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21M.670 / SP.472 / WGS.472 Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography, Spring 2003

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Author(s)
DeFrantz, Thomas
Alternative Title
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
This course explores the forms, contents, and contexts of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in shaping American concert dance. For example, we will identify dances from an African American vernacular tradition that were transferred from the social space to the concert stage. We will explore the artistic lives of such American dance artists as Katherine Dunham, and Alvin Ailey along with Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Merce Cunningham as American dance innovators. Of particular importance to our investigation will be the construction of gender and autobiography which lie at the heart of concert dance practice, and the ways in which these qualities have been choreographed by American artists.
Subjects
world traditions in dance
American concert dance
gender
autobiography
Katherine Dunham
Alvin Ailey
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
George Balanchine
American dance
choreography
21M.670
SP.472
WMN.472
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies
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