“There’S A Place I Must Get To. It’S Not A Place You Can

â€Å"There’s a place I must get to. It’s not a place you can get to by boat or train. It’s far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain...† (Garland, The Wizard of Oz) As bizarre as it sounds, the progress of learning, investigating and executing my Capstone project has felt similar to being swept into a place of whelming expectations. My senior capstone project consisted of researching three professional choreographers, networking and facilitating an agreement with one artist to create a piece of choreography to perform at the 2017 BFA Senior Showcase. I knew I wanted to I would like to showcase all the strength, technique and performance experience I have gained at Cornish. Although I felt technically ready and professionally capable of†¦show more content†¦However, learning the material was more difficult than I originally expected. During my time in New York, I was participating a very rigorous dance intensive; giving us only two rehearsa ls to learn the material. Thus balancing rehearsal time and energy with the intensive work took a lot of careful planning, energy and focus. Secondly, during the learning process I had a family member pass away; forcing me balance funeral and family events to my schedule; let alone grieving. All of these events, made the first rehearsal difficult to perform at my full potential. I felt distracted, foggy-head and inadequate. I could not pick up the rhythms and the patterns did not make sense. I was struggling with the most basic concepts and feeling embarrassed and frustrated that I could not be my best self. Feeling completely beside myself The next day I talked to my adviosor at Steps about our first rehearsal. She said, â€Å" Things will happen. You are human, not just a dancer so it’s inevitable that life’s happening will guide your performance. If you feel it is something that’s needs to be address talk to him. People are kind they will understand.† Our next rehearsal I said,† im sorry about my perfoamce last rehearsal I mean to come such a mess. My aunt just passed away. I was trying to be professional.† No need to worry he told he went toShow MoreRelatedWriting : Alliance Between The Celes And The Morokus1295 Words   |  6 Pagessound to you? - Twenty million? I thought you wanted to think things through. I have. Im in. The alliance between the Celes and the Morokas... We have to keep it that way. We cant let Siphesihle destroy it. Give me solutions. Not problems. I think I know someone who could help us get in. Yster. Water, please. You will get water. You have to talk first. How do we get inside the compound? How do we get inside the compound? Forget it. That place is like a maximum prison. - Theres top securityRead MoreAre You Nervous For Jr. High Can Be A Nasty Place?868 Words   |  4 Pages Are you nervous for Jr. High? 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