CHOOSE A DANCE SCENE IN THE MOVIE TO ANALYZE.

1000-1500 WORDS.TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT, SIZE 12, DOUBLE SPACED. INCLUDE YOUR NAME ON THE FIRST PAGE AND INSERT PAGE NUMBERS. MLA FORMAT. ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES:

Criteria to include in your essay:

  • Summarize 1-2 dance scenes in the movie. Interpret a screen dance work within a social, historical, cultural, economic context.
  • Locate and critically evaluate sources of information on screen dance. Use outside sources to back up why the dances are portrayed in this way.Reviews? Critiques?
  • Appreciate how screen dance impacts people’s lived experience and the broader social world. Discuss personal connections and use sources to see how screen dance in general impacts audiences.
  • Articulate how the screen apparatus shapes dance in the dances you chose. How does the camera/editing shape the way we see dance? Why is this important in relation to how we see the body on screen.