"How can a hip hop dancer best prepare a routine for an audition?"
"Freestyle dancing can help you highlight certain moves you did that can be used for your dance routine."
-Randomly doing any moves to the beat of a song can help get your mind and creativity going.
-Freestyle dancing always helps you be original when it comes to planning your dance choreography and not look like a copy of one.
-When you make a mistake, freestyle dancing helps improvise dance steps to help you get back on track with the group.
http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/07/warburton-dance-study.html
http://www.hiphopmoves.org/freestyle.html
Due to it's improvisational nature, freestyle dancing gives you many brainstorming for ideas and helps you during the actual performance.
Showing posts with label Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Research. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Senior Project, The Holiday
1. Over the break, I carried on with mentorship hours, worked more on my independent component, and did some more research articles. For mentorship hours, I just kept going to the dance studio. For the independent component, I started make videos of how to do some of my dance moves when I do hip hop.
2. From what I've learned, emotions really make your moves look more legit rather than half-hearted. A dancer can dance by just throwing out popular moves that the audience have seen before but are still cool to watch. However the dancer can lack the passion and feeling for it. But a dancer can really dance if he/she puts the emotion behind it. Even the simplest of moves can look just as good as a difficult move if the dancer can portray the right emotion.
3. If I were to do a 10 question interview regarding on the answer to my EQ, I would ask my current mentor, Heather, or a friend, Josh, who frequently attends the same dance studio to practice break-dancing.
I would interview more on Heather regarding on strictly choreography questions such as how to effectively teach your choreography to the dancers and how to position them. I would interview Josh on different dance moves that go well with certain hip hop music and how to approach those dance moves.
2. From what I've learned, emotions really make your moves look more legit rather than half-hearted. A dancer can dance by just throwing out popular moves that the audience have seen before but are still cool to watch. However the dancer can lack the passion and feeling for it. But a dancer can really dance if he/she puts the emotion behind it. Even the simplest of moves can look just as good as a difficult move if the dancer can portray the right emotion.
3. If I were to do a 10 question interview regarding on the answer to my EQ, I would ask my current mentor, Heather, or a friend, Josh, who frequently attends the same dance studio to practice break-dancing.
I would interview more on Heather regarding on strictly choreography questions such as how to effectively teach your choreography to the dancers and how to position them. I would interview Josh on different dance moves that go well with certain hip hop music and how to approach those dance moves.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
EQ
1. I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.
2. a. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are studies that show how different types of exercises target different parts of the body and how eating different foods in certain amounts affect your body
-People will debate on different exercises or eating habits to defend on why they think that's the right method
-The EQ is specific and concentrates on one specific problem for different solutions to answer.
b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
It doesn't follow the rule of three criteria because:
-Although there are studies that show how to approach a criminal investigation, it doesn't really explain what type of crime scene took place.
-Since there is no specific crime to evaluate, people can't debate on how to even start securing a conviction for certain crimes.
-The EQ itself is not quite clear on figuring what the topic is.
c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are articles on the latest popular trend for hair designs and how different types of hairstyles look good on certain people.
-A lot of hair stylists will argue which hair style is the best, which hair color is the best, or how long the ideal hair length should be.
-It is specific, clearly explains the topic of their project, and focuses itself on customer satisfaction.
d. How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are research on how chemicals are used to make certain products, efficiency of some anesthetics, and how some anesthetics are upgrading.
-Anesthesiologists will debate on how to improve our anesthetics and which anesthetics will work best for certain patients.
-It is specific, clearly identifies the topic, and focuses on treating chronic pain.
3. Possible draft EQs for future use:
-What is the best factor to get a standing ovation for a hip hop performance?
-What is the most important thing a hip hop dance choreographer should consider when creating a stunning dance routine?
2. a. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are studies that show how different types of exercises target different parts of the body and how eating different foods in certain amounts affect your body
-People will debate on different exercises or eating habits to defend on why they think that's the right method
-The EQ is specific and concentrates on one specific problem for different solutions to answer.
b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
It doesn't follow the rule of three criteria because:
-Although there are studies that show how to approach a criminal investigation, it doesn't really explain what type of crime scene took place.
-Since there is no specific crime to evaluate, people can't debate on how to even start securing a conviction for certain crimes.
