Reflection.docx

JOLINA T.TALLEDO MST-PE

REFLECTION ON DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY Over the course of the semester, I have recall the lesson about different types of dances including hip hop, dance hall, and contemporary, street jazz, Latin, zumba and more. In the beginning, I believed that I danced well and dance was easy to do but once I figured out how much effort, practice, coordination, and preparation for a dance, I thought differently. Dance is all about expressing your emotions by using your body, having fun, gaining strength in my muscles and developing a balance not only for dance purposes but for my inner self. I learned that dance is more complex than I believe. There were elements I should consider in my movements like posture, timing, poise, musicality and expression, presentation etc. really loved doing group dances because it got a chance for me to understand my classmates a lot more. I really felt like we finally connected and worked together as a group because everyone worked together to practice the dancing, put our full ability into the movement and we successfully entertained our teacher. Dance can be intimidating because we often think of ballerinas or real modern dancers and their ability to perform complex moves synchronized and very quickly. It was nice to see that this is not the only way. I also really enjoyed the articles that taught the basics of modern dance. I want to teach dancing as a story telling and dramatic movement from more of a theatrical approach than an actual song and dance routine. Maybe as teachers we just need to clarify dancing. Don’t worry so much about looking good or getting the beat right and practice using your body to show emotions. The kids that love dancing will be able to take this and expand on it, and the kids that are intimidated by all this dancing, will be able to access it from a point of view where they can be more comfortable. I actually feel prepared to teach dance now.