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Rachel trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she graduated in Professional Musical Theatre and recieved awards for best actress.She later went on to work with queen choreographer, Arlene Philips, as a principal dancer with the unique performances of The Give Back Project and played a principal role in a new writers play entitled The Perfect Man for Me. She went on to make her first short film with Ocean Storm productions entitled 'The Pledge'. After leaving Paris where she was promoted to dance captain in shows and parades she discovered her passion to teach and help benefit others in performing arts. She has since taught dance and drama all over the country with Jago performers in Worcester, Abbey School of Dance in Coventry and Lemon Jelly Arts in Leicester and London. Rachel now wishes to further her teaching skills to one day achieve her ambitions of becoming a successful member of a stage school faculty or perhaps even a principal. She is undertaking a Work Based Learning course to develop these skills and achieve the needed qualifications to conquer her dreams.

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Monday, 1 March 2010

Learning Diary Entry 2.

Like many others on the course I have come to the conclusion that my chosen topic to base my project on needs to fufill career aspirations and answer the questions I have about my life as it stands now. This will help me achieve my future goals and resolve problems which are present

After reading through the 3835 module handbook I believe that this will be the module I find most interesting, being able to develop my thoughts around an area I feel passionately about and research intensely.


Through holding many conversations with fellow students on my course I discovered that when brainstorming my ideas for my Project Propsal title I should consider:




  • How much I already know about the chosen Topic.

  • Am I working in or closely alongside the proposed area of interest. Will I be at the centre of this research?

  • Has this Project Proposal been researched before and if so how often.

  • Is there plenty of background literature and research resources available to support the project.

  • Will the chosen topic help me achieve my future ambitions to become a successful drama teacher.

  • Am I souly interested in this topic.


After disscussing and considering all of these factors I drew to the conclusion that I wanted to base my Project around other pupils/ students desire and motivation towards establishing a successful career in performing arts.


At 'Lemon Jellys', the stage school where I work I held a brief informal end of class discussion to try and discover whether my area of interest was also of interest to others. Through debates and many verbal opinions I drew to the conclusion that my selected field of research was well worth while.


When arriving home I decided to venture deeper into my idea of revealing the factors behind performer and teacher's inspiration for performing arts. I read and learnt a little on past discoveries from peer presure through parents to pure talent and amazing creativity, sparking societies varried and exciting performing carreres.I reached the conclusion that although my idea had been researched and reported in many styles there was room for more constructive analysis.

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