Our school offers a subject where we can opt for a particular skill such as dance, drama, music etc. I opted for dance where we explore different dance styles and different traditional dances such as bhangra, Dodiya etc. After learning the skill throughout the year, you have to showcase your skill in front of the school to show what you have been doing since the beginning of the year.
LO1: I have stage fear, I always freeze when I am performing in front of an audience but I really enjoy dancing and can perform really well without being watched. This is the weakness I got to know about myself. I feel I have to work upon it as soon as possible because I see myself as a leader and leaders never fear in front of the audience. Knowing this weakness will help me set my goals so that I can aim for something which will make me grow.
LO2: Learning dance itself requires physical activities and creativity which I feel is challenging for me and as I mentioned stage fear is the most challenging thing about dancing and I have never learned dancing before. Currently, we are preparing a dance which we need to perform in front of the school. Dancing more on stage will help me overcome this challenge. We dance every week which makes us physically stable. Learning dance may not be much use in future but knowing how to dance is also something which adds up to your personality.
LO4: Dancing is very time-consuming. You have to keep dancing regularly to make sure you do not forget the steps. We have 1 session per cycle. which we have to attend and adding to that we have to practice as well for which we have to dedicate some time from our schedule. I can easily commit to things but I lack being persistent. I always think that maybe I am committing to something which is not important.
LO5: I am currently dancing in a group dance which isn’t easy at all as you and your mates have different dancing capabilities. Working collaboratively will help us show the real power of teamwork and which definitely will reflect on the dance. There were some issues but with practicing more and practicing together, we had our issues minimized. Teamwork was the most important component of this activity as the dance can go terribly wrong if there is no teamwork.
The learner profile which I developed during this activity:
Open-minded: There are some people how think dance is just for girls and the steps which they do is girlish but I think that is not true and by doing this I am being open minded.
At the end, dancing also helped me explore myself and I got to know who I truly am while dancing. Dancing is one of my favorite hobbies I like to do.
