William's BA Professional Practice Blog

This is based upon that task, think of an idea you like, and my idea is: "The best teachers weren’t the best dancers." This is something that have thought about increasingly as I reflect on my training moving into a professional career. Over the years I have been fortunate enough to train at a vocational school under some of the ‘top teachers’ in the country. I have also experienced working under other teachers as a began my dance training and later as I gained work experience with various professional companies.  When I was younger I didn’t question my teachers, their knowledge, their training or what they achieved when they themselves were dancing (or not as the case may be). As I grew older I spoke more with my teachers and began to find out more about their backgrounds, and further down the line I began to see how this shaped the way in which the taught me.  Looking over all those that have taught me in the dancing field I notice that many, if not the maj...

Web 2.0 how it has changed practices forever... On first thought I wouldn’t consider that I use Web 2.0 a huge amount in my professional practice, I see it as more old fashioned, and from speaking to colleagues not a lot has changed from ore and post the internet and Web 2.0. In actual fact I considered my use of Web 2.0 as a completely external thing to my practise, using it purely for social and personal times. However on deeper reflection I can see now that I actually use Web 2.0 a surprising amount in what I think is a fairly historically unchanged profession. Using Web 2.0 in my practice specifically Facebook Group, I use it everyday as it is where my company communicates our weekly schedules and updated information we need to know. This is by far the most convenient way to communicate as the whole group can see the information and anyone can ask questions or respond, and then everyone else can see that and any subsequent information relayed. This means that the ...