Fourth Interview Questions

1. Is there such thing as a perfect choreography? Why or why not?
2. What are the good things of creating a dance routine as a group rather than on your own?
3. How does taking classes help one make a dance routine on his/her own?
4. How is it that some dancers can pick a new dance routine they've never danced to so easily?
5. Do you ever feel like you added something so random to a dance routine? Please give examples.
6. What is the best way to show more energy in your dance routines?
7. Is it easier to work with a group of a lot of dancers or fewer dancers? Why do you think so?
8. Why is it that sometimes dancers can follow a dance routine easily but can't freestyle and vice versa?
9. What are some things that unexpectedly ruin a dance performance considering the routine is practiced thoroughly?
10. What are good ways to get more ideas for a choreo when you can't think of anymore?
11. What do you think is the best way to teach your choreography to dancers?
12. How do you keep your dancers interested in learning your routine?
13. When making a choreo that requires dancers to have different moves at the same time, how do you manage to teach it to a large group of dancers so that it flows well with each other? Or is it best to have the large group do the same moves the whole time? If same moves, why?
14. What do you think is the most important factor of a dance routine? Why do you think so?
15. What is the most crucial thing to have in your dance moves?
16. How do you make transitions in dance routines really smooth so that it won't look to obvious?
17. Is it okay to copy another dance routine for a performance? Why or why not?
18. How experienced are you with freestyle dancing?  Please tell of your experiences.
19. When is the best time to include a freestyle part to a dance routine?
20. Why is it that you can find many ideas when freestyling but can't seem to remember what you did in your freestyle at times?
    

Meanwhile at Mentorship...

That's what's going on...

Advisory Meeting #2

"How can a hip-hop dancer best prepare a routine for an audition?"

Answer 2:
Taking hip-hop classes helps you find ideas on how you are going to make your routine.

-Example 1: As you you follow the teacher's moves in class, you'll learn more moves and become more familiar with them.

-Example 2: Hip-hop teachers may throw out some random steps and moves that help you think of better moves in place of the teacher's random move.

-Example 3: You can think of better teaching methods to get your moves taught to the dancers more efficiently.

Research Source(s):
-My Interview with Heather
-Articles One

Concluding Sentence:

  You can learn new dance moves you've never seen before to add to your dance routine. Not only that, you can also decide how you will get your message across your dancers.

Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  I will be going around doing a survey with random people on what they would like to see in hip-hop dance and if they are more interested in the beat of a song, lyrics, or musicality, however this will not count for any hours. Starting my 30 hours, I will be applying the people's response by filming myself dancing a bit according to the responses. I will also work more on my dance routine that I've been working on with the junior back in IC 1 by editing some moves according to the people's responses and/or how I think after recording ourselves   

2. I would be showing pictures and short clips to prove evidence of my 30 hours.

3. This helps me explore my topic more in depth because I'm actually asking what the audience likes to see in a choreo and taking them into consideration when polishing up the dance routine

4. Done

Independent Component 1

• Literal

a. I, Mark Patena, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b. -Interview with Heather Gonzalez
    -"Making Choreography." Hip Hop Moves. N.p., 2010. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. <http://www.hiphopmoves.org/choreography/making.html>.

c. My Independent Component Hours

d. I've completed making a dance choreo to the song "Good Time" with a partner to perform on the talent show

• Interpretive

Making a decent choreography is not as easy as it sounds. It takes much time to plan and experiment with moves. Spending three minutes planning and experimenting gives you around 10-15 seconds of the choreography.

• Applied

The component helped me understand my foundation of topic by actually forming a dance choreo and asking for feedback from various people. The feedback then helped me answer my EQ

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

I am most proud that I engaged the students with my topic because a lot of students tend to get bored easily and thus they won't be attentive during the presentation. I'm also proud that I got to explain everything of my powerpoint because, the last time, I went too overtime.

2.Questions to Consider
a. I would give myself an AP
b. The reason why is because I feel like I didn't make enough content time for my powerpoint and I also forgot to set some things up and the activity didn't really get many students to participate.

3. What worked for me in lesson 2 was how I explained my content, my tone of voice, and the specific examples I mentioned.

4. What didn't work was YouTube and the activity. If I had a time machine, I would've asked if I could use the MPR, bring backup files for the song, and taught a routine to the students instead of making their own.

5.So far, answer 2 for me would be "Being experienced with a broad range of hip-hop dance styles."

Third Interview Questions

1. How can a hip hop dancer best prepare a routine for an audition?
2. What categories are the judges looking for in a routine?
3. What is a really good way to start preparing a new routine to a few or group of dancers?
4. What usually attracts the audience more in a dance routine?
5. Can someone who only has experience in freestyle dancing help when learning or making choreo? If so, how?
6. Is it possible to do a routine right on the spot with one other or few other dancers? If, so how?
7. What is the hardest part about creating a dance routine?
8. What are common things you should expect when creating/teaching a routine?
9. How long does it usually take to teach a routine to a group of dancers? Why?
10. What does it take to become known as a good hip hop choreographer?