March Blog

          For the month of march, i did some very exciting things for my senior topic. The most important and biggest one though was the Powderpuff 2015 cheer routine. I chose this as a independent component because i was teaching people who never danced before a feel of choreography as well as music pick and getting to know how their body moves. I would spend every Tuesday and Thursday and sometimes Wednesday on 4th block going into after school teaching all the guys new choreography and teaching them what formations were and how to apply them to our routine and i taught them counts and steps and etc. What i loved about teaching the powderpuff team was that all the people who joined wanted to voluntary, and were my friends so it was fun showing my friends about dancing. What was also exciting was that it gave them confidence well enough to actually perform our routine in front of the school even when they have no experience in dancing, which that really gave me joy in my heart knowing that i caused that confidence and self respect towards each other.
       
          Other then Powderpuff i did my mentorship hours learning new choreography at the studio. We have new members who joined the team a few weeks ago so we are training them how to hit hard and learn when to danced softly.

This is the Powderpuff team after our performance. I am proud of each one of them for attending practice every week and being patient in my teaching.

Blog 17: Third Answer

1.  What is your EQ?

          What is the best way to impact the public with dance?

2.  What is your third answer? 

          The best way to impact the public with dance is through the benefits of Exercising to keep yourself in mint condition for performance.

 3. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

          The first reason i chose exercising is because you need your body to function the way you want it to without having limits. For example if we are doing a set that last 5 minutes, you should be able to dance AND perform for 5 minutes without slowing down or losing performance. 

          The second reason i chose exercising is because it makes your memory better for absorbing the choreography. I read an article to prove my statement by stating the more you exercise, the better you body can function and so you focus more on remembering the choreography instead of getting tired easily.

          The third reason why i chose exercise is for health reasons. Being out of shape and dancing is not a good combo as you can injure yourself during practice and not be able to perform. I had a friend who used to be in the company i dance in and because he did not stretch and exercise the way the director told us to, during competition right before going on stage we did the set and his leg cramped up and would not get better so he couldn't perform.

4.The research source (s) to support your details and answer

          https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201310/why-is-dancing-so-good-your-brain

this source was the one i stated above how is explained to why dancing is good on the brain and how exercising is good for remembering choreography and improving your performance.

5.Concluding Sentence

          To conclude, all my answers link with one another so i believe exercising is the best answer to link up with performing and practice to get the most out of your performance.