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A comparison of a school district's music curriculum and ensemble directors' expectations of preparedness within a feeder pattern
(2018-07-23)The purpose of this study was to compare the level of ensemble directors’ expectations of musical knowledge and skills of their students entering 5th, 7th, and 9th grade in schools within a district feeder pattern. The ... -
African dance in diverse higher education settings: Perspectives from the practices of five experienced instructors
(2016-08-31)This dissertation research explored issues concerning the integration of African dance techniques in higher education. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of and intended objectives for teaching African ... -
Biomechanical analysis of the classical Grand Plié and two stylistic variations
(1980-08-31)A biomechanical analysis was conducted to determine how the addition of torso movements affected the grand plie as performed by three subjects. Film data taken from the front and side views were merged and submitted to a ... -
Boris Volkoff: Dancer, teacher, choreographer
(1982-12)Alexander Gorsky and the experimental dance movement in Moscow during the 1920s were the principal formative influences on the dance career of Boris Volkoff. During his career in Canada Volkoff was also influenced by the ... -
The Cecchetti Council of America: A focus on the historical and administrative development of a dance organization
(1994-05-31)A history of the Cecchetti Council of America was presented including the evolution of the organization, its purposes, and its goals. Demonstrated and documented was the role of the CCA in upgrading the teaching of ballet ... -
Celluloid classicism: Early Tamil cinema and the making of modern Bharatanāṭyam
(2017-11-14)This dissertation investigates how two of the most prominent cultural forms of modern South India—Tamil cinema and Bharatanāṭyam dance—share complex and deeply intertwined histories. It addresses the entangled emergence ... -
The concepts and practice of elementary pointe technique for college-level ballet students
(1980-08-30)The purpose of the study was to prepare a handbook on elementary pointe technique at the college level. The instructional materials were based on the physical and technical deficiencies of thirteen college-level skilled ... -
Dance and immersive performance: A multicase study of three international immersive productions
(2016-12-30)This dissertation research focuses on the role of dance in immersive productions. The study was prompted by investigation of the extant literature—including scholarly research and critical reviews—which revealed a gap in ... -
Dance is...?: A lecture demonstration for children
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Dance making: The work and working of collaboration
(2017-05-30)The purpose of this research is to investigate dance making practices and to include the voices of dance makers in a conversation about collaboration. This research is an inquiry into what collaboration means between dancers ... -
Dance on the St. Louis Stage, 1850-1870
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Dancing archives – archive dances: Exploring dance histories at the Radcliffe College archives
(2012-08-30)The purpose of the study is to explore the Radcliffe College Archives at Harvard University's Schlesinger Library in order to discover a lost history of dance as an extracurricular activity at Radcliffe College during the ... -
Dancing Christian: Narrative, embodied action, choreography in American evangelical and emergence Christianity
(2016-12-30)Dancing Christians occupy marginalized spaces on two fronts: within the context of American Christianity, dance is a denigrated faith practice with a contested history; within the context of Western concert dance, Christian ... -
Dancing dolls and extended bodies: A posthuman exploration of lively objects in twentieth and twenty-first century ballets
(2020-04-27)This dissertation investigates the on-going theme of dolls and doll-like characters in Western ballets starting in nineteenth century France. It specifically analyzes French choreographer Maguy Marin’s Cendrillon (1985), ... -
Dancing mestizaje: The choreodramas of the Guadalupe Dance Company
(2015-08-30)This thesis explores two choreographic works, or choreodramas, by the Guadalupe Dance Company in San Antonio, Texas: Río Bravo (1994) and Santuarios (2001), elucidating how they create new traditions in Chicana/o and in ... -
Diasporic movement practices: African/Afro/Black embodied translineages and contemporary migrations in dance
(2018-07-23)The work of this dissertation is to unveil less visible narratives of movement artists who are teachers, choreographers, and/or performers in the movement cultures of black/African diasporic dances. Furthermore, this ...