Thursday, April 30, 2015
April Blog Post
For this month i did a few things that helped me for my senior project. I made a few choreographies for different occasions. For one i did choreography for someomes sweet 16, its a bit frustrating due to the fact that a lot of people learning the piece are people who i dont know and never danced before but want to be in the sweet 16. Its ok though because its a good learning experience for me to learn how to teach people like that. Another routine i made was for someones performance for a tv show and thats a great experience for me because it makes me work under stress and pressure which is a good choreographer's skill. And Last but not least i worked with my company and my mentor im doing a last competition before summer starts and its pretty much the same as we did before, like practicing and formations and getting in sync with the team and just getting ready for the pressure and excitement competition gets us.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Independent Component 2
Independent Component 2
Title: Independent Component 2
Label: Independent Component
Due Date: Monday, 4/27 by 8AM
Content:
LITERAL
(a) “I, Brandon Salinas, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 45 hours and 50 minutes of work.”
(b) The book "Hip Hop Dance (The American Dance Floor)" by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, as well as Urban Dance Camp channel on youtube.com has helped me achieve what i needed to learn for this component.
(c) My independent Component hours can be found HERE
(d) i choreographed routines and taught the choreography to people who do not know how to dance or never tried, for example the powderpuff routine. I also choreographed a routine for the dance elective for the final pep rally event. My final event i did was choreograph and teach kids for a sweet 16 surprise dance. All these consisted in having to make choreography by myself and later teach people who knew how to dance as well as people who did not learn how to dance and i gained experience from both circumstances.
INTERPRETIVE
Because my essential question is about choreography and dance performances, doing these events is a great way to get to know a better perspective in teaching and making your own routine. Having to come up and teach three routines made me use all the helpful tools i learned from these past few months. When it came to the Powderpuff routine, i had to make the meetings and choreography but let the guys who joined the team come up with which music they want to dance to. This was a great way to get the team to dance what they wanted to and become more confident with themselves as well as me having to learn how to choreograph something i did not choose to dance to, it was a win win experience. The many hours of practice with the boys made me realize my best answer for this project, which is having to know how to practice in any type of environment, because of having to always move around due to the construction and cal poly events, like archery, to learn the routine. The performance itself was a learning experience as well, because i had to teach the guys how to make facials expressions and learn how to breathe, which falls into my first answer.
APPLIED
overall, this independent component has helped me strongly agree about my first 2 answers for my essential question, i saw a clear understanding in how its hard to teach and practice choreography in an environment thats not meant to be dancing but having the skill to do so can greatly make your dancing and performance better in both short and long run. Teaching the boys in the dance elective was also a good way to learn about facial expressions and performing with them, because they have experience in dancing, i could focus more on other things like positions and facial expressions to get a better performance out of them.
Title: Independent Component 2
Label: Independent Component
Due Date: Monday, 4/27 by 8AM
Content:
LITERAL
(a) “I, Brandon Salinas, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 45 hours and 50 minutes of work.”
(b) The book "Hip Hop Dance (The American Dance Floor)" by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, as well as Urban Dance Camp channel on youtube.com has helped me achieve what i needed to learn for this component.
(c) My independent Component hours can be found HERE
(d) i choreographed routines and taught the choreography to people who do not know how to dance or never tried, for example the powderpuff routine. I also choreographed a routine for the dance elective for the final pep rally event. My final event i did was choreograph and teach kids for a sweet 16 surprise dance. All these consisted in having to make choreography by myself and later teach people who knew how to dance as well as people who did not learn how to dance and i gained experience from both circumstances.
INTERPRETIVE
Because my essential question is about choreography and dance performances, doing these events is a great way to get to know a better perspective in teaching and making your own routine. Having to come up and teach three routines made me use all the helpful tools i learned from these past few months. When it came to the Powderpuff routine, i had to make the meetings and choreography but let the guys who joined the team come up with which music they want to dance to. This was a great way to get the team to dance what they wanted to and become more confident with themselves as well as me having to learn how to choreograph something i did not choose to dance to, it was a win win experience. The many hours of practice with the boys made me realize my best answer for this project, which is having to know how to practice in any type of environment, because of having to always move around due to the construction and cal poly events, like archery, to learn the routine. The performance itself was a learning experience as well, because i had to teach the guys how to make facials expressions and learn how to breathe, which falls into my first answer.
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These are most of the boys at powderpuff routines, they are doing the different formations i have made for the overall routine. This is the powderpuff routine the day of the performance, i was proud of all of them for practicing and coming to practice for almost 2 months.
My other main part of the independent component was to make choreography and teach the guys in the dance elective for the upcoming pep rally. This was different from the powderpuff event because these guys actually have some experience in dancing so my methods of teaching were different. For one, i would teach a lot quicker with them and we would learn half of the choreography in an hour. For two, i would focus more on the little things like feet position and arm posture so all of us can be more in sync and look alike.
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APPLIED
overall, this independent component has helped me strongly agree about my first 2 answers for my essential question, i saw a clear understanding in how its hard to teach and practice choreography in an environment thats not meant to be dancing but having the skill to do so can greatly make your dancing and performance better in both short and long run. Teaching the boys in the dance elective was also a good way to learn about facial expressions and performing with them, because they have experience in dancing, i could focus more on other things like positions and facial expressions to get a better performance out of them.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
Choreograph Routines for several events.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
Take photographs and videos of my exercises and choreography.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
I would get a better understanding of the public's reactions, engagement, and satisfaction from hip hop and other types of dancing.
Choreograph Routines for several events.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
Take photographs and videos of my exercises and choreography.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
I would get a better understanding of the public's reactions, engagement, and satisfaction from hip hop and other types of dancing.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Independent Component 1
LITERAL
(a) Write: “I, Brandon Salinas, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 40 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
Michael Bailey and Tawyna Nguyen are the main sources that helped me throughout my independent component because they taught me choreography, did interviews, and showed me what workshops to take.
(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
you can find my hours Here.
(d) Explain what you completed.
For my independent component i attended several workshops which made me learn a few choreographies both of a unique hip-hop style and regular hip-hop. As well as learn new ways of exercising and stretching to not strain your body when it comes to hard hitting dances. Taking classes on my own was another factor for my hours as well as teach a class.
INTERPRETIVE
(a) Write: “I, Brandon Salinas, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 40 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
Michael Bailey and Tawyna Nguyen are the main sources that helped me throughout my independent component because they taught me choreography, did interviews, and showed me what workshops to take.
(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
you can find my hours Here.
(d) Explain what you completed.
For my independent component i attended several workshops which made me learn a few choreographies both of a unique hip-hop style and regular hip-hop. As well as learn new ways of exercising and stretching to not strain your body when it comes to hard hitting dances. Taking classes on my own was another factor for my hours as well as teach a class.
INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.
- APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate this.
For the past few month i was able to go more into depth on how dancing is an art a how great the dance community can be. What i got out of workshops were how every person has a different body language when they dance, like a fingerprint, they're all different. It also showed me that most dancers are very positive and friendly towards each others because they want to learn from others as well. When taking class, it is similar but in a more strict way. You have to do exactly what the teacher tells you to do instead of adding a little bit of your own style.
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