I proposed my inquiry question on my blog a long time ago, but just realised I have not updated it since I have changed and developed my ideas throughout the module, so here is the final product......
"What do dancers perceive to be the most effective preparation for auditions?"
It has taken me the whole module to deliberate my ideas, and I am now happy with the final outcome. I believe with this question I can explore and gain a lot of knowledge through using my inquiry tools and interviewing fellow dancers. I would also like to interview casting directors, to compare and contrast their thoughts on audition preparation with what dancers believe. I believe this inquiry will benefit me greatly as a performer and others in my industry.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Critical Reflection on Professional Practitioner Inquiry
Throughout this essay I will be reviewing the key aspects and stepping stones which have helped me along the way to develop my line of inquiry since starting module 2.
Our first task was to review reader 4 on Professional Inquiry and develop a set of questions that are relevant to our practice (Appendix 1). Looking back at my initial ideas for questions I can now see I was trying to cover far to broad an area. I had sent Alan an email regarding feedback for my questions and he helped me to understand that by trying to investigate such a vast area of ideas, I would only end up with the most superficial look at each (Appendix 2).
Taking Alans advice on board I decided to approach my fellow cast members with a set of questions (Appendix 3). Using the information gathered from these questions I narrowed down my ideas to focus on one specific line of inquiry I believed would be the most rewarding to myself and other professionals within my industry.
I now understand my investigation is not to prove something but to find out something new that could benefit others. Following this realisation I then got to investigating literature closely related to my questions (Appendix 4). After reading several articles it has filled me with more confidence in my line of inquiry and its importance.
Reader 5 then brought Ethics to my attention. Without realising it, I was always applying ethics in my day to day life, but after reading reader 5 I am now fully aware of the code of ethics within my professional practice and its importance (Appendix 5). It is extremely vital when undertaking my inquiry that I apply all that I have learned about ethics to guarantee it is ethically sound. (Appendix 6). Now that i have a greater knowledge of ethics it has allowed me to explore areas of my inquiry in a much safer manner, making sure to protect myself and to protect and support those participating.
To gain a better understanding of which inquiry tools would work best for me, I studied reader 6 and set aside time to conduct several pilots using a member of my SIG for feedback (Appendix 7). I then took the time to reflect upon each method deliberating the pros and cons of each. I also considered the quantitative and qualitative data that could be obtained, and came to my conclusion of which methods would work best for me (Appendix 8).
After completing module 2 I feel I am now confident enough to carry out my professional inquiry in an ethically sound way, using the tools i have chosen as most beneficial to me. I believe I have grown as a professional throughout this module, as it has continuously challenged me to think outside the box. It has developed my skills extensively and allowed me to develop and grow personally, taking me one more confident step closer to the final module.
Our first task was to review reader 4 on Professional Inquiry and develop a set of questions that are relevant to our practice (Appendix 1). Looking back at my initial ideas for questions I can now see I was trying to cover far to broad an area. I had sent Alan an email regarding feedback for my questions and he helped me to understand that by trying to investigate such a vast area of ideas, I would only end up with the most superficial look at each (Appendix 2).
Taking Alans advice on board I decided to approach my fellow cast members with a set of questions (Appendix 3). Using the information gathered from these questions I narrowed down my ideas to focus on one specific line of inquiry I believed would be the most rewarding to myself and other professionals within my industry.
I now understand my investigation is not to prove something but to find out something new that could benefit others. Following this realisation I then got to investigating literature closely related to my questions (Appendix 4). After reading several articles it has filled me with more confidence in my line of inquiry and its importance.
Reader 5 then brought Ethics to my attention. Without realising it, I was always applying ethics in my day to day life, but after reading reader 5 I am now fully aware of the code of ethics within my professional practice and its importance (Appendix 5). It is extremely vital when undertaking my inquiry that I apply all that I have learned about ethics to guarantee it is ethically sound. (Appendix 6). Now that i have a greater knowledge of ethics it has allowed me to explore areas of my inquiry in a much safer manner, making sure to protect myself and to protect and support those participating.
To gain a better understanding of which inquiry tools would work best for me, I studied reader 6 and set aside time to conduct several pilots using a member of my SIG for feedback (Appendix 7). I then took the time to reflect upon each method deliberating the pros and cons of each. I also considered the quantitative and qualitative data that could be obtained, and came to my conclusion of which methods would work best for me (Appendix 8).
