Susanne Langer: Virtual Powers & the Magic Circle

Andre Levinson: The Idea of the Dance ...

Dancing through Different Worlds
Sally Peters: From Eroticism to Transcendence ... A

Sally Peters: From Eroticism to Transcendence ... B

Peter Brooks: What is a Monster?

Romanticism & Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

I. Nelson Goodman: Languages of Art A
David Michael Levin: Philosophers and the Dance A
Goodman and Levin: Languages and Philosophers B

Gerald Jonas': The Power of Dance
Francis Sparshott: Why Philosophy Neglects the Dance
Sparshott and Jonas: Power and Philosophy

Kermode: Poet and Dancer: Before Diaghilev

II. Marshall Cohen: Primitivism, Modernism, & Dance Theory A
Heinrich von Kleist: Puppet Theatre A
Cohen and Kleist: Primitivism and Puppet Theatre B

Cohen and Kleist: Primitivism, Modernism, & Dance Theory

Artistic Transformation within the Ballet

I. Eric Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey A
Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey B

Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey C

Sylvie Fortin: Somatics a Tool for Empowering ... A
Fortin: Somatics a Tool for Empowering B

Richard Wagner: The Art-Work of the Future

Richard Wagner: The Art-Work of the Future

II. Marques and Lomas: Art/Community and Dance Education B

Lomas: Art and Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment 1

Lomas: Art and the Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment 2

Isabel Marques: Pop Lecture: Dance Education ... A

Isabel Marques: Dance Education in/and the Postmodern

I. Constant Lambert: Music and Action A

Constant Lambert: Music and Action B
Theodore Reff: Edgar Degas and the Dance A

Theodore Reff: Edgar Degas and the Dance B

II. Gerald Jonas': Dance of the Realm
Gerald Jonas': Lord of the Dance

Jones: Lord of the Dance

III. The Naked and the Nude

Smith: Authoritarianism and Dance

Berger: Ways of Seeing Women

Clark: The Naked and the Nude

I. Peter Brooks: Nana at Last Unveil'd? A
Brooks: Nana at Last Unveil'd B

Brooks: Invasions of Privacy

Emile Zola: Nana

II. Peter Brooks: Gauguin's Tahitian Body

I. Romeo and Juliet, Dance, Film and Gender A
Romeo and Juliet, Dance, Film and Gender B

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Stage, Film, and Dance A

II. The Body, Gender, and Dance within ... The Tempest

Shakespeare: The Tempest

Peter Greenaway's adaptation of The Tempest (Prospero's Books)

III. Martha Graham: Movement Never Lies

Week 9

Cunningham: Expectation and Performance
Katherine Everett Gilbert: Mind and Medium ...

Gerlad Jones: Classical Dance Theater

Cohen: Reflections on Dance and Dancing

Copeland: Merce Cunningham and the Politics of Perception

Gilbert: Mind and Medium in Modern Dance

Duncan: What is Dance?

Spring Break

I. Gerald Jonas: Social Dance
Gerald Jonas and Robin Collingwood: Social Dance and Languages A

Gerald Jonas and Robin Collingwood: Social Dance and Languages B

Sophocles: Antigone

Margolis & Hall: Art as a Language & Dance Notation and Chronology

Fernau Hall: Dance Notation and Choreology
Ruth Katz: Egalitarian Waltz A
Ruth Katz: The Egalitarian Waltz B

Ruth Katz: The Egalitarian Waltz C

Joann Kealiinohomoku: An Anthropologist Looks A...

Kealinihomoku: An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet B

I. Susan Kozel: The Story is Told as a History of the Body A

Susan Kozel: The Story is Told as a History of the Body B

Susan Manning: The Female Dancer and the Male Gaze A

Manning: The Female Dancer and the Male Gaze

Janet Wolff: Reinstating Corporeality ... A
Janet Wolff: Reinstating Corporeality ... B

Janet Wolff: Reinstating Corporeality C

II. Evan Alderson: Ballet as Ideology

Evan Alderson: Ballet as Ideology

I. Amy Koritz: Dancing the Orient for England ...A
Amy Koritz: Dancing the Orient for England B

Amy Koritz: Dancing the Orient for England

Cynthia J.C. Bull: Sense, Meaning, and Perception A

Ramsey: Voodoo, Nationalism, and Performance

II. Randy Martin: Dance Ethnography and the Limits A
Randy Martin: Dance Ethnography and the Limits B

I. Sheryl Davis & George Santora: Beloved A
Morrison: Beloved (novel)
Beloved: the movie

Morrison: Beloved

II. Trinh Minh-ha: When the Moon Waxes Red
Trinh Minh-ha: Woman, Native, Other
Trinh Minh-ha: Cotton and Iron

Minh-Ha: Cotton and Iron

Minh-Ha: Outside in Inside Out

I. Ann Cooper Albright: Auto-Body Stories

Sondra Stamey Sluder: Her Story

Julie Taylor: Paper Tangos A

Last Week of Class

Susanne Langer: Virtual Powers & the Magic Circle
Andre Levinson: The Idea of the Dance ...

