Task 7a Part 10: Busy weeks finishing my Critical Review and developing my Professional Artefact

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

In this Part 10 of this task I will speak about how busy I am these weeks finishing my Critical Review, as well as developing my Professional Artefact.

Screenshot of the first section the development of my Professional Artefact

In terms of the first part of my Professional Inquiry, I am about to finish the conclusions of it, to have a full draft of my Critical Review at the end of this week. Afterwards, I have around a month to improve its quality to deepen my paragraph on my research topic until the deadline at the start of January.

Screenshot of the second section the development of my Professional Artefact

However, these three last weeks of the term I am fully working on my Professional Artefact (Photos above), developing an audio-visual as I explained on my previous post. It will include all contents of my research, narrated in a different way, for a dance audience. Therefore, I will dance my topic, concretely three different pieces (The Reborn, my own choreography that I created using new technologies, a fragment of my solo from Pictures at an Exhibition from the production of Bolero... at the LNOB and a fragment from the first solo of Dyad 1909 by Wayne McGregor, that I already danced in London four years ago). Also I will be explaining different aspects from my research through several examples, such as photos and videos. It will like a documentary.

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Gonzalo

Task 7a Part 9: My Professional Artefact, finishing my Critical Review and Skype Discussions

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

In this Part 9 of this task I will speak about my professional artefact, how I am finishing my Critical Review and my most recent skype discussions.

My workplace: The Latvian National Opera & Ballet in Riga

Firstly, in terms of my Professional Artefact I decided to create a short film showcasing to my professional practice, the dance field, the research that I have been carrying out in the past months through the first part of my Inquiry: The Critical Review.  I will be narrating it through the language of the dance field (choreography, developing my own creation) as well as speaking. It will be filmed in my work place in Riga at the Latvian National Opera & Ballet (Photo above). The objective of this short film is to bring closer and to make my audience, within my own artistic field, to understand what is the impact of the new technologies on the creative process in the 21^st Century Professional Dance. And the structure of it will be divided into seven different scenes

Screenshot of the draft of my Critical Review

For the past weeks I have been working hard on my Critical Review (Photo above) having almost finished a complete draft to hand it in to Adesola and the end of this week and afterwards use her feedback to complete week by week till the deadline on January.

Also this week, I attended the skype session with my classmates, Eleanor and Hannah and conducted by Adesola where we listen to each other´s inquiry to help us to improve so we can all learn from others and apply into our own works.

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Gonzalo

Task 7a Part 8: Developing my Critical Review Draft and a World Premiere

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

In this Part 8 of this task I will speak about how I am developing further my Critical Review. For the past days, I made a huge improvement for my inquiry putting together all my ideas and finishing the draft my Evaluation of the Inquiry Process (Photo Below). After I have finishing this long chapter, I am determined to finish the next one, heading for handing the draft to Adesola at the end of next week.

Screenshoot of the draft of my Evaluation of the Inquiry Process

Meanwhile at the Latvian National Opera & Ballet in Riga, it was a very busy week. Because last Friday we had the world premiere of the ballet Don Juan (Photo below), with choreography by Julio Arozarena and dramaturgy by Valentina Turcu. A fantastic performance to add to our big and diverse repertoire.

The whole creative team for the world premiere of Don Juan

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