Liam Pentland

  1.        In what order do I label my profession? Do I label it in order, starting with the profession I feel I am the most strongest in or do I label it to benefit the job I am applying for?   2.        Does a strong dancer mean a strong choreographer?     3.        Does a strong dancer mean a strong teacher?   4.        Is teaching seen as an easy way out of being a performer?     5.        Does a teacher with a degree, result in the teacher having more knowledge than teachers without a degree?   6.        Is there an age where dancers should stop performing? Or are you as old as you look within the dance industry?   7.        Is social media becoming a better way in which to promote you, than the usual way of working yourself through the industry?     8.        Is it more marketable to be a choreographer who has one very unique and defined style? Or a choreographer who doesn’t have a unique style but can choreograph too many

For me to answer this  question:" Are there any ideas from work based or organisational knowledge theories of learning that could be used to understand your own professional inquiry?" precisely I believe I have to categories my profession into 3 sections; Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher. As a dancer my job is to retain choreography quickly, execute movements precisely and to perform in a professional manner. I am currently training in two of the biggest studios in Los Angeles, USA and I’m learning that being a dancer is a state of mind that must be programmed into your brain through training. It takes time and a lot of classes to train your mind to retain, execute and perform efficiently. I see this whole process as a sector named, “Being a Dancer”. I believe the learning tool here is to analyse different methods when picking up and executing, and decide on what methods work best for you.   I have been critically reflecting my performance when training and came up w

    I choreographed this dance earlier on this year (2012) and recently taught it at a few workshops including HDI Summer Camp, Wales and at Norway's, House of Dance. I'm so grateful and amazed by the support I have been receiving from everyone around the world and therefore I am releasing this piece as a way of saying Thank You! Honestly, can't say how much it means to me. I have been critically reflecting on my experiences in my journal, this summer and two event I have learned a lot from was my workshops in Norway and workshops at HDI, Wales. Thought I would share this video with everyone, feedback would be much appreciated and I hope you all enjoy...

On 26 th August 2012 I was given an amazing opportunity to teach at a dance intensive summer camp named HDI. This camp employed the 5 of the best choreographers from the UK and 4 of the best choreographers from America who have worked alongside artists such as Nikki Minaj, Britney spears been on TV programmes such X-Factor USA, Americas Best Dance crew the list goes on. I felt for my name and picture to be on the same poster as these artists, and for it to be promoted all around the UK was amazing publicity for me. As well as this over 140 dancers from all over the world would take my class and amazing choreographers, as stated above would also be able to acknowledge my work. This was a big dream/goal of mine and has been something I have been working towards. It was very important to me that I made a good impression by teaching choreography that I felt was creative and would be respected by the people at this event and also the atmosphere within the class was full of high energy. I