This
performances was immensely rewarding for me. It was also surprisingly
tiring and tough considering it was personally planned and performed
by me and my brother and sister. Together we created a programme to
perform. The programme consisted of our own choreographies as well as
the Nutcracker pas de deux, a variation from Paquita and The Swan
solo. My sister Clare, who works as a street performer and all round
entertainer, performed cabaret numbers and songs and my Brother
Michael also played the piano. We all performed together in a baroque
dance interlude.
What was
interesting preparing and performing in this event was analysing how
to work with people who I know very well in a professional way.
Although we have always worked closely together, it has been some
years since we have put on an event together and I was intrigued to
see how, now that we are all older, we work together. I believe that
it was by far the best event that we have put on together actually.
It raised the question in my head what does it mean to work together
professionally? This brought to mind the theories associated with
co-operation which I looked at in Module 1. I decided that the most
beneficial way in which an event can take place is if all parties
involved have an awareness of the following, regardless of whether or
not they are a member of the family.
Good
Time management
Empathy
Dedication
Flexibility
Positive
attitude
Easy to
work with
Commitment
to the event and the rehearsals for it
Enthusiasm
for the project
A sense
of artistic communication and investment
The last
element of the list above is a very important to me and my family
actually. I was considering this notion of positive environments for
artistry at this event too and I must say, I always feel very able to
be myself when I am dancing with The Ballet Pod. I suppose because we
all know each other so well, there is a special artistic bond between
us all.
However,
because we all know each other so well it can be a challenge to
always be on top form. It can be easy to fall in to the trap of
thinking we can take it easy on one day or to automatically blame
each other for something before truly analysing the situation. This
brought me to consider one of the topics discussed in this module -
single and double loop learning (Anderson, 1994). It really is
essential that we employ double loop learning to any situation which
arises when we work together if we are to avoid major fall outs!
Peter Senge's vision of a learning organisation (Smith, 2001) also
comes into play here. For example the idea of personal mastery and an
individual's learning possibly having an impact on the organisation
definitely applies to the Ballet Pod, where the success of it is
dependent on each of our visions. Our director and coach Richard
Slaughter also naturally employs the Senge's notion of a shared
vision with each of our views contributing to the outcomes of the
organisation.
Photographs above by Steve Lloyd
With Michael Wall
A snap shot during the interval!
Bibliography
Anderson, L(1994) Espoused theories and theories-in-use:Bridging the gap (Breaking through defensive routines with organisation development consultants).Unpublished Master of Organisation Psychology thesis, University of Qld. Available at: http://www.aral.com.au/resources/argyris.html (Accessed 4 March 2017)
Smith. M (2001) Peter Senge and
the Learning Organisation: the encyclopedia of informal education.
Available at:
http://infed.org/mobi/peter-senge-and-the-learning-organization/
(Accessed 1 March 2017)
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