After completing module 2 I feel I am now confident enough to carry out my professional inquiry in an ethically sound way, using the tools i have chosen as most beneficial to me. I believe I have grown as a professional throughout this module, as it has continuously challenged me to think outside the box. It has developed my skills extensively and allowed me to develop and grow personally, taking me one more confident step closer to the final module.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Task 6B Critical Reflection and The Planning of my Inquiry Tools
After Reading reader six i now have a greater knowledge of how important it is, to understand and plan my methods of gathering information, and to make sure it is all relevant to my line of inquiry.
The reader describes to us four different methods which can be used in research to collect information: Interview, Survey, Focus Groups and Observation. Each method having its benefits and limitations.
After a lot of thought and consideration I Believe the methods which i will use during my Inquiry will be Interview, Survey and perhaps Observation, if I am lucky enough to get the opportunity to observe an audition situation.
Interview
One great advantage to the Interviewing tool is that you "can follow up on ideas, probe responses and investigate motives and feelings" (Bell, 2005, p.157) I Believe an interview is a good way of obtaining information or data regarding someones personal thoughts or opinions, and asking open ended questions allows people to elaborate and speak more freely on a subject. Another great advantage to an interview in regards to my inquiry is that it can be conducted over the phone or even on skype. If you are not in the same country as the participant you can still gather your information. This is very important to me as I travel a lot within my career, this is Another reason why I Believe using this tool will benefit my inquiry.
The reader explains to us different interview methods which you could use:
Focus Groups
This is a tool I don't Believe I will use in my inquiry as I have never conducted a focus Group Before the thought is a Little daunting, although I can see its benefits. The major advantage to focus Groups is that it brings together a Group of people who may have similar characteristics or experience. It can allow more quite or shy participants to tell their story within a supportive Group context, it can also open up issues that individual participants may not have thought of on their own, in turn enhancing the information gathered.
A disadvantage to Focus Groups is that they can be hard to manage and hard to moderate the topic being discussed. As the facilitator you must try and channel the discussion in the correct direction to gather the relevant information. Also you must be aware of strong personalities which may be intimidating other members of the Group and making them feel reserved about sharing their opinion.
Survey
The main advantage to the survey is "the ability to gather data from a wide range of representative respondents." I believe the survey is a method I will use when gathering data for my inquiry. I have conducted surveys before therefor I have a good basic knowledge of how to construct them confidently, and I have come to learn that the importance of a survey lies within its construction.
I have deliberated over the pros and cons of web surveys verses paper surveys and personally i think I will be using paper surveys. Talking to my friend Hannah she told me of an article she found by Denscombe which looks at the differences between an online survey and a paper survey and I found it very interesting. Denscombe discusses that although online surveys are less time consuming, so more user friendly, they are not as reliable as people sometimes leave things out or miss questions.
Although paper surveys are much more time consuming for you the researcher, as you have to hand out and gather back your survey (or have them posted back) from your participants, i feel they are a much more personal approach. With a personal approach I feel people feel more obliged to take the time to fill it out especially if they have met you and spoke to you personally first.
I have conducted a pilot survey which I am going to hand out to several of my professional dancer friends.I have established that my survey must be user friendly so not too long and time consuming, but the appropriate length to provide me with the data I need. Due to the nature of my inquiry I will not be able to do a street or postal survey as i am only targeting a specific group of musical theatre performers, mostly dancers. I will hopefully be able to blog again soon with feedback from my pilot survey!
Observation
Due to the nature of my line of inquiry I don't believe observation is a method I will use very often in my research. However I do believe it is a great tool for gathering and analyzing information, and if I am perhaps lucky enough to be able to sit in and watch an audition taking place i believe i would learn a lot from being on the other side of the panel for a change!
One down fall to using observation as a method is it can be very time consuming because it involves attending the session being observed, and the time needed to analyse and interpret what you have recorded.
Observations can be recorded in many ways, taping or video recording, written notes, but you must always make sure consent forms are signed and confidentiality agreements have been formalised.
With observing, ethics plays a big part and you must make sure you are aware and respond sensitively and appropriately to any ethical issues which may arise.
