Modern Dance Observation

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Modern Dance Class

I went to observe the modern dance class on a thursday morning. This class was split into six different groups of at least 5 people in each. They were all taught a choreography a couple of days before and everything had to be memorized by the time it was their turn to dance. The class as a whole is doing well in communicating and in waiting for each other as they dance. These groups were randomly chosen and they all had to work together to make the choreography look nice, they had no idea who was going to be in their groups. From watching this class, I learned that if everyone works together then anything is possible. I say that because since they didn't know who they were going to be put together with and that did not

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