Independent Component 2

Literal:
(a) I student affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Anais Bolden, iPoly sophomore.

(c) Log

(d) Anais just joined dance team and she wanted help with catching up and being at the level of everyone else, so I basically helped her complete that task. I worked on her technique, showed her the basics of both tahiti and flags.

Interpretive:

Tahiti dancing is not something achieved overnight, it takes work and the right work. I will update this blog post with pictures.



Applied:

The I.C. helped me understand my second answer, Keeping an open communication between dancer and choreographer, I had to understand her limits and push her but not over work her. I also had to gain her trust and comfort before being able to criticize her movements. It also supported my third answer, Choreographer keep innovative teaching techniques, because sometimes she didn't always understand what I wanted from her or how to do the movement.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1. My plan is to help a new dancer to the i-poly dance team catch up with all the techniques for our dances. For example, tahiti, we need to practice how to stay on a level 2 and how to extend your hips.

2. We will work about 15 hours on tahiti practice and 15 on flags.  We plan on meeting twice a week and practicing 2 hours each time.

3. A good choreographer knows how to teach technique while teaching a routine.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Statement saying: “I, Valerie Nuno, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Hilda Flores (626) 827-5919
  (c) Independent Component Log(d) I taught a 4:30 waltz/cha cha routine to a group of 12 teenagers. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Teaching a routine to dancers is easy. But this is a group of kids who have no previous experience in dancing. I had to learn differents way to approach a dance move for them to remember it and fufill it. For example I used a lot of chalk on the floor to guide them. I over all did about 50-60 hours of work.  
  
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• APPLIED
  This project opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. As a choreographer you have to teach dancers and prepare them to the best of your ability because if they mess up, all fingers point you. You also have to learn how to deal with not falling behind because a couple of students are absent. Everything that involves with the dance involves the choreographer. For example the costumes was a major issue in this component and I had to give my input because it would ultimately affect the dance routine.

Video of me talking to them. Quinceanera Practice

Senior Project Update

1. I am currently teaching the waltz, we are about 1 minute into the song.

2. Recently I read an article about the way one practices. Lets say for example if I practice and when I mess up I keep going I will probably perform better because I have experienced this before. Where as some one who messes up during a practice starts over will have higher chances of choking if they mess up in a live performance.

3.  These are the formations I recently came up with, these are based off height and how well they can follow the people around them. The couple under the crown is to symbolize the main couple.

Song Choice

[For my Independent Component 1 I am going to teach a quinceanera waltz]
This is the song chosen by the quinnceanera. It is 1/2 waltz and 1/2 cha cha. I think I will cut about 30 seconds from the song.

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

1. I plan to choreograph my cousin's quinceanera waltz. The waltz will be about 4 minutes long. There are 12   people in the dance.

2. We will have practice twice a week for about 4 hours each in a 2 and a half month period of time.

3. My study relates to my component because I have been studying dance and what a dancer should do to prepare for a good performance, so now I will actually prepare dancers to put on a good performance using some of the knowledge I have gained these passed months.