I will not be conducting a pilot survey for my inquiry, but never say never as I would love to be able to sit in and observe and audition and quiz the casting directors on what exactly it is they are looking for in a dancer when they hold an audition!
The reader describes to us four different methods which can be used in research to collect information: Interview, Survey, Focus Groups and Observation. Each method having its benefits and limitations.
After a lot of thought and consideration I Believe the methods which i will use during my Inquiry will be Interview, Survey and perhaps Observation, if I am lucky enough to get the opportunity to observe an audition situation.
Interview
One great advantage to the Interviewing tool is that you "can follow up on ideas, probe responses and investigate motives and feelings" (Bell, 2005, p.157) I Believe an interview is a good way of obtaining information or data regarding someones personal thoughts or opinions, and asking open ended questions allows people to elaborate and speak more freely on a subject. Another great advantage to an interview in regards to my inquiry is that it can be conducted over the phone or even on skype. If you are not in the same country as the participant you can still gather your information. This is very important to me as I travel a lot within my career, this is Another reason why I Believe using this tool will benefit my inquiry.
The reader explains to us different interview methods which you could use:
- non directive or open interviews that allow the interviewee to talk about anythinh they like.
- semi structured interview which includes set questions or themes with the flexibility of following interesting or useful emerging issues is often most appropriate for the work based researcher because of its inherent flexibility.
Please see my previous blog which shows my questions for my semi structured pilot interview!
This is a tool I don't Believe I will use in my inquiry as I have never conducted a focus Group Before the thought is a Little daunting, although I can see its benefits. The major advantage to focus Groups is that it brings together a Group of people who may have similar characteristics or experience. It can allow more quite or shy participants to tell their story within a supportive Group context, it can also open up issues that individual participants may not have thought of on their own, in turn enhancing the information gathered.
A disadvantage to Focus Groups is that they can be hard to manage and hard to moderate the topic being discussed. As the facilitator you must try and channel the discussion in the correct direction to gather the relevant information. Also you must be aware of strong personalities which may be intimidating other members of the Group and making them feel reserved about sharing their opinion.
Survey
The main advantage to the survey is "the ability to gather data from a wide range of representative respondents." I believe the survey is a method I will use when gathering data for my inquiry. I have conducted surveys before therefor I have a good basic knowledge of how to construct them confidently, and I have come to learn that the importance of a survey lies within its construction.
I have deliberated over the pros and cons of web surveys verses paper surveys and personally i think I will be using paper surveys. Talking to my friend Hannah she told me of an article she found by Denscombe which looks at the differences between an online survey and a paper survey and I found it very interesting. Denscombe discusses that although online surveys are less time consuming, so more user friendly, they are not as reliable as people sometimes leave things out or miss questions.
Although paper surveys are much more time consuming for you the researcher, as you have to hand out and gather back your survey (or have them posted back) from your participants, i feel they are a much more personal approach. With a personal approach I feel people feel more obliged to take the time to fill it out especially if they have met you and spoke to you personally first.
I have conducted a pilot survey which I am going to hand out to several of my professional dancer friends.I have established that my survey must be user friendly so not too long and time consuming, but the appropriate length to provide me with the data I need. Due to the nature of my inquiry I will not be able to do a street or postal survey as i am only targeting a specific group of musical theatre performers, mostly dancers. I will hopefully be able to blog again soon with feedback from my pilot survey!
Observation
Due to the nature of my line of inquiry I don't believe observation is a method I will use very often in my research. However I do believe it is a great tool for gathering and analyzing information, and if I am perhaps lucky enough to be able to sit in and watch an audition taking place i believe i would learn a lot from being on the other side of the panel for a change!
One down fall to using observation as a method is it can be very time consuming because it involves attending the session being observed, and the time needed to analyse and interpret what you have recorded.
Observations can be recorded in many ways, taping or video recording, written notes, but you must always make sure consent forms are signed and confidentiality agreements have been formalised.
With observing, ethics plays a big part and you must make sure you are aware and respond sensitively and appropriately to any ethical issues which may arise.
