For my senior project, I want to focus on dancing and acting. This project will help me answer these questions: How can I utilize theatre and dance to create a performance piece that explores my artistic identity? Sub question: What is my artistic identity? I want to work on choreographing a dance, directing a skit and acting in a skit all in the festival of plays. I want to do this because I am very passionate about dancing and acting and I want to grow my theatre and dance skills before I go to college where I want to pursue these fields.

For the main question, I will prepare for these performances by taking many dance classes throughout the week, meeting with the people in the festival of plays, working on my dance and interviewing people in these fields. All of these things will allow me to explore who I am as an artist and allow me to make a piece that showcases my authenticity. Also, this will help me learn what messages I want to put in my performance whether it is political, cultural or more. For the interviews I will talk with Jess, Joan and my previous dance teachers either to interview them or people they may know. Also I have a family friend who choreographed many hip hop dance videos who I could speak to. The interviews will allow me to understand how other dancers and actors understood what they wanted to say through their performances. Also I want to take dance classes throughout the week and meet with others in the festival of plays to understand who I am as an artist.

For the sub question, I want to explore my artisory as a whole. I already know that I like to dance hip hop and work on comedic acting skits but this will help me further understand what type of artist I am. I will not only focus on what I am used to. I want once a week to do something outside of my comfort zone whether it is going to an art museum, going to a clowning class, going to improv class, going to a dance battle or more. I will reflect on these questions in the senior project evening.

For the dance, I want to work with Jess and her friend who works in the lower school. I will meet with both of them bi- weekly. For the skits I want to work with other people who are in the festival of plays and Joan. I am hoping to learn about how to choreograph a dance piece and direct skits because I have only made one dance before and never directed skits. I will perform this either online or in person. There are many ways I can do it, depending on what is possible. By the way things are looking now, I believe it would be best to perform in school and to film and then post online. But it is very possible to do everything online or all in person.