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Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America. Designed for weekly use on dance history courses, this book breaks down the need-to-know moments of dance in the USA.
List of contents
1. Native American Dance and Engaged Resistance
Robin Prichard2. An American Take on Ballet
Dawn Lille3. Black Women Keep the Tempo: The Impact of Black Women on Jazz and Tap Dance in the USA
Alesondra Christmas4. Gendered Politics and the Female Dancing Body
Julie Kerr-Berry5. An Exploration of Inspiration, Imitation, and Cultural Appropriation in Dance in the USA
Miriam Giguere6. Dancing for Social Change in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Hannah Kosstrin7. Challenging the Distinction between Art and Entertainment: Dance in Musical Theater
Joanna Dee Das8. Postmodern Dance: Laboratory of Rupture
Emmanuele Phuon9. On Black Dance and Postmodern Representation from Black Power to Afro-Futurist Performance
Carl Paris10. From The Serpentine to The Renegade: Milestones in Dance and Media Technology
Jody Sperling
About the author
Elizabeth McPherson, Professor and Director of the Dance Division at Montclair State University, is the editor of
The Bennington School of the Dance: A History in Writings and Interviews and author of
The Contributions of Martha Hill to American Dance and Dance Education. Executive Editor for the journal
Dance Education in Practice,
she has written articles for various other publications including
Ballet Review, the
Journal of Dance Education, and the
Journal of Movement Arts Literacy. She holds a BFA from Juilliard, an MA from The City College of NY, and a PhD from New York University.
Summary
Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America. Designed for weekly use on dance history courses, this book breaks down the need-to-know moments of dance in the USA.