I will not be conducting a pilot survey for my inquiry, but never say never as I would love to be able to sit in and observe and audition and quiz the casting directors on what exactly it is they are looking for in a dancer when they hold an audition!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
task 6a continued....my pilot interview
Here are the questions i used for my pilot interview which i conducted over skype with Hannah a member of my SIG. I decided to conduct a semi structured interview with a set of themed questions that also allowed flexibility for the participants answers, allowing them to elaborate or expand on their answers where they felt necessary. Before asking my questions at the start of my interview i explained to Hannah the basic outline of my research and what i aim to achieve. I also informed her that if at any time she feels uncomfortable with a question or the conversation she is free to stop. As it was a skype interview i was unable to record hannahs answers, so written notes were taken throughout.
- How long did you train as a dancer?
- How do you prepare for an audition?
- Do you Think what you wear is important? Why?
- What do you beleive you should wear according to what the casting director wants to see?
- Do you Think nutrition, eating properly the night Before or morning of the audition is important? Why?
- Have you ever felt a lack of energy at an audition? Do you feel this hindered your success in any way?
- Are there any important dos or donts you have been taught in regards to auditions?
- Do you feel your college set you up with enough information and training in regards to audition technique?
- Do you Think researching the Company\job you are auditioning for before hand is important? Why?
- Do you feel body image is important? Have you ever felt under pressure to be a certain weight or look a certain way?
- Have you ever throughout your career came in Contact with a fellow dancer with an eating disorder?
- Where yoou taught about Health and nutrition and the risks of eating disorders in college?
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Task 6c proposed award title...
After great thought I have proposed my award title: BA(Hons) Professional Practise (Dance)
The other options I considered for my title where: BA(Hons) Professional Practise (Musical Thetare) or (Performing Arts) as I was fully trained in musical theatre in college I thought this would be a good idea to reflect all my skills. However After great consideration I have decided that choosing (Dance) would be the best option for me as it is the strongest area I am trained in and reflects where I am right now in my career. Musical thetare would describe the study of three skills - dance, singing and acting. I want to narrow down my studies to dance alone, as since I have graduated I have worked as a professional dancer for five years. I feel within dance I have a great amount of knowledge and understanding, and that through this course I can really investigate and develope that knowledge further.
This proposed award title also coincides with my proposed enquiry - looking into audition success for professional dancers.
The other options I considered for my title where: BA(Hons) Professional Practise (Musical Thetare) or (Performing Arts) as I was fully trained in musical theatre in college I thought this would be a good idea to reflect all my skills. However After great consideration I have decided that choosing (Dance) would be the best option for me as it is the strongest area I am trained in and reflects where I am right now in my career. Musical thetare would describe the study of three skills - dance, singing and acting. I want to narrow down my studies to dance alone, as since I have graduated I have worked as a professional dancer for five years. I feel within dance I have a great amount of knowledge and understanding, and that through this course I can really investigate and develope that knowledge further.
This proposed award title also coincides with my proposed enquiry - looking into audition success for professional dancers.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Task 6A
I have decided to conduct an informal trial interview with Hannah stewart a member of my SIG. As we are in separate countries at the moment I have set a night aside this week for a Skype interview! Having never conducted an interview before the task is a little daunting and I am finding it difficult to decide on the best questions to ask that will hopefully provide me with the clearest results. I am currently in the process of designing my interview carefully taking into consideration ethics and everything I have learned from reader 5. I will take notes and record Hannah's answers so I can go back after and revue the interview, looking at the benefits and also the limitation of using an interview method.
I believe interviewing will be a good method to use in regards to my inquiry as I am hoping to interview both professional performers and casting directors giving me a look at either sides opinions.
I don't believe observation will be a method I use a lot in my enquiry unless I manage to get permission from a casting director to sit in and observe an audition being taken, so we will have to wait and see.
I look forward to reading others blogs to see how everyone is getting on using inquiry tools!
I believe interviewing will be a good method to use in regards to my inquiry as I am hoping to interview both professional performers and casting directors giving me a look at either sides opinions.
I don't believe observation will be a method I use a lot in my enquiry unless I manage to get permission from a casting director to sit in and observe an audition being taken, so we will have to wait and see.
I look forward to reading others blogs to see how everyone is getting on using inquiry tools!
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Delicious
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Task 5D
Today I managed to have a quick skype call with my friend Hannah Stewart who is part of my SIG group. We discussed the ethical dimensions of my proposed inquiry and as she is one module ahead of me she could give me a lot of great advice and feedback. She helped to bring to light to me the importance of making my inquiry ethically sound to protect myself and also those who volunteer their information to me.
