Melissa Brown

 Following on from our last discussion, I have been thinking a lot about my areas of learning I wish to discuss in my essay. I am yet to finalise my three areas, though our discussion has opened up a lot more room for thought for me.  The term vulnerability was mentioned a few times times during the dicussion and this is something I thought deeper about and it led me to think about the ethics of the arts based on my own life experiences. I have danced around the idea (excuse the pun) of pressure within our industry, which leads to vunerability. I would like to explore whether the pressure I have felt throughout my career has been self pressure or external pressure. I don't know if this is something anyone else has come across? I would like to identify if this is dependable on personal experiences and our own personalities, or if it is part and parcel of the job and the performing world we sign up to.  I have a couple of other thoughts to where my areas of learning may tak...

Hello all fellow BAPPS. I am sat here writing this blog the morning after our first real study session and if I'm honest, I'm probably more confused about what direction this module will take me, than I was before yesterday. After having my first supervision zoom, I thought I had quite a strong idea of what my analysis would be within my essay, however now I realise, just like the classic onion metaphor, there are many layers to peel before I get to the core of what my essay structure will be. There's a part of me (albeit small) that wants to sit here and write my essay right now, put pen to paper and fill it with everything I thought I should be including, before I get too deep and loose my sanity over it all!  However the more sensible part of me knows I need to get a bit deep, I need to really delve in to the nitty gritty of my practice and understand what skills it has taught me and why.  Whenever I have been to a 'muggle' interview, I have always felt the need ...