Okay so am feeling quite out of the loop in that I haven't been able to make it to a campus session yet, I hope im not missing out on too much valuable information and if you feel I am I would greatly appreciate it if you could pass on your notes or any information you think would be useful.
I've started to look into research methods for my topic, however i still have hundreds of ideas for it running through my head and I still feel reluctant to pick one incase the final product is not broad enough and there isnt enough information to use, so im just going to keep on looking and thinking of inspirational ideas which i could use!
The first time i read the course handbook nothing made any sense to me at all but im beginning to grasp what it is we are supposed to be working towards, its going to be extremely tough to complete but I no we will all get there!
So for now I just look forward to choosing a topic and being able to get to work!
I'll let you no how its going..
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Monday, 5 October 2009
About Me
Hello, my name is Zoe Bellamy and I have recently graduated from Northern Ballet School a professional dance college gaining my Trinity London National Diploma in Professional Dance.
My dance training began at the age of 4 years old at my local dance school in Middlesbrough where I took part in local festivals and championships. Dance was a huge part of my life and I worked my way through examinations in RAD and BATD. I studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern acrobatics and gymnastics. Whilst I was training I took part in many performances with local dance companies, English youth ballet, Yorkshire youth dance theatre, Yorkshire Youth Ballet as well as pantomimes and numerous national gymnastic competitions throughout the country. Whilst I was at home I also studied and successfully gained my dance teachers qualification in BATD acrobatics and stage (Tap and Modern). This will allow me in the future to teach dance and pass on my knowledge and experience to the younger generations and for them to hopefully enjoy dance as much as I do.
My professional training commenced at the age of sixteen at The Northern Ballet School in Manchester, UK. We had numerous professional staff including David Needham, Eric Carpenter, Tracey Baxter, Darren Suarez and our principal Patricia McDonald to name just a few.
My college training included intensive dance, singing and drama classes, which over a period of three years, would essentially prepare me for a career in either the classical or musical theatre industry.
At Northern Ballet School, we studied a vast range of dance styles to give us the best training and preparation for a career in the dance industry this included: Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Gymnastics, Hip Hop, Double Work, Heel Work, Pas de Deux, Drama and Singing as well as special skills training in Advanced Acro (qualified teacher), Gymnastics, Advanced Tap and Irish Dancing.
Whilst at college we were continually assessed in the Ballet and Jazz disciplines to ascertain if we had gained the required standard in order to achieve our professional Trinity diplomas. We were all given marks in each assessed discipline that reflected how well we had demonstrated the techniques required to pass the assessment. We were also videoed during these assessments, this enabled us to have a feedback lesson with the teacher of that discipline and gave us a chance to watch ourselves in the class and learn from mistakes and judge our weaker points to hopefully correct these and gain a higher mark in the next assessments.
We were lucky to be given the chance to perform in 3 shows a year at our college over two years, a full length ballet in December,a musical in March and our final end of year summer show which the whole school was involved in. These shows gave us a taste of real professional performances to a live audience in our colleges in house state of the art theatre and we were treated as adults and professional dancers the whole time throughout the rehearsal period and the main performances.
My college experience has been so inspirational and a dream come true for me to be lucky enough to live my dream and hopefully pursue this as a career in the near future. I feel like my adventure is just beginning!
My dance training began at the age of 4 years old at my local dance school in Middlesbrough where I took part in local festivals and championships. Dance was a huge part of my life and I worked my way through examinations in RAD and BATD. I studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern acrobatics and gymnastics. Whilst I was training I took part in many performances with local dance companies, English youth ballet, Yorkshire youth dance theatre, Yorkshire Youth Ballet as well as pantomimes and numerous national gymnastic competitions throughout the country. Whilst I was at home I also studied and successfully gained my dance teachers qualification in BATD acrobatics and stage (Tap and Modern). This will allow me in the future to teach dance and pass on my knowledge and experience to the younger generations and for them to hopefully enjoy dance as much as I do.
