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Introduction and Overview - 2 Sessions |
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Redfern, Betty. "What is Art."
"The Power of Dance" In Dancing. Pp. 12-35.
"Manifestos." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 8-26.
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Dancing: The Power of Dance. |
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Lecture Demonstration/Master Class: Rennie Harris Puremovement at Killian Hall.
Members of Rennie Harris' Puremovement Dance Company, masters of hip-hop, popping, locking, stepping, break, house and other styles from inner city America will present a lecture on the artform, followed by a dance class.
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II |
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Dance as an Expression of Religious Worship - 3 Sessions |
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"Lord of the Dance." In Dancing. Pp. 36-69.
Stuckey, P. Sterling. "Christian Conversion and the Challenge of Dance."
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"Lord of the Dance." Dancing.
Ailey, Alvin. Revelations.
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Paper #1 due in Session #5 - How does the dance "Revelations" (Ailey, 1960) convey concepts of religion and social order? |
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III |
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Dance as an Expression of Social Order and Power - 3 Sessions |
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"Dance of the Realm." In Dancing. Pp. 70-107.
"Pioneer Women." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 27-50.
"An Introduction to Choreography."
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"Dance of the Realm." Dancing.
Humphrey, Doris. "New Dance."
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Special Event in Session #8: Jigna Desia, Mit Alum, will give an invited lecture titled “Watching 'Home' Movies: Hollywood Cinema in South Asian America.” |
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IV |
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Dance as an Expression of Cultural Mores - 3 Sessions |
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"Social Dance." In Dancing. Pp. 108-127.
"Men Must Dance." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 79-103.
DeFrantz, Thomas. "Simmering Passivity: The Black Male Body in Concert Dance."
Ward, Andrew H. "Dancing in the Dark: Rationalism and the Neglect of Social Dance."
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"Sex and Social Dance." Dancing.
Shawn, Ted. "Kinetic Molpai."
Jones, Bill T. "Fever Swamp."
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Paper #2 due two days after Session #11 - How does the dance "Fall River Legend" (DeMille, 1950) convey concepts of Cultural Mores and Cultural Identity?
Performance Event between Sessions #10 and #11: Mark Morris Group at the Shubert Theater.
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Dance as an Emblem of Cultural Identity - 2 Sessions |
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"New Worlds of Dance." In Dancing. Pp. 164-189.
"Primitive Moderns." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 51-78.
Malone, Jacqui. "'Keep to the Rhythm and You'll Keep to Life': Meaning and Style in African American Vernacular Dance."
Nash, Joe. "The Mission of Black Modern Dance."
Myers, Gerald. " African Americans and the Modern Dance Aesthetic."
Thompson, Robert Farris. "Dance and Culture, An Aesthetic of the Cool: West Africa Dance."
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Dance Black America. |
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Special Lecture seven days after Session #15: Yutian Wong, Professor at Bryn Mar College, will deliver invited lecture “Upstaging Orientalism: Performing Race and Gender in (Asian) American Modern/Postmodern Dance.” |
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VI |
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Dance as a Classical Art - 4 Sessions |
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"Classical Dance Theater." In Dancing. Pp. 128-163.
"Organizing Dance." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 104-129.
Kealiinohomoku, Joann. "An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet as a Form of Ethnic Dance."
Novak, Cynthia. "Ballet, Gender and Cultural Politics."
Daly, Ann. "The Balanchine Woman: Of Hummingbirds and Channel Swimmers."
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Balanchine, George. Agon, Jewels, Prodigal Son.
"Classical Dance Theater." Dancing.
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In Class Presentations begin two days before Session #16. |
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VII |
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Dance as a Medium of Cultural Fusion - 1 Session |
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Huenemann, Lynn. "Northern Plains Dance."
"Dancing America." In Modern Bodies... Pp. 130-156.
Gottschild, Brenda Dixon. "Barefoot and Hot, Sneakered and Cool: Africanist Subtexts in Modern and Postmodern Dance."
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"Dancing on One World." Dancing. |
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Performance Event between Sessions #16 and #17: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Wang Center. |
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VIII |
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Dance as the Autobiographical Creation of Individual Artists - 2 Sessions |
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"Modernizing Dance." In Dancing. Pp. 190-237.
Deborah, Jowitt. "A Private View of Dance Criticism."
Graham, Martha. "I am a Dancer."
Dempster, Elizabeth. "Women Writing The Body: Let's Watch a Little How She Dances."
Brown, Carol. "Re-tracing Our Steps: The Possibilities for Feminist Dance Histories."
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"Individual and Tradition." Dancing.
Rainer, Yvonne. "Trio A."
Tharp, Twyla. Catherine Wheel.
Cunningham, Merce. Story.
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Paper #3 due Session #19 - How does the "gold section" of The Catherine Wheel (Tharp, 1981) describe issues of gender and individuality? |
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Wrap Up and Review - 1 Session |
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