Mapplucinda

 My reflection for week 2 on the MAPP course; The course is exciting but overwhelming at the same time. This week is half term for schools in my local area and I decided to take the opportunity to take leave from teaching to concentrate on the MAPP programme. I over-did it with the info and panic set in and thus culminating in a mini meltdown! I'm not afraid to mention this as it is apart of me and my learning journey. I am also thinking it has not helped living in a pandemic and being isolated most of the time. Today I have been writing and breaking down my professional practice using spider diagrams (3 so far) I have never examined my work in depth before and it is surprising how much knowledge and experience I have. Reading and writing are things that I avoid unless of course it's a dance script but I know I am primarily a visual learner. My intention is to push forward and overcome the reading and writing weakness throughout the MAPP dance course.  Here's to the small a...

I am Lucinda and I am creating my first ever blog. Who would have thought it!? Middle aged and pursuing an MA in Professional Dance Practice at Uni! Oh my!  I have danced for as long as I can remember. I took classes in Modern Ballroom and Latin American at the age of 6 but, when the disco dancing steps came to my dancing school in 1978, I was hooked. This was the sound that was on my radio at home and I danced in my bedroom,  behind the sofa in the living room basically where ever I could and I wanted more! most of all I felt “free”. I briefly wanted to be an actress around 8 years old but I went on to compete as a medalist in Ballroom and Latin and I was very successful as a disco freestyle dancer.  I also studied the basics of ballet and tap to compliment my other dance genres. I found that the theatre dance forms gave me the strength I needed to compete and the vision to perform. I turned professional in 1989 and taught for my Mum in her dancing school for many years....