Internship #16

Congratulations on completing your internship experience!

Please post at least one (but preferably more like three) photos that show the story of your personal life at internship.

Then, write a reflection in which you highlight the most significant personal learning experiences for you at internship.

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Internship #15

You have three choices—pick one and post the photos you need for that one!

1. Resources—Post a series of photos that show the technological resources, natural resources, economic resources and/or human resources that are connected to your internship.

 

 At this internship, computers are used a lot to email, market, and input information for the benefit of the organization. 

2nd picture: The kitchen area in the green room was a part of the building that was very effective for me. I could preserve my food there, eat, and replenish my body.
3rd picture: The co-workers are also a very good part of the establishment, of course.
4th picture: Human resources are the interns that come in for a while and help out some of the extra work.

Internship #14

Blythe Barton

Dance Artist

Jean Isaacs Dance Theater

Dance Place San Diego

2650 Truxton Rd. Suite 108

San Diego, CA 92106

Why do you dance?
Everyday we, as humans, express ourselves through movement using gesture and body language. Dance gives me the opportunity to build on this concept and create emotion with motion. I believe that true art makes the viewer think or feel in a new way, this is something that I hope to accomplish with my dancing.I also love th athleticism of dance, the physicality.

What college did you go to, and what did you study there?
I went to Chapman University with the intention of pursuing dance and receive a BFA in Dance Performance in 2004. Then after taking a yea off from school, attended Florida State University for a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Dance and Choreography.

That also answered a few of my other questions.

Do you plan on dancing forever?
I hope to continue being a teacher and professional dancer. My university education has prepared me to be a college professor some day. I would like to share with others, the passion I feel for dance.

Internship #13

Choice 2. Post three pictures that show a process at your internship—This could be drafting & revision, how something is done at your internship, how your project was developed, etc.

 

Project Developed.

-ticket order

-set-up

-guest come

Internship #12

Part 1: Documenting collaboration

Pictures of:
show set-up.
dance show.
dinner.
dinner clean-up.
office.
show clean up.

Part 2: Writing about collaboration

In an average day here, I work with 3 people directly. I help do some of the tasks that they would eventually have to deal with. I take some of the load off their work.

Direct Collaboration.
When I help set up the dance show, I am doing direct collaberation with others. Me and a couple other people bring in the tables, lights (candles), chairs, table clothes, signs, etc. And we work together to put everything where it goes before the patrons come up the stairs to take their seat. Without us, the room wouldn't be set-up, and the audience would have no place to sit and drink, and would eventually feel uncomfortable and tired because they'd be standing up. 
Another moment of collaboration is when we bring everything back to where it goes. Everyone works in taking down the tables washing the wine glasses, putting away the table cloths. Cleaning up the food, and putting the chairs back into the room, storage closet, and car they came from.

Indirect Affect.
Okay, so throughout the week, I work with the table cloths, ironing them so they look neater on the table. I was also working with the candles, trying to find a way to get them to stick together and be brighter so the dance room wouldn't be too dark. I placed the forks and knives into the napkins, so it feels like a resturant. The dinner part of the show is like a resturant because of that, and the table cloths don't look as wrinkled.
For one of the weeks, I set the flowers up and arranged them nicely so they could decorate the room for the showcase. That also affected the feel of the room. Umm... I don't think I understand the question. But yeah.

Internship #11

Please post a summary of your week at internship. What were the highlights? What were the challenges? What was memorable and wh

This week at internship has been a big learning experience. I  learned how to use paypal. I learned the whole box office thing, as well as marketing. I saw the multiple things and people involved in making a business successful. There are the dancer, that present the talent and pretty much the product being sold... i guess in a way. There are the graphic designers that make the flyers to attract people to watch the dancers. There's the office people that email and get contact information to further market the dancers. There are the teachers that tell about the dancers and themselves, so students will come to the dance classes. The tax people that handle the money, well I haven't seen them, but I'm sure they're some where. And then there are the people who give grants, and the people that give donations to help keep the organization up, because this is a non-profit company.
The highlights was the dance, when all the tickets sold out, and people were still calling in to come and save a seat. The food was good, and everyone left with a smile in their face Sunday night.
A challenge I had was trying to keep track of all the people that bought tickets, but hadn't payed yet. Another challenge would be setting up; I had to iron the table cloths and that was a long tedious job, because I don't even like ironing at home.
A memorable moment was... the whole week I guess. I learned so much, and I met new people. There was this one lady from Switzerland, and her accent was bomb. So cool. Lol. I did the small work, and helped with the big stuff. I felt like I was actually part of the dance production, and that was cool.

Internship #10

Picture that sums up my day:

So at first, I was thinking dance was going to be this easy business where everyone just danced and music was always playing. But as I spent more time here, I realized dance is pretty much like every other business, not in a bad way, but in the sense that there is professionalism involved. Music isn't always playing, and everyone involved is always dancing. Filing, computers, taxes, and everything else that is involved in a corporation environment is involved.
Now that I know this, I want to take classes on business. Because in every money making situation, business plays a part, and so I feel that if I know all that I can about business and smart business decisions, then I can be apart of anything I want to be apart of when I get older... since I haven't really decided what I wanted to do when I graduate.

