21M.670 / SP.472 / WGS.472 Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography, Spring 2003
Author(s)
DeFrantz, Thomas
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Alternative title
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
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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.
Date issued
2003-06Other identifiers
21M.670-Spring2003
local: 21M.670
local: SP.472
local: WGS.472
local: IMSCP-MD5-ff39622365dbb12ac35956f86dd84b81
Keywords
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