Here are some of the main points when conducting an ethical inquiry our discussion brought to light for me:
Here are some of the main points when conducting an ethical inquiry our discussion brought to light for me:
- Always insure data collection is accurate, valid and relevant - only ask questions that are relevant to the inquiry do not divulge from the specific topic being researched.
- Always make sure data collected is stored safely and appropriately, whether this be electronically on a database or spreadsheet on a locked computer or manually by sorting papers and keeping them in a locked filing cabinet.
- Be respectful to your research participants - explain fully the purpose of your research and let then know if they are not comfortable answering questions they can leave at any time.
- Give your contact details to participants so they are ablet to contact you incase they have any further questions or queries.
- If your participants are under the age of 18 make sure you get parental permission form signed.
- Manage resources efficiently, for example time management - let the participant know how long you will need them for and do not exceed this allocated time.
- When giving out surveys to be filled out and completed, keep feedback completely anonymous as this gives people more confidence and freedom to speak, in turn giving you a more truthful honest answer.
Task 5C
Please find bellow the link to my wiki on my thoughts on reader 5! All comments would be hugely appreciated! thank you! :)
Task 5c Professional Ethics
Task 5c Professional Ethics
Friday, February 28, 2014
Task 5B... Codes of practise within theatre
While searching the web on ethics in the theatre I came across this interesting piece of writing:
Theatre code of ethics
I found it very interesting as it explores the codes of ethics in the theatre and how the framework of performing is a good attitude and respect, not only for yourself but for the rest of your company and your audience. It shows that these principles have been set for many years and will continue to apply for many years to come.
The code of ethics as a performer does not only apply to ourselves and our fellow company members it also applies to our audience. We as performers have an ethical duty to always produce an outstanding performance, giving 110% and always making it feel like "opening night" no matter if there is 3 people in the audience or 300!
I believe that within our industry our code of ethics lies in our professionalism, wether we are in a contract or just taking part in an audition we should always be professional in the way we carry ourselves and present ourselves.
This blog does not differ from my original assumptions and thoughts from task 5A but in turn supports it and has opened my eyes to other key factors!
There is a very very long list of ethical codes which I could write about within our industry but through research through reading writings such as the link above and pulling from personal experience and contracts I have worked previously here are what I personally consider my top 5:
Theatre code of ethics
I found it very interesting as it explores the codes of ethics in the theatre and how the framework of performing is a good attitude and respect, not only for yourself but for the rest of your company and your audience. It shows that these principles have been set for many years and will continue to apply for many years to come.
The code of ethics as a performer does not only apply to ourselves and our fellow company members it also applies to our audience. We as performers have an ethical duty to always produce an outstanding performance, giving 110% and always making it feel like "opening night" no matter if there is 3 people in the audience or 300!
I believe that within our industry our code of ethics lies in our professionalism, wether we are in a contract or just taking part in an audition we should always be professional in the way we carry ourselves and present ourselves.
This blog does not differ from my original assumptions and thoughts from task 5A but in turn supports it and has opened my eyes to other key factors!
There is a very very long list of ethical codes which I could write about within our industry but through research through reading writings such as the link above and pulling from personal experience and contracts I have worked previously here are what I personally consider my top 5:
- Always give 110% wether there is 3 or 300 people in your audience
- Adhere to your company contract and ethos - make sure you understand and comply with the rules and regulations each different company you may work for have.
- Respect - be it yourself, other company members or your audience.
- Be responsible and professional - look after your own costumes/props, be on time and know your work
- Safety - adhere to theatre regulations, do not do anything that will put yourself or others in danger.
Investigating literature...
So I have been away for a while and had to pause my module 2 work but I am now back and starting to pick up where I left off and get back into the swing of things again. I have spent all afternoon looking over what I wrote a few months ago and analysing the questions I came up with earlier. Alan gave me great feed back and made me see I am focusing on too many things with too broad a spectrum of ideas. I should take one and focus solely on that in more detail. I have now narrowed that down to 2 ideas for my line of inquiry...
