Ebright Dance on the Historically Black College Campus

The Familiar and the Foreign
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-32444-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 134 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Arts in Higher Education

This volume explores the history of dance on the historically black college and university (HBCU) campus, casting a first light on the historical practices and current state of college dance program practice in HBCUs. The author addresses how HBCU dance programs developed their institutional visions and missions in a manner that offers students an experience of American higher education in dance, while honoring how the African diaspora persists in and through these experiences. Chapters illustrate how both Western and African diaspora dances have persisted, integrated through curriculum and practice, and present a model for culturally inclusive histories, traditions, and practices that reflect Western and African diasporas in ongoing dialogue and negotiation on the HBCU campus today.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ebright, Wanda K. W.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guffey, Gary C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Method for Data Collection.- 3. History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.- 4. The Familiar and the Foreign.- 5. The Five Subject Schools.- 6. Conclusion.-

Über Autor(innen)

Wanda K. W. Ebright
is Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies for the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Winthrop University, USA. Prior to this appointment, she served as Coordinator of the Dance Program and the Visual & Performing Arts major at Johnson C. Smith University, USA, where she taught all levels of classical ballet, pointe, Graham-based modern, and jazz dance. She is Artistic Director of The Wanda Project, a ballet-based contemporary dance company, and her research is focused on the history of dance in historically black colleges and universities.