These are what I think of the essential sources of information.
Not just to find opportunities of employments, to research the dance style of the guest choreographers, There back ground, also to understand more about the piece we are performing, ie, when was the premier, which country, what was the back ground of history when it choreographed,
Who danced premier, how did audience and critics reacted, etc
Internet
Well, of course. To me, internet is the most convenience, efficient, ecological and quickest way to dig the information I need.
And, the information of the internet up dates every moments! And, it links to the information of the world. That is the main reason I think the internet is one the most important and essential generator of communication technologies to provide the informations.
When I look for an employment, Dance Europe audition website is one of the most practical web site, as this is the most famous dance magazine in Europe, the information they provide is constantly up dates, very reliable. http://www.danceeurope.net/site/jobs.shtml
Also when I look for a dance job in Germany, as arts and culture is very popular in Germany and they have so many dance companies! I visit BallettTanz`s audition web site.
http://www.ballet-tanz.de/en/audit-fr.html This site does not get up dated as much as Dance Europe`s audition web site, However they introduce more of German dance companies auditions information than Dance Europe.
I am also a member of Dancers pro web site..http://www.dancerspro.com/ Once you have registered to this site, This site could be the biggest source of dance job information. dancerspro`s audition information up dates constantly and they e-mail me almost every day to let me know all the people and company who is looking for dancers.
And, e-mails are very easy to look and understand, where, who, what type of dance, how much can they offer, including expense or not, how long is the employment .
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Speaking to Individuals
Well, in this way, we get more raw information than internet. And, it could be more reliable than web information, well, I guess depend on the person is reliable or not :S.
How ever, I also think there is different kind of information people can provide to the internet. Like a quality of information will be much more detailed, I believe. But, also we all feel different so If 10 people work in same dance company, there is a possibility that they all bring us totally different quality of data! In that case, web could pass on more general, fair informations.
Books, Magazines, Papers.
I believe all of these provides again different quality of informations. How ever, if I see from Professional Communication Technophiles point of view, unfortunately I do not think they could as reliable as first two. One of the reason is I already mentioned when I wrote about internet, the information of the world changes and up dates every moments. For that reason, if I talk about information, first two, internet and speaking to people is more up dated and reliable.
How ever, as I said these books, magazines and papers can provide different type of information. much more deeper, and could be more personal and sincere. Again, it depends on who wrote :S but, if they already has published that means several people had read and checked the where the informations came from, how reliable they are. So, could be much more authentic than people` s words, as people can make up what ever they want, I they wanted to. I am sure most of people do not do things like that. But, even we try to be honest and as close as possible to the truth, some times without realising, we spread the different information adding our own emotions in to the right information.
Hi Daisuke - you appear to view information as a one-way flow from sources to you. What about the other way around? What indeed about the practice of blogging? Social media sites. What about the quality of information on the Internet. Can you trust everything there? What are the downsides to communications technologies? Are there any issues relating to privacy. You should consult the reader on Communication Technologies and reflect / apply this to your thinking
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