Blog 18: Interview 4 Prep

1. What is the best way for a dancer to prepare for the RAD exams?
2. What are the two most important factors a dancer should have when going into an exam and why?
3. How would you define personal style in dance?
4. What kind of style would you say you have?
5. Do you think it is important for students to study multiple genres of dance? Why?
6. Aside from ballet, what are three of the most important dance styles to study? And why should students study them?
7. Aside from knowing the syllabus what is the most important thing a dancer should know when entering an exam?
8. What do you think is the most important style of dance and why?
9. What made you start dancing?
10. What was it like dancing in a company and what was the most memorable moment?
11. How is modern dance different from ballet and why does modern vary so much from person to person?
12. Why is it important for a dancer to learn modern?
13. What are different ways a dancer can convey emotion through their dance?
14. Which method of conveying emotion would most help in an RAD exam?
15. What is something you always do while performing and why?
16. Which style of dance would you say is the most expressive and why?
17. What is something you always make sure you do when dancing and why do you always make sure you do it?
18. What are college dance programs like?
19. What is some advice for a student going into a dance program in college?
20. Why did you become a dance teacher?

Blog 6: Second Interview Preperation

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?

     My mentor is Belinda Maturo, she is the owner of Perfect Pointe School of Dance in Covina.

2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

1. At what age did you start dancing and why did you start to dance?
2. What classes did you take and what do you think was the most fundamental class?
3. How many hours a week would you dance?
4. When did you start to teach and what class/ classes did you teach?
5. What age do you think is the best age for a student who wants to go professional to start to dance and why?
6. What style do you think is the most important and why?