A senior project should represent 90 hours of work. This capstone project should be a bridge to your work after you leave BYU.
There are three parts of the proposal to be turned in on the due date:
1. A completed proposal form from the dance office
2. ABC Printout (progress report - available on Route Y under AIM). Highlight classes completed that prepared you to do this project
3. Required information as designated by your particular project (see below)
Two faculty members will review your project proposal and preparatory work and determine your readiness to go forward.
These faculty members will be looking for the following:
• Is your project well thought out, developed, and ready to go?
• Have you taken the necessary course work to support the completion of your proposal?
Upon approval, you will be informed who your mentor will be. You should meet with your mentor the first week of the semester. It will be your responsibility to set up that meeting. Your mentor will give you your ‘permission to add’ code.
There are four options for a Senior Capstone Project:
An 8-10 minute piece of choreography to be presented on a Senior Showcase Concert. This project should b a discovery of movement ideas that you have not heretofore explored. Please note: In order to do a choreographic project Dance 362 and 355 must have completed Dance Education majors are required to complete a choreographic project and must also complete Dance 462 prior to your capstone project.
• You will submit title of dance, name of composer(s), number of dancers, length of dance, and preliminary costume ideas.
• You will present 3-5 minutes of detailed and concrete movement. Show the exact movement the dancers will be doing. This movement does not have to be taught to other dancers (although it can be), nor do movement sequences need to be connected. I.E., your movement can be presented in segments. Please do not drift about on the stage explaining more or less the kind of movement that the dancers will be doing. When you submit your proposal, you will also sign up for a time during that week to have your choreographic movement seen by the two faculty members.
• You will attach a one-page paper, discussing the concept of your dance. Discuss how this choreographic project will challenge you. For example, will you be using a new method of choreographing? Will you be challenged by the music? etc.
An eighteen to twenty page well-documented paper, representing research into current subjects, or into challenging historical topics.
• Provide anticipated, detailed outline and topic
• Introductory paragraph
• Ten references you plan to use
A solo performance of five to seven minutes choreographed by someone not on the faculty at BYU. This performance must be based on a premise that will demand your exploration into new ways of thinking about performance.
• Read a thesis entitled Oneness in Performance by Maureen Norvell. This thesis is located in the SFH LRC.
• Write three concrete goals for your performance based on your reading. Submit those goals in your proposal.
• Provide profile/resume information about your choreographer.
• Write explanation of why you chose that particular person and how this choreographer will help you meet your goals?
• Journal - Keep a journal during the rehearsal process of thoughts, questions, and discoveries.
• Video - Video yourself immediately learning the choreography. Include notes from your choreographer, stating what he or she wants you to concentrate on to bring the dance to performance level. You will also study your own goals as you view this video. You will continue to rehearse and continue to keep your journal.
• Video yourself again during performance.
• Write a 3-4 page paper analyzing the accomplishment of your own goals, as well as the implementation of notes from your choreographer.
• Submit both journal and video to your mentor immediately after the performance.
A teaching project based on current philosophies and methodologies involving lesson plans, analysis and evaluation. This project must be designed and organized especially from a Senior Capstone Project perspective, and executed exclusively for this purpose. Consequently, you cannot use your regular teaching job either here at BYU or at a studio for your senior project.
• Submit a 2-3 page paper describing, in detail, the design and organization of your project. Include the time line.
• Submit three learning outcomes. Explain how you will assess these learning outcomes to know whether or not they have been achieved.
• Submit a page summarizing the research you will need to do to accomplish this project. List 4 references.
• A written paper must accompany this project upon completion.
