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OER Materials for DANC 1200: Intro to Dance

So You Think You Know Dance? by Vanessa Kanamoto, Roshanda Spears, Susan Perlis, Mary Francis Whipp
Publication Date: 2022
There are many definitions of dance, with people defining dance in their own way. In this chapter, you will consider your personal definition of dance. You will learn the purposes of dance. You will reflect on your experiences and upbringing to determine their influence on your dance aesthetic.

Exploring the Arts: A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance by Doris Hall, Kimberly Berkeley, Nubia Nurain Khan
This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks technology partner, and workforce representatives. It will enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others.

Dance Theory and Composition by Prof. Thomas DeFrantz
Publication Date: 2003
This course introduces students to the art and formal ideologies of contemporary dance. We explore the aesthetic and technical underpinnings of contemporary dance composition. Basic compositional techniques are discussed and practiced, with an emphasis on principles such as weight, space, time, effort, and shape. Principles of musicality are considered and developed by each student. Working with each other as the raw material of the dance, students develop short compositions that reveal their understanding of basic techniques. Hopefully, students come to understand a range of compositional possibilities available to artists who work with the medium of the human body.

Traditions In American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography by Melissa Blanco
This course explores the forms, contents, and context 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, Pearl Primus, 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 that lie at the heart of concert dance practice, and the ways in which these qualities have been choreographed by American artists.

Dance by Stuart Reid
ISBN: 9781536104752
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
This book discusses the perceptions, cultural aspects and emerging therapies of music and dance, including highlighting the connection that dance has had with spiritual experiences from ancient times to the present day, how dance education could generate a sense of national identity and social cohesion, dance movement therapy (DMT) in 21st century Nigeria, the utility of DMT in the care of Nigerian children with special needs, an examination of the institution of creative art therapies in education as a potent means of enriching and expanding the sector, and perceptions of flamenco dance as a cultural, aesthetic and psychological phenomena with the possibilities of using elements of this dance in psychotherapeutic and medical settings as well.
Elements of Classical Ballet Technique by Karel Shook
ISBN: 9780871270986
Publication Date: 1978-03-01
"Elements of Classical Ballet Technique as Practiced in the School for the Dance Theatre of Harlem" champions the rich heritage of American dance from Fanny Elssler's triumphs to the square dances of the pioneers and on to the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Originally published in 1977, the text serves as a theoretical and practical outline of Shook's teaching philosophies. The book is divided into three parts: The Antecedents; The Theory; The Practice. In The Antecedents, Shook respectively discusses the tradition of a dance teacher, the American attitude, classical ballet and the development of Dance Theatre of Harlem. The Theory and The Practice are divulgences into Shook's philosophies on teaching, supplemented by a syllabus for the elementary grades of ballet. "Elements of Classical Ballet Technique" is ideal for the dance teacher who strives to nourish mental flexibility and dexterity of character in their students, as well as to provide and hone technical training.
Dance and Gender by Wendy Oliver (Editor); Doug Risner (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813062662
Publication Date: 2016-11-30
Driven by facts and hard data, this volume reveals how gender dynamics affect the lives of dancers, choreographers, directors, students, educators, and others who are involved in the world of dance. It unpacks real issues that matter-not just to dance communities but also to broader societal trends in the West. In these studies, dancers and dance scholars take readers into classrooms, rehearsals, performances, festivals, competitions, college dance departments, and company administrations. They ask incisive questions and analyze data to learn about the role of gender in attitudes, stereotypes, pedagogy, funding inequities, representation, casting, and body image. Dance is an important part of our larger cultural fabric, and this volume adds powerful findings to today's discussions about living in a gendered society.
Dance: A Creative Art Experience by Lorna Burns, Katie Muth
ISBN: 9780299015244
Publication Date: 2005-01-30
A landmark book in dance education is now back in print, its message as valid today as it was more than fifty years ago

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Many more eBooks are available to access through PeaySearch. Try this strategy that searches for the subject keyword "dance" in books that are available online.

Woodward Library has full-text electronic access to current issues of the following titles (in addition to many other damce journals and magazines).

