Filming Dance-Evaluating Self

    After a very productive skype call on Sunday 27/9  I've come to realize that filming myself dance-teach,  but also filming my students class practices and dance performances  has many more positive outcomes than I originally thought.
While in the past it was so hard to capture this art form, nowadays technology has progressed so much and it allows us to capture-see-"judge" (and I don't know if this is the right word to use)-improve and change ourselves and our students in a way so we are able to see the  results we seek in ours and theirs techniques and dance behavior in general. Digging in it further I read an article by Ava Madison: RECORD YOURSELF! The Importance of Recording Yourself and Body Memory", (https://www.avamadison.dance/record-yourself/ )that mentions how important it is to watch yourself dance in a video because "this way we take a more active role in our personal progression as movement artisans and define our craft into art".
   Speaking for myself as a dance teacher I can say that after watching my students dance performances on video, I experience a big range of emotions running through my mind and body- with of course excitement being the first one of those- alongside always thinking were they stand now (especially of I had them as students from a very young age)  and how they progressed as dancers and individual people.
Aboard those,  thoughts like "I shouldn't used that step" or "I should have changed that routine" or "do an alternative ending" come running through, not only at that moments but as I am reflecting on it in the days to follow....So my question that originates from this conversation and brain storming is: Does our perception of ourselves as choreographers or creators of this form of art  change when we see the final results of our work? Do we re-evaluate the work we do? Or do we value it enough in the first place so that we realize that what we do actually has an impact on our students lives?
   Would love to read your opinions on these!
Maria

Returning Back!

 "The comeback is always stronger than the setback".

After some time off during a relaxed summer break I find myself being really excited to start the new term with Module 2 focus this time, looking forward to what this months of studying and researching will bring alongside a very busy work schedule as well.

Thinking back to all of the Module 1 outcomes I gained, I am now thrilled to see how it helped me understand and dive in more into my own preferred methods as a choreographer and teacher, and how this helped me be a better version of myself as a professional. I am now wondering how my professional practice can be more researched and how specific areas of my own practices can be further developed and analyzed through observations of my teaching environment. 

During the come back, I am starting to think how can I develop my personal interests more and how I can engage better through reading and analyzing publications and literature around my field of research.
I am feeling eager to finding an area that tickers more questions, something I want to explore and understand better so I can get more familiarized with by the end of term through all sort of methodology.

Lets all have a great term !
Maria