Content:
1. My EQ is "How can a hip hop dancer best prepare a routine for an audition?" My following answers are:
-Immersing yourself in a song helps you find ideas on how you're going to convey its theme.
-Taking hip hop classes helps you find ideas on how you're going to make and teach your routine.
-Freestyle dancing can help you highlight certain moves you did that can be used for your dance routine.
My best answer is "Immersing yourself in a song helps you find ideas on how you're going to convey its theme."
2. To get this answer, I had to listen to many songs many times to figure out which types of moves really compliment the song. From the beats to the various sound effects and to the lyrics, I've thoroughly analyzed each element of a song. I've done this many times long before I chose my topic and gained more experience by mentorship.
3. The problems I faced were running out of ideas, the song going a bit too fast on certain verses, and knowing whether or not we can actually pull off certain moves. To solve running out of ideas, I looked on Youtube and dance routines in the studio to borrow moves. For fast verses, I had to think of alternative moves that had less movement and memorization but still looked cool to the song. For moves that we can't pull off, I had to think of easier moves that still looked attractive.
4. The two most significant sources I used to answer the question are sources from two different websites-- Dance Spirit and Human Kinetics. The source from Human Kinetics talks about what specific elements make dance routine more attractive. The source from Dance Spirit talks about how to get ideas for your dance routine, what the audience expect you to show, and being original with your own ideas.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Independent Component 2
Literal
a. I, Mark Patena, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. -Interview with Val Ramirez
-Arney, Juliane. "Sample Class: The Kids Wanna Dance!" Idea Fit. Health & Fitness Association, Mar. 2005. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/sample-class-kids-wanna-dance-2>
c. My Independent Component 2 Hours Log
d. I've planned to make another choreography that will be used in my final presentation. I've first asked people on what they want to see in a hip hop routine. Considering their responses, I had to do long planning on how I should teach it to the audience as well as keeping the difficulty appropriate to the "new" dancers. I've filmed myself dancing to the chorus of "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake. It would be impossible to finish the whole song during the final presentation.
Interpretive
Getting feedback from people is one good way to improve your dance routine. Keeping their responses in mind will require some editing in your dance routine. Also, the speed of progress when showing your choreography depends on your teaching style.
-Arney, Juliane. "Sample Class: The Kids Wanna Dance!" Idea Fit. Health & Fitness Association, Mar. 2005. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/sample-class-kids-wanna-dance-2>
c. My Independent Component 2 Hours Log
d. I've planned to make another choreography that will be used in my final presentation. I've first asked people on what they want to see in a hip hop routine. Considering their responses, I had to do long planning on how I should teach it to the audience as well as keeping the difficulty appropriate to the "new" dancers. I've filmed myself dancing to the chorus of "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake. It would be impossible to finish the whole song during the final presentation.
Interpretive
Getting feedback from people is one good way to improve your dance routine. Keeping their responses in mind will require some editing in your dance routine. Also, the speed of progress when showing your choreography depends on your teaching style.
Applied
This component helped answer my EQ because I got more experience teaching new people a dance routine. It got me thinking on how to get your dance choreography across more effectively. With the right moves for a song, you keep your dancers more interested.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Third Answer
"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.
"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.
Monday, March 3, 2014
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?
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?
Friday, February 28, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
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
-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.
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