Black Swan Pas de Deux

This is one of my favorite Pas de Deux. Don't know what a pas de duex is click here. It is from the ballet Swan Lake and I thought I would share it with you. This variation shows partnering and makes it look so easy. However, partnering is quite difficult because the dancers must move as one and in this case show the chemistry between the characters without talking. I hope you enjoy.  

Blog 4: Interview Preperation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I will be interviewing Ms. Michelle, a teacher at the dance studio I am mentoring at. She had started dancing at the age of 3 and continued to dance throughout college.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask?

• What age do you think a dancer should start training in order to become a professional? Why?
• What style(s) of dance do you think is the most important for a professional dancer to be trained in? Why?    

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1. Topic: Dancing Professionally 

2.Question to focus on this month:

• What must a dancer do in order to make it as a professional?

3. A link to my Working Bibliography can be found here or on the right hand side of my blog under links.

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1.https://docs.google.com/document/d/19p7EuzS3IJx7qKEqMXNKrb-GBYBJiRbyPodFrbT-hww/pub

2. Perfect Pointe School of Dance

   Belinda Maturo- School Director

   626-404-2219

3. What is the best age a dancer should start dancing?

   How many hours should a young dancer be training if they want to go professional?

   What is the best way to help a dancer understand and remember choreography?

4. The most important thing I gained from this experience is that not all dancers are the same and you cannot teach them as if they are. When teaching a class you often have to go through the steps multiple times and break it down for each dancer in different ways.

5. My senior topic is still going to be on dance, specifically what it takes to train a professional dancer. My summer mentorship helped me decide on this topic because a lot of the teachers I shadowed were former professional dancers and the dancers in the classes I observed showed a lot of dedication and passion for dance.

Blog 1: 2 hour presentations

1. What presentations did you see?

Alejandro Espinoza                    Teaching Biology
Krystal Lam                                 Editorial Publishing
Gabriel Mendoza                        Creating a Franchise
Bryan Pinto                                  Plant Science
Samantha Cooper                      Military Leadership
Nathan Mira                                Graphic Design
Erika Lara                                    Acting
Christian Demesa                      Clinical Pharmacy
Johnathan Shoemaker              Theater Tech
Kimberly Gonzalez                    Counseling
Lara McConnaughey                 Linguistics 
Juan Munoz                                 Business (Corporate Leadership)
Gustavo Rios                               Theater Acting
Cheyenne Capener                    Organic Architecture
Felicia Stears                               Marine Biology

2. What questions do you have that haven't been answered about senior project?

• What are the independent components? 
• If you are not happy with your grade on your senior project can you choose to represent?

3. What has the most important part of the senior project based on what you are seeing in the 2-hour presentations?

• Making time
• Citing sources
• Have everything nice and organized 

4. What topic are you considering doing and why?

      I am considering dance for my topic because it is something I have a lot of joy doing and I'm constantly doing it whether at school or at my dance studio after school.

5. What are you doing for your summer mentorship?

     I will be mentoring with the director of my dance studio assisting her with classes and seeing how she teaches different age groups and how the different age groups respond.