Paper #2 Due March 18- How does the dance "Fall River Legend" (DeMille, 1950) convey concepts of Cultural Mores and Cultural Identity? Complete Assignment.
How does concert dance confirm gender expectations? A focus on gender-specific behavior and dance in the Middle East, with an examination of Ted Shawn's all-male dance ensemble as well as a look at British choreographer Lloyd Newsom's DV8 physical theater.
read:
"Social Dance" in Dancing pp 108-127
read:
"The Dance of the Century," "Dancing for Men," The
Twist: Brave New World" in America Dancing pp 123-126, 127-129,
200-203
read:DeFrantz,
Thomas "Simmering Passivity: The Black Male Body in Concert Dance" by
in Moving Ideologies, Gay Morris, ed., Routledge, 1996, 106-121.
read:
Ward, Andrew H. "Dancing in the Dark: Rationalism and the Neglect
of Social Dance" in Dance, Gender and Culture, Helen Thomas,
ed., New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993, 16-33
