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At college in my final year, we all as third year students are represented by Bird College Agency.  We also had lessons from the agent to help us build and work on our portfolio and professional career. The agency and college is it give us slot of support by inviting so many experienced professionals to talk to us about the industry, who are already working and outside companies to audition us for jobs. All those invitations, helps us to start building up some connections for the future and taste a little bit of the "outside world". 
At the sometime during that period, the college invited many different dancers and choreographers to teach or for different events. One of the choreographers, he had his own company that helped deaf people to dance and listening to the music differently. For example, because he is deaf, he knows how to helps other people. He can feel the vibration from the ground from the speakers in the class and he finds the lyrics from the songs on his phone so he can make a story with his choreography. That day I was so amazed by him; I will never forget him. Personally, I learnt that if you want do something, you will find a way, no matter how hard it is and if you can't reach it but you will get close to it if you believe you can.



In classes you meet people that are in so many different jobs and they never stop working; the same in workshops and especially in auditions. Personally I need to start communicating with people and make an conscious effort to find some connections. I found it really difficult because I am not that kind of person that will start talking to people for no reason but as a dancer your career to solely based on who you know and how well you connect with others . In my opinion, at classes and workshop is easer to meet people. In auditions its more strict, you can't really talk and have to be professional at all times. In classes you can choose which choreographers do you like or if he/she is very well known from the jobs they acquire not only that but whether you feel you will develop stylistically by attending these classes. Also sometimes agencies are watching those classes and spot people and on rare occasions, you end up working with them. 
At the auditions, there are more chances for choreographers or producers to remember you than classes because you go there for a job and they are actually auditioning and actively looking for artist which they feel is right for the job. For example, a producer watches you throughout the audition and he really likes but you are not suitable for that kind of job. If he/she happens to see you again in another audition or a year later and see how much you've progressed, they have more of a chance to get the job than the last time he/she saw you. 

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