My professional training commenced at the age of sixteen at The Northern Ballet School in Manchester, UK. We had numerous professional staff including David Needham, Eric Carpenter, Tracey Baxter, Darren Suarez and our principal Patricia McDonald to name just a few.
My college training included intensive dance, singing and drama classes, which over a period of three years, would essentially prepare me for a career in either the classical or musical theatre industry.
At Northern Ballet School, we studied a vast range of dance styles to give us the best training and preparation for a career in the dance industry this included: Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Gymnastics, Hip Hop, Double Work, Heel Work, Pas de Deux, Drama and Singing as well as special skills training in Advanced Acro (qualified teacher), Gymnastics, Advanced Tap and Irish Dancing.
Whilst at college we were continually assessed in the Ballet and Jazz disciplines to ascertain if we had gained the required standard in order to achieve our professional Trinity diplomas. We were all given marks in each assessed discipline that reflected how well we had demonstrated the techniques required to pass the assessment. We were also videoed during these assessments, this enabled us to have a feedback lesson with the teacher of that discipline and gave us a chance to watch ourselves in the class and learn from mistakes and judge our weaker points to hopefully correct these and gain a higher mark in the next assessments.
We were lucky to be given the chance to perform in 3 shows a year at our college over two years, a full length ballet in December,a musical in March and our final end of year summer show which the whole school was involved in. These shows gave us a taste of real professional performances to a live audience in our colleges in house state of the art theatre and we were treated as adults and professional dancers the whole time throughout the rehearsal period and the main performances.
My college experience has been so inspirational and a dream come true for me to be lucky enough to live my dream and hopefully pursue this as a career in the near future. I feel like my adventure is just beginning!
My CV
ZOE BELLAMY A.R.A.D
JUL 2009 A SHOWCASE OF DANCE Northern Ballet School, DEC 2008 SWAN LAKE Manchester City Ballet, UK
SEP 2008 “DANCE!” BENEFIZ Hamburg, Germany
JUL 2008 A MUSICAL WORLD Jazzgalore – Manchester, UK
MAR 2008 MUSICAL MAGIC Jazzgalore – Manchester, UK
DEC 2007 THE NUTCRACKER Manchester City Ballet, UK
JUL 2006 DISNEYLAND PARIS DANCER Disney Land Resort Paris, France
DANCE TRAINING Sept 2006 – July 2009 - The Northern Ballet School, Manchester , UK
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
JUL 2009 A SHOWCASE OF DANCE Northern Ballet School, DEC 2008 SWAN LAKE Manchester City Ballet, UK
SEP 2008 “DANCE!” BENEFIZ Hamburg, Germany
JUL 2008 A MUSICAL WORLD Jazzgalore – Manchester, UK
MAR 2008 MUSICAL MAGIC Jazzgalore – Manchester, UK
DEC 2007 THE NUTCRACKER Manchester City Ballet, UK
JUL 2006 DISNEYLAND PARIS DANCER Disney Land Resort Paris, France
DANCE TRAINING Sept 2006 – July 2009 - The Northern Ballet School, Manchester , UK
1993-2006 – Unique School Of Dance, Middlesbrough, UK
Thelma Thompson School Of Ballet, Middlesbrough , UK
TRAINING INCLUDES: Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Gymnastics, Hip Hop, Double Work, Heel Work, Pas de Deux, Drama and Singing
SPECIAL SKILLSAdvanced Acro (qualified teacher), Gymnastics, Advanced Tapper, Irish Dancing, Standard American accent, Basic German language.
DANCE QUALIFICATIONS
RAD Adv2 Ballet
ISTD Adv2 Tap
ISTD Modern / Ballet
BATD Acrobatics and Stage Associate Teachers
Friday, 2 October 2009
Helloo Bloggers!
Okayy, so firstly hello all as this is all new to me hopefully it should all start making perfect sense and I will stop being scared of anything remotely technological and posting our life experiences for all to see!!
Here goes =]...
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