Culturama (G12)

We finished doing our culturama performance and it went really well. Although due to Covid 19 we were not allowed to perform in front of a live audience this year, we were still able to record the real show and make a film out of it. I think it was worth sticking with the dance and getting through all the work because it is so satisfying to see an end product that I have created.

I would have loved the opportunity to do this last year because it has taught me so many things. With long term project there will always be change and adjustments that need to be made but I need to recognise that they are okay and in many cases actually make the start product better by the end.

All in all, I am proud of how my partner and I persevered through the process to the final outcome!

At this point my partner and I have completed the full choreography and we have began teaching it to our dancers. We do need to persevere because it is hard for some of the students to pick up on what we are teaching them and sometimes we need to slow down and wait for one of the students to catch up with what we are doing.

South African dancing has also challenged me a lot physically because it tends to be sustained levels of very high energy which I am not used to as I did classical Indian dance that tends to be slower and more mellow. I think that if I stick with it and with more practice that I will become more confident and comfortable.

Evidence

Learning Outcome: LO4-Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences. Students can articulate the stages from conceiving an idea to executing a plan for a CAS experience or series of CAS experiences.

Evidence

This year my friend and I are leading a Culturama dance for the country of South Africa meaning we are the ones in charge of creating the entire dance from start to end. The reason I put this as an activity is because of the physical exertion that is required of us because South African dancing uses so much footwork. I believe this relates to the leaning outcome above because throughout the dance we are going to face challenges but we need to be able to overcome then and pull through to the end of the dance.