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Nearing the Half Way Mark of Module Three

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This past week has been filled with so many valuable meetings plus plenty of reading and writing.  Through the role of being a student voice leader, which I feel privileged to be involved with, and how it has led to a wealth of connection to the MAPP community that I am very grateful for. This week we will be attending the PVG meeting for this term which will be another new learning experience  derived from this MA course.   This week, I have begun to draft my critical review and by doing this I feel that it’s helping me to understand how the data I have collected entwines into the literature and connects to the key artists recognized within my research area. This is also helping with the analysis process and ultimately revealing how it will eventually extend into my practice.  The process is still a little scary however, ensuring that I am approaching the review with an academic mindset, I feel that through revising the context of module two, I am certainly understanding how to approa

MAPP Discussion Group - Theories and Frameworks

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It was wonderful to see Angela's work that she shared with us during Sunday's discussion group, the photos the detailed narratives, the how and why she had captured the essence of a particular piece of work was extremely interesting.   On reflection of this, I can see that there are opportunities to develop artistic creations with intimacy, collaboration and dynamics of direction and expression as a performer, teacher or choreographer.  I feel that is actually a significant part of our practices, just on different platforms with different approaches and outcomes.  Nonetheless,  every piece of work, choreography, class, workshop, show we are involved with, no matter about the scale of it, it all has a significance to ourselves, the other people involved and the observers.   I am currently revising the thoughts and reasons to the framework and theories in my research as I begin the journey of analysis on the data I have gathered so far for my inquiry.   I am using a phenomenologi