PA 20th in the century

Module – you must explore Significant developments in the Performing Arts from 1900- 2000 remember this can be in drama dance film/Tv music practitioner – writer – director – actor –choreographer- musician genre – comedy – horror – realism period in time Context explore these significant developments in relation to a wider social, political and economic context

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT ? It is essential to your practical work as it develops your skills to research analyse and evaluate the wider context of performing arts practitioners Develops your critical and analytical skills It develops presentation and written skills It broadens and deepens your knowledge about the performing arts

(Dance,genres,film,style) Choosing a topic For both the essay and the presentation The Starting Point Must be The performing Arts (Dance,genres,film,style) Then you explore the wider context that is inspiring and influencing that performance

Where are we now You have chosen a topic for your presentation that is within the dates 1900 to 1950 Have started your research and are writing your draft

Next three weeks Research, develop and write your presentation creating a draft presentation Be ready to present your draft to Gill for 1st and 2nd March Be ready with finished presentation for deadline date 8th and 9th March for this week We will also continue with some new content starting to explore subjects from 1950 to 2000 that will help with your essay topic

individual and independent study on writing presentations   Tuesday 9.30-12 Wednesday 9.30-12 Feb 16th to 9th march individual and independent study on writing presentations starting to look at what happened 1950 - 2000 Feb 16  Intro to 1950-1960’s Revolution And youth culture 17 Politics of the 60’s in Drama  11.30 individual presentations – please bring any work to date 23 Presentation work development by Seminar groups -Tutor supported study Independent study 24 Mar 1 Presentation draft – practice Individual tutorials Whilst others continue with Independent study 2 8 DEADLINE 8th March Presentations in seminar groups 9 DEADLINE 9th March

Referencing This is very important you must always acknowledge any resources you are using in all your work either presentation or written If when writing your assignments, you have used an idea from someone – or are using their words you must acknowledge this by referencing it correctly. The Style of referencing you must use is called the HARVARD REFERENCING system

BELOW IS A LIST OF USEFUL INFORMATION WEB SITES  For general information on how to reference – go to http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/referencing/Harvard https://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-referencing Creating a reference is often called generating a reference The following sites help you create/generate your references http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/ http://www.qub.ac.uk/cite2write/harvard3l.html http://www.harvardgenerator.com/ this site says it gives a free service but does ask for a donation so be aware