Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
          What is the most important factor in creating a successful hip-hop dance performance.

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
        the most important factor in creating a hip-hop dance performance is the help of performing with facial expressions to the style in which is the choreography you are dancing to.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
          The second answer to my essential question is Practicing during hard conditions and environment.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
          My answer is true because without practice you cannot give a 100% performance. An example of this is during competition we practice for at least 5 hours before performing so you remember everything and you keep what you learned crisp and ready for a 110% performance.
          Another reason practice is essential is because that is how you will perfect the routine or set. Like the saying "practice makes perfect" my company practices 5 hours every Saturday to perfect the set as much as possible. 
          Also practicing is important because it keeps your mind focused on what you are doing. Example, if you forget to practice for a while, you'll start to lose what you learned and you make a lot more mistake for you don't have the focus anymore. So practicing can help with performance, perfection, and a focused mind.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/going-through-the-motions-improves-dance-performance.html 
          This source talks about the ballet aspect but it talks about how practicing can help performance both physically and mentally. 

6.  What other source supports your answer?    
           Tawnya Nguyen because she is always telling us to practice everyday even when we don't have practice.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
          In conclusion, using my trusty sources,my mentor Tawnya Nguyen, helped me decide that my second answer is Practice because practicing is a vital instruction and part to becoming an excellent performer.