FINAL RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS

tomorrow in class we will begin the presentations. will the people with the following dance pioneers please be ready to give their 5-7 minute presentation tomorrow:

martha graham
paul taylor
margot fonteyn
doris humphry
bella lewitzky

please remember to bring with you:

your final copy of your paper
your powerpoint presentation
any handouts you need for your presentation
30 sec. - 1 min of choreography from your pioneer

MORE RESEARCH PAPER

today in class, we will be doing one last peer editing experience. please follow the directions below:

1. make sure you have 10-12 pages written NOT including your cover page or works cited page
2. bring 3 copies of your final draft (cover page, numbered pages, works cited page)
3. bring 3 different colored pens/pencils - we will be going over sentence structure, basic idea, and citing things correctly
4. bring any pictures you are going to put on your powerpoint because we will be spending time in the computer lab putting those together

RESEARCH PAPERS

now that you've looked up information from a variety of sources including the ones that i gave you in the post below, you need to begin your research paper on your dance pioneer. the rubric is as follows (for your first rough draft):

1. must be 3-4 pages double spaced
2. must include 3-4 sources on a works cited page
3. pages need to be numbered
4. no or few grammatical errors
5. your topic sentence needs to be bolded, underlined and highlighted
6. please bring a total of 4 copies to class

in class, we will separate into groups of 4. you will need to have a copy for the three others in your group including one to give to me. we will be having a peer reading/editing session to help with your clarity and organization of your paper.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

in class i gave you the name of a known/not-well-known dance pioneer. use the links below and two different book references to answer the following questions:
1) what was their real name and their stage name?
2) what was their technical background?
3) was there a time in their life where they chose to stay dancing or go against the grain of the norm?
4) did they perform in a company? did they start their own company? if so, what was the name, year it began and other "big names" in dance who may have performed with them or in their company?
5) what are five major facts we should know about him/her?
6) what is a little known fact about him/her?

please answer these questions and come prepared to class to give a 2-3 minute presentation about them in class as well as a 2-3 page paper answering these questions with the references to where you found the information. any pictures you'd like to bring of them will be welcome!

ruth st. denis: http://www.ruhaniat.org/lineage/RSDBio.php
ted shawn: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790084/bio
margot fonteyn: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284839/bio
william christensen: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/16/MN30372.DTL
jack cole: http://www.dancehelp.com/articles/jazz-dance/jack-cole.aspx
lester horton: http://www.artsalive.ca/en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=171
bella lewitzky: http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2005-La-Pr/Lewitzky-Bella.html

welcome to class!

as dancers, movement is a major part of our lives. every single thing we do from the moment we wake up til we lay down at night is fulfilling the need to move...some of us don't even stop when we're asleep. even though dance is such a huge part of every day for us, we don't know very much about the huge amount of growth that the dance world in general has gone through to get to where it is today. this year, we will be using this blog to find information and post information on: pioneers in dance, modern-day dance pioneers and also how/what you can do to influence the dance world in the future.