Dance Chronicle
Dance Chronicle is an independent, peer-reviewed journal published three times a year by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. Founded in 1977 by George Dorris and Jack Anderson, Dance Chronicle is one of only two journals covering the field of dance studies in the United States. The journal is international in scope and interdisciplinary in vision—as indicated by its subtitle Studies in Dance and the Related Arts—with a strength in historical research. Dance Chronicle accepts submissions on any topic related to the field of dance within historical or contemporary contexts. Strong submissions situate their arguments within established and emerging conversations on the aesthetic, social, economic, and political dimensions of dance. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary articles and submissions not only from scholars of dance, but also from those working in related disciplines, such as theater and performance studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and history. Our purview encompasses research rooted in humanities-based paradigms including historical and ethnographic methodologies; quantitative or scientific articles fall outside the purview of the journal. The editors welcome submissions of original, scholarly research, reviews of recent books, and proposals for special issues that address specific topics within dance studies. The journal facilitates an ethical and rigorous review process that supports authors to produce sound, well-written articles.
Dance Magazine by Dance Media Publications, LLC
Dance Magazine is an American trade publication for dance published by the Macfadden Communications Group. It was first published in June 1927 as The American Dancer. Dance Magazine has multiple sister publications, including Pointe, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Dance 212, and more.
Dance Research Online by Edinburgh University Press
Dance Research, the journal of the Society for Dance Research, is essential reading for those involved in the study and practice of dance. The journal covers dance worldwide both from a historical and contemporary perspective, engaging with current debates on dance and across cognate disciplines with dance at the centre of inquiry.
Research in Dance Education by Taylor & Francis Online
Research in Dance Education aims to inform, stimulate lively and critical debate and promote the development of high quality research and practice in dance education. The journal is relevant to dance academics, teachers and learners. The journal includes contributors from a wide and diverse, international community of researchers. This extends to all aspects of dance in education, providing opportunities for both experienced and less experienced researchers. The journal encourages a wide range of research approaches and methods, in a forum for debate. Issues related to pedagogy, philosophy, sociology and methodology in relation to creating, performing and viewing dance in various contexts are welcome. The role and value of dance as part of arts education and the connections with other arts practitioners is also supported.

Description: Welcome to Conversations on Dance, the top rated dance podcast on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by former Miami City Ballet Dancers, Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Sean Breeden, the Conversations on Dance podcast offers weekly chats with the dance world’s best and brightest. Enjoy engaging conversations about topics ranging from training, choreography, career advice, music, dance history, and much more.

Description: PillowVoices: Dance Through Time brings listeners closer to notable dance artists connected with Jacob's Pillow, from 1933 to today. Each piece exemplifies Jacob's Pillow's mission to 'support dance creation, presentation, education, and preservation; and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance' by utilizing archival recordings brought to life in the personal stories and narration of current thought-leaders and scholars. Jacob's Pillow, lauded by The New York Times as "the dance center of the nation," is a National Historic Landmark, a recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival, located in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

Description: It seems like two separate realms. One is occupied by acclaimed dancers from Brooklyn’s legendary Mark Morris Dance Group, the other by people with Parkinson’s disease. Capturing Grace is about what happens when those two worlds intersect. Filmed over the course of a year, this remarkable documentary reveals the hopes, fears, and triumphs of this newly forged community as they work together to create a unique performance.

The video above is provided through ProQuest and is available to students through a subscription provided by Woodward Library. A search for dace results in access to thousands of videos with captions included. Students will need to authenticate with their library username and password when accessing these titles off-campus. A new tool from ASP called Video Interaction Functionality is now available to faculty members. This functionality promotes student engagement by allowing professors to embed assessment and pedagogical tools within the videos.

Description: Cara Scrementi talks about the power that dance education can have on an individual. Dance is essential to educating the whole. Cara Scrementi is an educator, choreographer, screendance maker, and dancer and is currently pursuing her MFA in Dance at the University of California, Irvine. She was the Co-Director of the After School Matters Dance Ensemble, an advanced apprenticeship program for Chicago high school students and a dance instructor at The Dance Gallery in northwest Indiana.

American Ballet Dictionary
This is a unique and interactive dictionary provided by the American Ballet Theatre and Dover Publications.
National Dance Education Organization
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit organization that supports dance educators in every setting and genre. We are dedicated to advancing dance education for people of all backgrounds.

Theatre and Dance Collection Development Guidelines
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Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
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Videos cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance
Contains five hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century

Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.

Browse by composer, choreographer, genre, performer, ensemble, and role.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Articles and Books for Theatre and the Performing Arts.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text was initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. It contains more than 530 full-text titles, including more than 170 full-text journals and more than 360 full-text books & monographs. Indexed is 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.