BA Professional Practice, Arts and Creative Industries - Mark Allison

Well, here we are in the first week, everything is set up and ready to go and the first one-to-one is done. But, hang on.... where do I start? Where do I go from here? As a dancer, having spent pretty much all of my training and professional career being told exactly how something is to be done and it being very black and white in terms of technique, you now want me to be in charge of my own learning? You mean, you’re not going to tell me what to do? Bang! It’s hit me, I am responsible for my own learning. I have to make choices and decisions for myself, no one is going to tell me what to do or give me correction. I have to now become the choreographer, performer and artistic director all in one. Wow! Ok, it’s ok Mark, you’re an intelligent guy, you just have to focus your mind and ‘Take the plunge’. See what happens, you might surprise yourself. You just have to start. Remember, you might of been told what something is, but you decide how to do it.