Blog 18: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

• "What is the most important factor in choreographing a dance piece?"

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• The most important factor that goes into choreographing a dance piece is the initial connection that you are able to make with a song when first choreographing.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• The most important factor that goes into choreographing a dance piece is the amount of power/strength you use to execute each move. 

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

• There are several choreographers that are popular and known due to the sole reason that they can hit their movements so hard.
• Some choreographers that would be known for this are Bam Martin, Sorah Yang and Markus Pe Benito.
• By properly hitting hard, you are able to expand the amount of movements you know when choreographing. 
• Dancing requires different textures of movements to look good and if you don't know how to hit hard then you won't be able to hit those textures. 
• If you can't properly execute then you won't be able to make it into the industry. 
• What distinguishes a lot of choreographers from one another is based on how hard they can hit. Some are seen better than others because of this. 

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• Sato, N, H Nunome, and Y Ikegami. "Kinematic
  Analysis of Basic Rhythmic Movements of
  Hip-hop Dance: Motion Characteristics
  Common to Expert Dancers." Journal of
  Applied Biomechanics, 31.1 (2015): 1-7.

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• Weege, Bettina, Michael N Pham, Todd K
  Shackelford, and Bernhard Fink. "Physical
  Strength and Dance Attractiveness: Further
  Evidence for an Association in Men, but Not
  in Women." American Journal of Human
  Biology, 27.5 (2015): 728-730.

7.  Tie this together with a concluding thought.

• This answer is definitely something that I could relate to because a lot of my own style is solely based on execution. I'm known for using really big and powerful movements and that's why I chose power as my second answer.