IB Dance source requirements

IB Dance Source Checker

Dance sources include choreography influences, recordings, scores/music, cultural research, performance evidence, and process documentation. Borrowed movement, music, and contextual material must be acknowledged.

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Dance coursework source check

Marksy reads the links or source notes you provide, applies the selected IB assessment profile, and only stops for clarification when the score depends on it.

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Dance coursework

Source rules

What usually works for Dance coursework

Usually strong

  • Performance recordings, choreographer interviews, music recordings/scores, rehearsal footage, cultural research, and process notes.
  • Academic or practitioner sources about dance forms.
  • Student-created choreography evidence.

Needs review

  • Social videos with unclear creator or context.
  • Traditional movement forms used without cultural research.
  • AI-generated music or choreography prompts without acknowledgement.

Avoid or replace

  • Copying choreography without attribution.
  • Unattributed music.
  • Using cultural forms as aesthetic decoration only.

Examples: strong, risky, weak

Strong

A cited choreographer interview, performance recording, music track details, and rehearsal process evidence.

Review

A social media dance clip with visible creator but limited context.

Weak

A copied routine from a video tutorial.

Where to find better Dance coursework sources

If your current source gets a warning, do not just add more websites. Use searches that match the assessment rule and replace weak evidence with sources that can actually carry analysis.

Replacement moves

Replace copying choreography without attribution. with performance recordings, choreographer interviews, music recordings/scores, rehearsal footage, cultural research, and process notes..

Use social videos with unclear creator or context. only as context unless your teacher confirms they can carry evidence.

Add one source that gives direct evidence for the coursework, not just general background.

Strong places to look

Performance recordings, choreographer interviews, music recordings/scores, rehearsal footage, cultural research, and process notes
Academic or practitioner sources about dance forms
Student-created choreography evidence