Video Viewing Assignment Social Dance

DANC 1010

Intro to Dance

Video Viewing Assignment

(Adapted from Doris Trujillo)

            This video viewing assignment has three purposes. The first is to give you the opportunity to become familiar with the videos available in the Snow College Library and online. The second is to have you become familiar with documenting video references in MLA format, and the third is to expand your knowledge and descriptive language of the various genres of dance.  

            You will need to view a 10-minute segment of a professional video. I will allow video's found at other library's and online sources (Hulu, Vimeo, Netflix, YouTube, etc.)   

            For each viewing you will turn in the viewing form below.  Include all the documentation it requires, video references in MLA Format. Do not submit a text entry. In the body of the form you should describe what you view.  Organize this in terms of areas we defined to analyze dance; the elements (body, action, space, time, energy); the style; the choreographic form; and the quality.  This assignment should be no longer than a 1-2 page paper.

Dance Genre to View

 Social Dance (waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha, etc.)  

Video Viewing Assignment Guidelines

(Use this as your format for your assignment. You may copy and paste) 

Briefly describe what new knowledge and insights you have gained from this viewing (research is involved in this portion of the assignment, list the historical facts and new knowledge you have gained about this dance)? ( 

Describe the aesthetic nature of this genre in terms of dance elements:

Body:
Action:
Space:
Time:
Energy: 

What is the aesthetic valued by the individuals and groups that perform, study, and produce works and concerts of the genre?

Last but not least, cite your source (video). EXAMPLE BELOW. 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/ Links to an external site.  Refer to this website for questions about MLA format. 

Example in MLA format from the Purdue OWL website:     

Lucas, George, dir. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Twentieth

          Century Fox, 1977. Film.

Breakdown of Points: