DNCE 019- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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Writing dance: what elements should be included in academic writing about dance? how is this different from critical writing, dice method i. Description: creates a detailed description of what a dance looked, often appears to be objective and therefore become an sounded, and/or felt like important tool for building interpretations or justifying evaluations, movement, formations, floor plans, costumes, etc. Interpretation: tell us what the dance means, metaphors, similes, and analogies are helpful, use of descriptions helps ground interpretations in something everyone can understand. Context: gives us the background info on a work, can contribute to our overall understanding or appreciation of the work. Evaluation: judges the worth or value of a work. Increasingly made based on a work"s moral standing or on its ability to contribute more broadly to public knowledge: though very important, avoided in academic writing, evaluation to theorization. Replace dice with dict: theorization ii. iii. iv. v. i. Discussion shifts from a debate about a work"s.
