DongMen Site Reflections

For Dance class, we worked on a few choreographs, and filmed them at the DongMen market site. Here are some of my reflections to the filming.

• How did the site of DongMen alter the choreography that you created in the classroom?

We were told in the classroom that there were going to be clothing lines on the roof. He created cool ideas of draping clothes over the clothing line, and our dancers dancing in between the line with repeating "dead-looking" movements and gestures. We also planned to suggest the art class to film us with the camera going in between the clothes, making it look like a maze. However, there weren't any clothing lines on the roof, and we had to cut out that part of our choreography. 

• Now that you know this site better; If you were to go back to Dongmen what would you add or subtract from your choreography to make it stronger?

I feel that the students don't really fit into the "old and dirty" mall, because we are all dressed in clean clothing. Of course, that would be okay if the role of the student was, a student. However, it would be great if students costumes fit into the setting better. 

I also thought that our movements were a bit too small for the wide and big rooftop. I would make movements bigger, if we were to film it over.

Energy Bar Project: FIRST TRIAL!!!!

It was our first time making and experimenting with our energy bar (energy balls) on Tuesday, November 11th. We were pretty successful with the making of the energy balls, and they tasted a lot better than we expected. We were able to observe the energy balls and decide on a lot of changes we could make.

We realized that they would look better with crushed almonds(very healthy) on the outside, and would taste even better with crispier granola filling. We were able to settle the procedure and steps of making the energy balls. 

Many things were made better and refined after our first experiment. However, it feels like we are still unsure about the effects of the "energy" from the energy bar. It was rather hard to try and observe whether or not we felt more energized after eating only one ball. Even though the research tells us the ingredients help, we have not yet proved that OUR energy balls actually had those effects.

"Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls" on The New York Times

This article on The New York Times talks about Obama's victory in the 44th presidential election of the United States. The article calls Obama's victory the last racial barrier in American politics. Many quotes from others are included to support and relate to the theme of the article. The majority of the opinion based statements in the article is within the quotes of other people such as McCain and Obama himself, making the article itself very fact-based and believable. However, it contains the bias of others who made the comments and reactions toward the election. 

The article is very significant considering its topic. Many people see this election as a turning point for the politics of United States. Almost everyone is talking about it, even in countries other than the United States itself. Almost everybody knows about this event. The 44th presidential election, with Obama winning, could be called a world-known headlines.