This is
my very first blog, so I hope it will get better it as I go along this journey!
Induction onto BAPP (Arts)
On the
22nd September 2014 I arrived at Middlesex University ready for my Induction
onto the BA Professional Practice (Arts).It was such a change from my previous
college as Middlesex campus was much
larger and busier than I am used to
and it overwhelmed me as I stood, not
knowing, what was going to happen on my first day.
Once
everyone had met and got to know one another
it became apparent that we were all in the same boat about the course and were
all unsure what to expect. This made me
feel much happier knowing that I wasn’t alone and that we were all unaware of what lay before us.
We talked
for a while about how we felt, about our
lives and where we would like to see ourselves in the future. We wrote down
everything that we were thinking about so that we could see everything on paper.
By doing this it meant that it became much clearer for me because I could
physically see everything that I wanted
to work towards, as well as the things that I needed to ask
about and also what I wanted to get out of the BAPP course.
Many
questions arose during a discussion, mainly about the course and module 1, but
I found it interesting when the word “academic” came up. Adesola and Paula then
opened up my mind by saying that
performers may not be “academic” in the predictable way but in our own right we
are in other ways. I then thought to myself what does this mean?, but as I pieced my questions together I felt that the information that we, as performers, have to remember, the
shapes that we are required to make with
our bodies as well as everything on top of that is so extreme and equally as
difficult as a maths paper. I appreciated this because I am a person who is
able to admit how I struggled at school “academically” and I needed to work
twice as hard both inside and out of school in order to pass my GCSE’s.
I look
forward to exploring many different aspects and avenues that link with professional
practice to help me gain knowledge for
my own career path which I want to pursue.