I already asked my mentor questions....
5 of the questions were:
-What made you decide dancing as your life career?
-When you were younger, did you know that dancing was what you were going to be doing for the rest of your life?
-What was your goal in highschool?
-What college did you go to, and what did you go to college to study?
-If you weren't a dancer, do you have any credentials that would let you join another field (like a teacher or engineer)

Internship #9

My Mentors are Jean Isaacs and Blythe Barton.

Jean Isaacs
Dance Choreographer
Jean Isaacs was born in _____. She was an independent child, always off to herself reading. At her school, she had to work a little harder than everyone else because she and her family were different (Italian). She started dancing at a very young age.
She later went to college and studied Liberal Arts, Sociology, Psychology, and History of Art. She was an extremely curious person, and stayed fascinated by things. Jean graduated in languages, but was confused by life. She didn’t know what path to take after college. But she knew she had a yearning to dance.
Mrs. Isaacs became a professional dancer. One day, while she was in class, her teacher asked if she wanted to teach the class instead. She accepted the offer, and has been teaching for over 35 years. She’s been producing dance for 35 years non-stop. The longest time she has taken away from dance has been only 2 weeks. Dancing is her life.



Blythe Barton
Dance Artist
Blythe was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska. She started with gymnastics when she was just a little girl. Then she began dancing in middle school. She later danced after school, a couple hours each day. She got straight A’s because it was important to her family. Blythe didn’t know exactly what she wanted to do for her life career-wise, but she thought about teaching, because that’s what she enjoyed.

She went to Chapman University in Orange County, because one of her high school teachers recommended her there. She loved the college experience and enjoyed school very much. One of her professors in college then recommended dance graduate school, Florida State University.

Blythe knew dancing was something she loved, but never thought she would actually make it into a career. She became a dance teacher for a couple years, then began working and dancing with Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater. She performs, teaches, and works with the business for marketing and etc.

Internship #8

[What characteristics and qualities do you see in the people at your internship that you'd like to develop in yourself? Some of these qualities and characteristics could be creativity, empathy, risk-taking, ambitiousness, honesty, fairness, and so on. There are so many qualities and characteristics that people could have, so look around and think of a few good ones that you see in the people you work with.]

The characteristics and/or qualities that I see in people at my internship that I'd like to develop in myself is their positivity. They always have a smile on their face, and their always happy. I mean, it's not one of those annoying over-happy-type-happies; the people at my internship are happy just because, and it's a normal positivity. 


The people at my internship site also have this strong family connection. Everyone's cool with each other, sort of like my class. Everyone in my class last semester was so cool; we were like a big friendly family. Real cool. And I enjoyed being in that type of environment while interning. 

Internship #7

Project description

Internship site: Jean Isaacs Dance Studio

Department: Dance department

Project Title: Show Business

General Description:  I assist in planning and the setting up of the dance shows. Taking calls and box office. Arranging and rearranging business stuff, as well as documenting information and inputing files and contact information into the computer.

Learning Objectives: Box office. Mathematics. Office Skills. Show Business. Planning.

Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits: Assisting in setting up for the shows.

Schedule: (its on the other blog)

Academic Skills: Math.

Technical Skills: Computers.

Collaboration—Skills and Opportunities: [?]

Exhibition Plans: A scrapbook that presents the last 2 weeks and 1/2 of the internship.

Next, provide a summary of your week.

So this week, I've inputted information into the computer, answered the phone, ironed table cloths, and other show business tasks. I've done well with listening to my mentors when i was spoken to, and doing the work that they asked me to do, and finishing it promptly. I worked hard. But I did slack on days when I invited friends to hang out, and i would come back late from lunch, or would be at my internship distracted. I need to learn to pay less attention to my phone, and more attention to the task, I was assigned to. But i did cooperate with everything, and on the day of the show (saturday) I made myself available to be help to anyone that needed it. I need to get a camera, so i can take pictures and start my scrapbook for the exhibition.

Internship #6

Big Ideas. Main Topics.
How did they decide that their career was what they truly wanted to do in life. I want to know how they focused on their life, and the stereotypes their day, like having to go to college, starting a family, getting a job, etc.

Umm.... We could probably do this around 12 or 1.

Internship #5

Project title: Show Business

Project description: I will be assisting in the production of the shows happening on the weekends of January 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Between the shows, I'm marketing, letting other dance studios know about the dances, and getting the rooms re-ordered and ready for the next performance. I'll also be helping with box office; taking ticket orders, and mailing out tickets.

