some notes for guidance:
Presentation of Essays
Guidelines
Essays should be typed, 1.5 or double spaced.
Please justify the margins on both sides. Fonts: use Arial, font size
12.
The first page of your essay should include at the top;
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your name
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student number
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year and term of
study (ie: autumn 2019-20)
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module title and
code
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module tutor
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full title of
assignment
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date written
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final word count
(this excludes your cover page bibliography
and any appendices)
Please do not use bold type or underlining in
your essay, but italicize any foreign words as well as book
titles and titles of choreographic works, plays or films.
For direct quotes in your essay use single quotation marks ‘…….’
followed by a full citation (author, year, pg).
For quotes of 3 lines or longer please indent the whole quote and
citation from th body of the essay text (1cm margins on both sides).
References in bibliography:
A bibliography is a list of all source material you
have used, whether or not you have quoted from it. It is important to show that
you have extended your knowledge by referring to other texts/works. A
bibliography should be presented in alphabetical
order of author’s surname. There are various ways of setting out a
bibliography, but the details should always include:
Book:
Surname, Initial(s). Date of publication. Title in italics.
Place of Publication: Publisher.
ie:
Fraleigh, S.H.
1996. Dance and the lived body: A descriptive aesthetics. USA:
University of Pittsburgh Press.
Edited book:
Surname, Initial(s). (ed.). Date
of publication. Title in italics. Place: Publisher.
ie:
Fraleigh, S. ed., 2015. Moving consciously: somatic transformations
through dance,
yoga, and touch. University of Illinois Press.
Book chapter:
Surname, Initial(s). Date.
Chapter title. In Name of editor (ed.), Book Title. Place of
Publication: Publisher, pages in book.
For example:
Akinleye, A. and Kindred H. 2018.
In-the-between-ness: Decolonising and Re-inhabiting our dancing. In Akinleye,
A. (ed)., Narratives of Black British
Dance: embodied practices. London: Palgrave, chapter 6
Journal articles:
Surname, Initial(s). Date. Title
of article. Title of journal volume (issue no.), page numbers.
ie:
Nelson,L. 2006.
‘Fragment of a tuning run’, Contact Quarterly, vol.39. no.1
Videography / DVDs (a list
of videos /DVDs you have used):
Name of choreographer. Date of
work. Title of work in italics. [DVD/video, etc]. Place of
distribution, distributing company.
ie:
Khan, A. and Cherkaoui, S.L.
2008. Zero Degrees [DVD]. Sadler’s Wells on Screen. Axiom
Films International Limited.
Media broadcast, e.g. television programme
Title. Year. Type of
media. Originator (e.g. channel). Exact date and time of broadcast.
ie:
TEDTalks. 2018. https://www.ted.com/talks. TED conference Boston July 2002
Live performance:
Choreographer. Year of premiere. Title in italics. Company
(optional). [Location. Date seen].
ie:
Morris, M. 2018. Layla and
Majnun. [Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. 8 November 2018].
Check list:
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Whose essay is this? Remember to put your Name on your essay!
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Guide your reader – PAGE NUMBERS and SUB-HEADINGS are helpful
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Is it all your own thoughts? MAKE SURE TO
REFERENCE OTHERS WORK YOU ARE INCLUDING
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CITATIONS
after quotes (WHO, WHERE, WHEN)
eg: (KINDRED, 2018:Pg.4) from a book or
article, OR (https://www.helen-kindred.com/)
from a website.
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Talk to people whose work you’ve read or watched
by name… FULL NAME at first mention,
SURNAME, thereafter.
eg: Eric Franklin talks about alignment as
dynamic and uses imagery to help dancers attain correct postural
alignment…Franklin also discusses…
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READ
to LEARN, not for a QUICK
QUOTE (Wikipedia is not a great source to use!)
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Acknowledge
ALL you’ve read and watched that has informed your learning for this essay.
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NOTE your
own experiences and how you can RELATE
these to what you are reading. LOOK FOR
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.
