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__Citation__ Usama. "The origins of modern dance." //Helium//. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. . __Information__ · Authors credentials - The author of this article is not a professional dancer that knows everything about the origins and history of modern dance, but he has done his research and knows a lot about it. · Scope and purpose of work - This work is written as an informational article about modern dancing. · Intended audience - The audience intended for this article is anyone interested in knowing about it! __Summary__ · Authors thesis - The author does not choose a side or make an opinion. He is stating facts. He explains that dance is a fundamental of a lot of imagination and etc. · Main arguments - The author gives information about the first few Modern dancers, which I can use for my project when explaining the origins of modern dance. · Evidence - The author states many facts about Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and other dancers. The development of present dance started with groups of people who were rebelling classical dance. This is the same thing that the first modern dancers did when they introduced modern dancing as a new form of dance. Nobody appreciated it at first, but then it became a major form of art! __Evaluation__ · Evaluation of research - The work in this article is clear and explained well. · Evaluation of scope - The article, I feel, could have some more information in it, and be longer. If it covered more topics than it does, I could get a lot more information from it. · Evaluation of author bias - The author is not being biased. He is just stating facts and talking about modern dance without stating his own opinion. __Reflection__ · Is this source helpful to your research - This source is helpful to my research. It is helpful because I am going to use the information about the modern dancers in my project. It will be part of the fact sheet or power point that I make to present after my video.
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__Citation__ Donald, Katrina Hazzard. "Dance In Hip Hop Culture." //Droppin' Science Critical Essays On Rap Music And Hip Hop Culture//. By Temple University Press. Ed. William Eric Perkins. 1996 ed. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. 224-231. Print. ll. Series. __Information__ · Authors credentials - The Author of this article knows a lot about hip-hop dance. She has done a lot of research and it shows through her work. · Scope and purpose of work -This work is an informational essay, from a book. · Intended audience -There is not a specific audience for this essay. It is written for anyone who wants to see it. __Summary__ · Authors thesis - The author doesn’t have a specific topic; therefore she does not have a thesis. She is just stating information about hip-hop dancing and its culture. · Main arguments - The author talks about the culture of this dance and its origination among younger groups of people. · Evidence - Hip-hop has three stages that people characterize it in, waack, break dancing, and rap dance. Many times, dances express social and economic problems or situations in their lives. The image of hip-hop dance is always changing, some moves going away and coming back, but it will always have the same culture origination and history! __Evaluation__ · Evaluation of research - The work done by the author is clear. It is also well researched and gives a lot of information that is helpful to me. · Evaluation of scope - The topic of hip-hop dance is well addressed. · Evaluation of author bias - The author of this section of the book is not being biased. It is more of a factual essay and she does not state her own opinion about it. __Reflection__ · Is this source helpful to your research - I have learned a lot about the culture of hip-hop from reading this book. It will help me greatly when it comes time to make a power point with facts about this type of dancing.
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__Citation__ Terry, Walter M, Jr. //The Dance In America//. Revised Edition ed. 1956. New York: Harper & Row Publishers Inc., 1971. Print. __Information__ · Authors credentials - The author of this book is well educated in dance. He danced himself and therefore is able to write this book and give facts and information about dance without me questioning it. · Scope and purpose of work - The purpose of his work is to inform readers about dance and its history throughout the world. · Intended audience - The intended audience for this book is not specific. It is for anyone who wants to read it. __Summary__ · Authors thesis - The author of this book does not have an argument. He is giving information about the culture of dance, how it began, and a few major people from the beginning of dance. · Main arguments - Again, there is no clear thesis because the author is not writing to persuade or explain an argument. He is writing to inform readers about dancing in America. · Evidence - This book helps support me in a small way, but it is very helpful because of all of the information it gives. The author writes about multiple dancers that started modern dance and etc. This will help me because one of my research projects will be about the dancers that started it all, and the history. __Evaluation__ · Evaluation of research - The research and information of this book is clearly written and makes sense. It is very helpful to my research topic. · Evaluation of scope - The author adequately addresses not only my topics but also many other topics along the line of dance, that’s what makes it so helpful. · Evaluation of author bias - The author is not being biased. He does not state his own opinion at all throughout the book. It is just informational. __Reflection__ · Is this source helpful to your research - This source is very helpful to my research because it goes over many points about the culture, history and makings of modern dance.
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__Citation__ Anderson, Janet. //Modern Dance//. Illus. Sarah Bloom. Ed. Ben Kim. N.p.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1952. Print. 2. __Information__ · Authors credentials - The author of this book know what he is talking about. I am not sure whether or not he danced himself, or if he is involved in any type of art. But, he knows what he is talking about and states everything clearly and with evidence. · Scope and purpose of work - This book is an informational book. · Intended audience - The audience intended for this book is not specific to certain people. Anyone can read it. __Summary__ · Authors thesis - The author does not have one specific thesis because it is informational about more than one thing. · Main arguments - The author is basically just giving multiple facts about modern dancing and talking about its history and how it came about. · Evidence - The author talks about the first dancers to “rebel” and begin modern dance and how it was accepted into our culture. He also states many facts about their dancing, and about their lives when they were dancing. Not only does he talk about the dancers that started it, but he explains what it means and some history behind it. __Evaluation__ · Evaluation of research - The research by this author is well researched, clear and logical to me. · Evaluation of scope - The author adequately addresses the topic and gives a lot of helpful information. · Evaluation of author bias - The author of this book is not being biased. He does not argue for something or state his opinion. He is stating facts and other information for readers to know. __Reflection__ · Is this source helpful to your research - This source is helpful to my research because it talks about the beginnings of modern dancing, all the way up to today’s modern dancing. It also, like the other book, gives some information about different dancers from the early ages.
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__Citation__ Price, Emmet G, 3. "The b-boy/b-girl." //Hip Hop Culture//. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Inc., 2006. 32-33. Print. __Information__ · Authors credentials - The author of this book is an assistant professor of music and etc at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He is also an editor-in-chief of a journal of popular music studies. · Scope and purpose of work - This book is mainly informational. It gives many facts about culture and history of dance and music. · Intended audience -The intended audience for this book is not limited to specific people. This book was written for anyone to read. __Summary__ · Authors thesis - The author of this book makes many points; therefore there is not one main thesis. He goes over many different subjects on the topic of hip hop dance and music. · Main arguments - Again, there is not one major thesis, so there is not a main argument. There are only facts, no opinions or specific points trying to be made. · Evidence - The author obviously knows what he is talking about because he is a professor and an editor. Therefore, all of the material in the book is supported and factual. __Evaluation__ · Evaluation of research - The work written by Price is stated clearly and supported well. · Evaluation of scope - The topic is very well addressed and has more information than needed! · Evaluation of author bias - The author is not at all biased. It is only factual and does not have any opinions or arguments. __Reflection__ · Is this source helpful to your research - This source is very helpful for my researching because it not only talks about hip hop dancing, but also brings up how hip hop music has a lot to do with the culture and makings of some of the dancing.
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