-The EQ itself is not quite clear on figuring what the topic is.
c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are articles on the latest popular trend for hair designs and how different types of hairstyles look good on certain people.
-A lot of hair stylists will argue which hair style is the best, which hair color is the best, or how long the ideal hair length should be.
-It is specific, clearly explains the topic of their project, and focuses itself on customer satisfaction.
d. How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
It follows the rule of three criteria because:
-There are research on how chemicals are used to make certain products, efficiency of some anesthetics, and how some anesthetics are upgrading.
-Anesthesiologists will debate on how to improve our anesthetics and which anesthetics will work best for certain patients.
-It is specific, clearly identifies the topic, and focuses on treating chronic pain.
3. Possible draft EQs for future use:
-What is the best factor to get a standing ovation for a hip hop performance?
-What is the most important thing a hip hop dance choreographer should consider when creating a stunning dance routine?
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Blog 8: Research and Working EQ
1. My EQ is "What is the best way to keep the audience of all ages viewing your dance routine as a standing ovation?"
2. "What is the best way to keep the audience of all ages viewing your dance routine as a standing ovation?"
-Make your moves and your whole routine really complex. People will be amazed at the dancers and how they can memorize such difficult and spontaneous dance sequences. Your dance routine will be remembered definitely for its difficulty.
-Format your transitions so they correspond to certain parts of the song. For example, if there is an "explosion" sound in the song, have the crew do something that represents an explosion. If there is a rising sound before the song "drops the bass" have one dancer, or a few, move their arms in a rising wave motions to represent the rising sound. Songs with lyrics help a lot in formatting your dance routine.
3. The most important source(s) that helped me come up with answers to my EQ are my interviews and research checks.
4. My main mentor is Heather Gonzalez and I shadow at The Lab Creative Arts Studio. Shadowing other hip hop dance teachers contribute to my ideas for different dance moves and teaching methods for choreography.
2. "What is the best way to keep the audience of all ages viewing your dance routine as a standing ovation?"
-Make your moves and your whole routine really complex. People will be amazed at the dancers and how they can memorize such difficult and spontaneous dance sequences. Your dance routine will be remembered definitely for its difficulty.
-Format your transitions so they correspond to certain parts of the song. For example, if there is an "explosion" sound in the song, have the crew do something that represents an explosion. If there is a rising sound before the song "drops the bass" have one dancer, or a few, move their arms in a rising wave motions to represent the rising sound. Songs with lyrics help a lot in formatting your dance routine.
3. The most important source(s) that helped me come up with answers to my EQ are my interviews and research checks.
4. My main mentor is Heather Gonzalez and I shadow at The Lab Creative Arts Studio. Shadowing other hip hop dance teachers contribute to my ideas for different dance moves and teaching methods for choreography.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Blog 5 Project Reflection and Working EQ
The Pentagon:
1. The positive thing that has happened over what I have completed so far is that I got a mentor to teach me more of hip hop since I love it a lot. I'm also becoming more involved with the dance studio I'm attending. I also have the ok to practice my own choreography with one of the instructors.
2. All my sources from Hip Hop Moves really taught me a lot about dance crews, choreography, and two types of hip hop that I usually do--lyrical and freestyle hip hop. While the other sources talk about the history and the affects of hip hop on the public, these sources go more in depth on choreography, styles, and crews in general.
3. What has worked out is that I was able to find a mentor, to be able to go to the dance studio since I enjoy it there, and actually getting progress done with this topic.
4. What hasn't worked out so far is that my second mentor who works at the same studio hasn't responded yet, so I'm still waiting for his reply and that my dad thinks I'm fooling around when I go to the dance studio.
5.
-My potential EQ is "What is the best way to keep the audience, of all ages, viewing your choreography as a standing ovation?"
-I plan to shadow an instructor teaching a dance routine to students, at times, attend a dance routine session, and to plan a dance routine of my own with my mentor.
4. What hasn't worked out so far is that my second mentor who works at the same studio hasn't responded yet, so I'm still waiting for his reply and that my dad thinks I'm fooling around when I go to the dance studio.
5.
-My potential EQ is "What is the best way to keep the audience, of all ages, viewing your choreography as a standing ovation?"
-I plan to shadow an instructor teaching a dance routine to students, at times, attend a dance routine session, and to plan a dance routine of my own with my mentor.
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