A multicultural dance choreographer of your choosing.

1)     3-page essay on the life and work of one of the following dancer/choreographers:  1.  Katherine Dunham; 2.  Pearl Primus; 3. Lavinia Williams; 4. Yuriko Kikuchi; 5. Yang Liping; 6. A multicultural dance choreographer of your choosing.

Due date Thursday, August 12, 2021

Below are suggested readings for you to use as references for your research. You may use other research sources as well.  This assignment may count as Part II of your final exam for Dance 135 Multicultural Dance.

–                 Katherine Dunham.  suggested reading: 1)  Katherine Dunham Biography. 2011. http://kdcah.org/katherine-dunham-biography/ ; 2) Risner, Vicky J. Katherine Dunham: A Life in Dance. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200152685/ 

–                 Pearl Primus:  suggested reading:  http://www.thirteen.org/freetodance/biographies/primus

–                 Lavinia Williams:  suggested reading:  https://www.thirteen.org/freetodance/biographies/lwilliams.html

–                 Yuriko Kikuchi.  Suggested reading:  1) https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/08/national/dancer-says-imagination-is-key-to-a-full-life/#.W3Y8UX4nZE4; 2) ‘Yuriko:  An American Japanese Dancer’ by Emi Tokunaga.  ISBN. 978-1-60702-721-8.  Copyright 2008

–                 Yang Liping:  http://www.seeingdance.com/yang-liping-rite-of-spring-01042019/

Note:  http://www.thirteen.org/freetodance/ is a great resource for many dancer/choreographer biographies

Tips for writing your paper:  Some tools that can help you:

 1. Google Search;

 2. UMBrella (UMass Library): umbrella.lib.umb.edu.  Option to go to Advanced Searches;

 3. owl.english.purdue.edu for more helpful information on writing academic research papers.

a)     Choose Your Topic

b)     Create an Outline for Yourself to help you organize your paper

c)     Write an Introductory Paragraph letting me know what topic you have chosen and what aspects of the topic you intend to discuss in the paper

d)     Write a draft of your paper being careful to organize it in a methodical fashion

e)     Proofread and refine your paper.  Please use Grammarly to help you edit your paper with correct sentence structure, grammar and spelling. 

f)      Write a closing paragraph summarizing the important points of your research

g)     Provide references at the end in MLA Format:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

Please note:  Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated.  The University’s policy on Academic Dishonesty can be found at:  http://www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/policies/code/

Please Also Note:  Papers submitted late will not be given full credit.  5 points will be deducted for each day your paper is late.   If you need to request an extension on a paper, you must do that prior to the paper’s due date.

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