1. Eating disorders within the dance community
2. Becoming audition ready as a dancer
Looking at option 2 I have found a few interesting articles of literature on the Internet regarding other dancers and examiners views and opinions on becoming audition ready for a dance audition. I found this hugely interesting to read other peoples views on how to prepare as I noticed where I do many things personally similar to what they say they also opened my eyes to a lot of different methods I did not think of.... E.g meditation and confidence building exercises the night before to get you mentally prepared. I found this fascinating And an idea which I will try myself as I have always focused on being physically ready and not so much mentally. I truly believe in the power if positive thinking so I would like to look into this further.
Another point which is highlighted in all three articles is the importance of nutrition and a healthy diet leading up to audition. In the article "7 tips to success in audition" I found it very interesting as she talks about testing before class which foods give you the most energy to sustain through the audition but do not make you feel heavy. I think this is a great idea and it is not something I thought
about when getting "audition ready" but lack of energy and feeling heavy and bloated is something I
know I personally and other dancer have suffered from during an audition, which can hinder your
performance and in turn hinder your success on the day.
Here are the links to the three pieces of literature I found helpful:
http://www.examiner.com/article/dance-audition-tips
http://www.dancedream3.com/perform-now/dance-audition-tips.php
http://dancingopportunities.com/index.php/7-tips-to-success-in-audition/
Another great piece of literature I found was from the site "dance magazine" http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/February-2009/Auditions-Guide
If you read further down it gives feedback from the casting directors who hold dance auditions. They are giving there advice on what they see as a successful audition and how to become ready for the big day and a lot of their advice coincides with advice given from the other articles. Be confident, be appropriately dressed, stand out, be polite and make a good impression.
Another part of this articles found hugely interesting is titled "resume 2.0" bringing me right back to module 1 and the importance and us of Web 2.0. It explains that yes a dancers body is her instrument and tool to success but we can also use the web in many ways to promote ourselves and to help become audition ready - "while nothing replaces raw ability - and a knack for nailing an audition - a smart dancer knows how to market that ability." This quote really got me thinking and has opened up ideas to me about using Web 2.0 as part of becoming "audition ready as a dancer" and I would like to explore this more in my investigation.
1. Eating disorders within the dance community
2. Becoming audition ready as a dancer
Looking at option 2 I have found a few interesting articles of literature on the Internet regarding other dancers and examiners views and opinions on becoming audition ready for a dance audition. I found this hugely interesting to read other peoples views on how to prepare as I noticed where I do many things personally similar to what they say they also opened my eyes to a lot of different methods I did not think of.... E.g meditation and confidence building exercises the night before to get you mentally prepared. I found this fascinating And an idea which I will try myself as I have always focused on being physically ready and not so much mentally. I truly believe in the power if positive thinking so I would like to look into this further.
Another point which is highlighted in all three articles is the importance of nutrition and a healthy diet leading up to audition. In the article "7 tips to success in audition" I found it very interesting as she talks about testing before class which foods give you the most energy to sustain through the audition but do not make you feel heavy. I think this is a great idea and it is not something I thought
about when getting "audition ready" but lack of energy and feeling heavy and bloated is something I
know I personally and other dancer have suffered from during an audition, which can hinder your
performance and in turn hinder your success on the day.
Here are the links to the three pieces of literature I found helpful:
http://www.examiner.com/article/dance-audition-tips
http://www.dancedream3.com/perform-now/dance-audition-tips.php
http://dancingopportunities.com/index.php/7-tips-to-success-in-audition/
Another great piece of literature I found was from the site "dance magazine" http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/February-2009/Auditions-Guide
If you read further down it gives feedback from the casting directors who hold dance auditions. They are giving there advice on what they see as a successful audition and how to become ready for the big day and a lot of their advice coincides with advice given from the other articles. Be confident, be appropriately dressed, stand out, be polite and make a good impression.
Another part of this articles found hugely interesting is titled "resume 2.0" bringing me right back to module 1 and the importance and us of Web 2.0. It explains that yes a dancers body is her instrument and tool to success but we can also use the web in many ways to promote ourselves and to help become audition ready - "while nothing replaces raw ability - and a knack for nailing an audition - a smart dancer knows how to market that ability." This quote really got me thinking and has opened up ideas to me about using Web 2.0 as part of becoming "audition ready as a dancer" and I would like to explore this more in my investigation.
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