Read more
Higher education continually mediates long standing traditions while seeking new ways of thinking, creating a quiet tension as institutions respond to shifting and multiple socio-cultural values. Dance programs, not immune to these currents, must consider intersecting obligations to build a more equitable curriculum, meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population, and prepare students for a wider array of dance-based careers. In view of their critical role in stewarding the next generation of dance artists-educators-scholars-leaders and fostering change in higher education, faculty must give more attention to the experiences of those committed to dance in higher education.
This collection articulates and considers these lived experiences, revealing the inner workings of dance in higher education. Autoethnographic essays varying in style and scope illuminate the pressures encountered across one's career trajectory. By unearthing and contextualizing hidden challenges, expectations, and opportunities, the authors speak to possibilities for how proactive change in dance education can occur.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAn Introduction: Leaning into Our Stories
Sherrie Barr and Karen Schupp
Dancing a Life in White and Black
Julie A. Kerr-Berry
Social Dance in Academic Majors: Critiquing Authentic Cultural Learning Environments
J. Edson "Bboy House" Magaña and David Olarte
Rehearsing Empathy, Translating Foreignness: An Immigrant's Perspective About Dance in Higher Education
Rosely Conz
Queer Dancers, Straight Histories: Can the Classroom Come Out?
Fen Kennedy
Moving Towards Consent: An Autoethnographic Case for Consent Practices in College Dance Classrooms
Kristin Horrigan
A Critical Race Theory Analysis of the OSU Dance Brazil Tour Group 2020
Alesondra Christmas Stapleton
Layers of Reflection: Unveiling the Essence of Community in Dance
Sumana Sen Mandala
Sharing Grace in Action: Advancing a Healthy and Thriving Dance Unit
Susan Haigler Kirchner and Catherine Horta-Hayden
Balancing the Blur: Navigating Hybrid Identities in Higher Education
Jason Ohlberg
Black Alchemy: Black Dance Leaders Speak on Dance Leadership in Higher Education
Crystal U. Davis
Dance Leadership by Design
Susan R. Koff
High Heels Are a Hate Crime: Misogyny in Dance and Higher Education
Robin Raven Prichard
Perpetually Beginning: The Cycle of Self-Care While Teaching Dance
Sarah Ebert
Queering/Blacking the Academy: Self and Care in the Ivory Tower
Thomas Ford
And Still the Journey Continues
Karen Schupp and Sherrie Barr
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Karen Schupp is a professor of dance at Arizona State University. Her research commitments include ethics and equity in dance education, postsecondary dance education, and dance competition culture. She is the recipient of the National Dance Education Organization's Outstanding Dance Education Researcher Award, NDEO's Ruth Lovell Murray Book Award, and the Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education.Sherrie Barr, professor of dance, taught in a range of dance programs in postsecondary institutions, including as a Fulbright Lecturer in Portugal, for over 40 years before retiring. Her scholarship examines the juncture of dance pedagogy, somatics, and critical pedagogies, an intersection that now leads her to research the shifting terrain of higher education dance programs in the U.S. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon.
