Unit one, plan, do and review your challenge.

16th February

Well! What a productive night tonight has been! I hadn't thought it would be at the start; as I trained fairly hard at gymnastics last night. I felt achey, and tired... all of it worth it though as I mastered some transferrable skills such as back walkovers, heck-rolls and handsprings.

 Helena suggested to me that perhaps I tell a little story with my piece which I had previously thought about.. she also said that this might make choreography easier.. especially if the story is me 'discovering and exploring' the slack line. So tonight my friends.. I did just that! ;) and wow did I have fun... and truly discover some very interesting things! Yes, I messed up.. lots, but hey, how else do we learn?!?! I think the best way for me to explain what I did tonight is just to show you.. so here are some video's, taken by Rhona and Brian! :)

 

     
I have now spent a total of 7 hours on my challenge.

Unit 1, arts challenge, plan, do and review your challenge.

9th February

On Thursday I worked with Sally and Helena on some dance moves I could try to add into my piece... this was mostly because Brian and Rhona couldn't be there with the slack line for me to use for personal reasons. The work I did proved very useful.. however has just really shown up how much more of a gymnast I am than a dancer.. I will show you a video of one of the leaps I was trying to work on that for some reason I strugged with immensly!

Believe it or not.. this was supposed to be sideways! ;)

My total number of hours spent on my arts challenge is now 5 and a half.

Unit 1, Arts challenge, Plan, do and review your challenge.

Thursday 2nd February

On Thursday I felt extremely comfortable with my walking skills on the slack line and decided to attempt a seated start. I lowered the slack line and tried my hardest but I appeared just to be 'stepping' onto the slack line as opposed to begining from seated. I need to look again at the video and see where the momentum comes from to get you to standing as I felt as though no matter how much I tried it was impossible to just stand up with my feet so far away from me, however I also couldn't get my feet any closer to me... not for want of trying I might add! Below are some photo's of me attempting the start.

As well as attempting the seated start I also tried a knee drop.... which I do have one photo of:

I really enjoyed practicing these two tricks and I think that within a few weeks I will be very competent at them. During this session I also assisted some friends on the slack line and tried to teach them some little tips as to how to make things easier... such as spotting, squeezing knees together and pulling chest up to the ceiling... all of these things I have learnt from gymnastics... so my strengths are proving to be very useful! Rhona, who can be seen in the background of these photos obseved my teaching and has very kindly offered to write a little bit about what she saw. I shall post it on here when I recieve it. After doing this I have thought a little bit about unit 2 and perhaps doing a small session where I teach a group slack- line.

My total number of hours spent on my challenge is now 4.