OPTION TWO: Mapping Note Cards to a PERSONAL STATEMENT PAPER:
Format: 2-4 full pages, standard, typed, double spaced, 12p. font
1) Put together all of your note-cards from the assigned readings and high light the most interesting and relevant ideas or responses to you.
2) Choose at least three of these statements and find a THEME between them
3) Write a paper about how that theme relates to our studies in dance history. Support your thesis with additional evidence from your text books or other sources.
Sources may include:
Other book, website, database, archive or encyclopedia
USE MLA CITATION FORMAT.
I want my paper to be about pioneers of modern dance: Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St Denis.
Rubric:
Clear thesis culled from note-cards
Paper is formatted correctly and proof read for errors
Avoid ‘really’ and ‘very’ in your writing
Evidence of additional sources researched
Citations formatted correctly
Strong personal voice
Content demonstrates a cogent grasp of artists and their works in context of history