Sally Peters: From Eroticism to Transcendence ...A

Sally Peters: From Eroticism to Transcendence B

Peter Brooks: What is a Monster?

Romanticism & Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

I. Nelson Goodman: Languages of Art
David Michael Levin: Philosophers and the Dance
Goodman and Levin: Languages and Philosophers B

Kermode: Poet and Dancer: Before Diaghilev

Francis Sparshott: Why Philosophy Neglects the Dance
Gerald Jonas': The Power of Dance
Sparshott and Jonas: Philosophy and Power B

II. Marshall Cohen and Heinrich von Kleist: Primitivism and Pupper Theatre

Cohen and Kleist: Primitivism, Modernism, & Dance Theory

I. Eric Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey A
Eric Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey B

Bentley: Martha Graham's Journey C

Sylvie Fortin: Somatics: A Tool for Empowering

Richard Wagner: The Art-Work of the Future A

Richard Wagner: The Art-Work of the Future B

II. Christine Lomas and Isabel Marques: Art/Community and Dance Education

Lomas: Art and Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment 1

Lomas: Art and the Community: Breaking the Aesthetic of Disempowerment 2

Isabel Marques: Pop Lecture: Dance Education

Isabel Marques: Dance Education in/and the Postmodern

I. Constant Lambert: Music and Action A

Constant Lambert: Music and Action B

Theodore Reff: Edgar Degas and the Dance

II. Gerald Jonas': Dance of the Realm
Gerald Jonas': Lord of the Dance

Jones: Lord of the Dance

III. Ways of Seeing Women
The Naked and the Nude

Berger: Ways of Seeing Women

Smith: Authoritarianism and Dance

Clark: The Naked and the Nude

I. Brooks: Nana at Last Unveil'd

Brooks: Invasions of Privacy

Emile Zola: Nana

II. Peter Brooks: Gauguin's Tahitian Body

I. Romeo and Juliet: (movie)

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Stage, Film, and Dance

II. Peter Greenaway's adaptation of The Tempest (Prospero's Books)

Shakespeare: The Tempest

Week 9

Week 10

Cunningham: Expectation and Performance
Katherine Everett Gilbert: Mind and Medium ...

Gerlad Jones: Classical Dance Theater

Cohen: Reflections on Dance and Dancing

Copeland: Merce Cunningham and the Politics of Perception

Gilbert: Mind and Medium in Modern Dance

Duncan: What is Dance?

Spring Break

I. Fernau Hall: Dance Notation and Choreology

Sophocles: Antigone
Robin Collingwood: Language and Languages
Joseph Margolis: Art as Language

Margolis & Hall: Art as a Language & Dance Notation and Chronology

II. Ruth Katz: The Egalitarian Waltz A
Ruth Katz: The Egalitarian Waltz B

Ruth Katz: The Egalitarian Waltz C

Kealinihomoku: An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet

I. Janet Wolff: Reinstating Corporeality

Janet Wolff: Reinstating Corporeality

Susan Kozel: The Story is Told as a History of the Body

Manning: The Female Dancer and the Male Gaze

II. Evan Alderson: Ballet as Ideology A

Evan Alderson: Ballet as Ideology B

I. Amy Koritz: Dancing the Orient for England

Amy Koritz: Dancing the Orient for England

Cynthia Jean Cohen Bull: Sense, Meaning and Perception

II. Randy Martin and Kate Ramsey: Dance Ethnography and Staging of Folklore

Ramsey: Voodoo, Nationalism, and Performance

I. Morrison: Beloved (novel)

Beloved: (Movie)

Morrison: Beloved

II. Trinh Minh-ha: Woman, Native, Other

Trinh Minh-ha: Cotton and Iron

Minh-Ha: Cotton and Iron

Minh-Ha: Outside in Inside Out

I. Ann Cooper Albright: Auto-Body Stories

Sondra Stamey Sluder: Her Story

II. Julie Taylor: Paper Tangos A
Julie Taylor: Paper Tangos B

Last Week of Class