BAPP: Induction

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.