing the Opportunity, Marshalling Resources).