Todays Skype discussed 3 themes 1. Collaboration 2. Communication and Language 3. Risk Taking Sam lead tonights discussion and explained the three themes above in relation to his professional practice and linked them to working in his band. I thought about how I use these three themes in my personal professional practice. Collaboration “Collaboration is the act of working together, especially on a goal or shared project. It can also be used to refer to a product of collaboration, as in The new single is a collaboration from the two pop stars. Collaboration is the noun form of the verb collaborate , meaning to work together.” As a dancer I may collaborate with someone to create a piece of choreography. This could be with another dancer or I could be creating with a musician or a director. We collaborate ideas and material all the time in the industry when creating shows. Often I am asked to choreograph some free lifts or ‘freestyle’ in sections of shows and I will...