Project schedule:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
11 10am – 4pm	12 Day Off	13 10am – 4pm	14 10am – 4pm	15 10am – 4pm	16 2pm -10.30pm
18 MLK day	19 10am – 4pm	20 10am – 4pm	21 10am – 4pm	22 Day Off	23 2pm – 10.30pm
25 Day Off	26 10am – 4pm	27 10am – 4pm	28 10am – 4pm	29 10am – 4pm	30 2pm – 10.30pm

Materials & Equipment needed:

I will be taking pictures, and videotaping a lot of the things I do.  I can't videotape and take pictures of the shows itself, but I do have pictures and videos leading up to that moment, showing the work, and planning working up to those Saturdays.

So I will need a camera, and a video camera.... And that's pretty much it.

Internship #4

1. What academic skills could you use on the job?
Math (for  ticket sales). Organization. Personality and planning. 

2. What forms of collaboration could you use in a project?
Forms collaboration. 

3. What technical skills can you use at your internship?
Computer Skills.

4. What new things can you learn while working at your site?
Box Office. Pay pal and Marketing. Business Organization and office work. 

5. How can you exhibit, showcase or otherwise share your work?
Pictures. Journals writings. Blogs. Videos. 

6. How can your work or your skills & abilities help your company or organization?
I can help with the organizations shows and classes, and organizing the small stuff, as well as putting stuff information into the computer. 

Internship #3

1. What skills would you like to develop at your site?

The skills I am developing at my site are Box Office, and learning to take paychecks and sales over the phone or internet. I'm learning show business, how to set up for performances, and all the background organizing and setting-up that goes along with it. I'm also developing will-call skills, and understanding mailing-lists, and how to put information into a database.

2. What interests do you have regarding the work done at your site?
I'm interested in the setting up, and mailing out invitations to people, and getting the tickets ready. I like the whole planning thing.

3. What needs can you address (needs your mentor has, your company has, etc.) based on your skills and interests?
I can answer the phone, and get things together, like the tedious stuff my mentors don't necessarily have time for. I can plan out the tickets, and organize the information... yeah. 

Internship #2

What have you actively done to start off on the right note?

Well, I've made sure that I was at my internship on time, I used ma'am and sir when speaking to any of my mentors. I've done the jobs correctly and in a quick manor, making sure I didn't take all day with it. And I made sure I stayed out of my mentors' way when they didn't need me, and was present when they did. 

What have you actively done to create interesting opportunities for yourself?

I've kept myself in the loop about what's going on the dance theater, and how things work. I've asked if I could help with anything, and showed that I was interested in the business parts as well as the very interesting parts.

What have you actively done to advance the interests of your mentor and/or site?
So the goal of my mentors' at my internship is to set up the Cabaret showcases, and make sure everything is in order so the dancers can do their thing, and the audience enjoys it. I've helped set up the room like my mentor wants it, and I've helped take ticket orders and put the address and order information into the computer. 

What can you do in the immediate future to improve yourself and your experience in the above areas?

I can make sure I'm up on my A-game. Always available and always willing to help. Make sure that I'm listening and learning so they don't have to reteach or re-explain any process or direction to me more than once. And I can keep on doing what I'm doing, and keep a positive attitude about everything so I take the most out of this experience.

Internship #1

I have pictures... I just need to get them off of my phone. Error.

Sarahs Class

Question 1:

How have your classes been affected by the recession?

Answer: They haven't really been affected. A few people have stopped coming to class, but the majority of the students have stayed to continue dancing.

Question 1:

How has your building size, and spending, been affected by the economic financial situation we are in?

Answer: We aren't really building on to this building, and everything we've gotten in a lot of the rooms were donated, so we've been good.We don't really spend 'thousands' on our productions and shows, so I'd say we're managing very well.

Randy's Class:

I woke up too early and couldn't go back to sleep. My internship starts at 10, but I came to school around 7.45. I didn't have breakfast because I wasn't hungry. But I should have eaten because towards the start of my internship, my stomach started to growl, and that was kind of embarrassing. But to bypass the time between 7.45 and 10, I went to school, and worked on random stuff. I got prepared for my internship, and made sure i had all my papers ad questions done.

When I got to my internship, I was immediately put to work. I worked on the mailing list, to send invites of the dance shows to numerous dance companies around Southern California. This consisted of getting their zip codes, posting the addresses, and stamping each invite. After doing all this, I helped work with the ticket sales, and then I went to lunch. I got a school lunch, because I didn't feel like spending money. When I came back, I continued and finished my work on the ticket selling and addressing, and I worked on setting up the show room. It was non-stop work. Bringing different items in and out of many rooms... etc.

Over the next few days, I see myself working on setting up the show room, and getting everything ready for the upcoming shows. I think I've been doing good. I've done everything I've been asked to do, and made sure I did it right. I think I accidentally left Ms.Jean's car unlocked when I came inside from getting everything from her car... but yeah. I need to work harder on staying off of my cell phone. I kept texting, and if a friend called, I would answer the phone and have a conversation.. although I did always manage to get myself back on task and ignore my phone. But I still need to work on that.

I'm at my internship doing this blog, so I should probably go and ask if there's anything else they need me to do. So bye.