instructions in research paper guideline. 2nd document is the proposal that has feedback form teacher.

Research Paper References:

The paper will be enhanced with good reference material. Many online sites and popular culture magazines, such as Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, etc. do not offer the best resources, as the writing is not very sophisticated and the information is not always fact checked. Referred journals and published books have gone through a serious editing process and include fact checking and, typically, a series of rewrites before publication. Your bibliography should include books, scholarly journals, and well-regarded dance criticism articles or reviews. The number of references will vary depending on your thesis topic. Typically, you should include at least 2 books, 3 journal articles, and a few well placed reviews to support your own analysis of the work.

locating dance films for research paper:

In the past students have gotten copies of work directly from companies and/or artists. It is a great idea to ask for a copy of one work, find the company contact information online. Write a brief email that outlines your interest in researching the artist’s work for a university research paper, confirm that the video will not be sold or used in any public setting, and offer to return the video if that is necessary or desired. Offer to pay for shipping/copying. This cost should not be high.

Check out the dvd dance videos on Amazon online etc.

Go to the major dance company websites and look to see if they are selling videos of specific works.

Youtube does not always have the most professional recordings of a dance work. This is like the wikipedia source, not referereed.

In addition, the local university libraries and public libraries have copies of a number of significant works. The disadvantage to this use is that you have to view them in the library.