Discussing three more styles of hip-hop dance and the hip-hop culture as a whole Reading: Underground House Dancing by Sally R. Sommer Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ6fqQX_e9U&list=PL_eKYpL1YsAT-XDhNa_IdPnqW13fleSYj&index=54 https://www

Discussing the styles of popping, locking, and krumping that originated on the west coast.  Readings: Planet Funk - Santiago Freeman Urban Legend - Wendy Garofoli The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping - Christina Zanfagna

The beginnings of Hip-hop culture and discussing a specific type of hip-hop dance called breaking.  Readings: Physical Grafitti - Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon The Art of Battling - Joe Schloss interview with Alien Ness Breaking - Sally Banes

Where is ballet at and where is ballet going? Readings: Dancing in the Margins: Experiences of African American Ballerinas by Nyama McCarthy-Brown Queer Swans: Those Fabulous Avians in the Swan Lakes of Les Ballets Trockadero and Matthew Bourne by Suzanne

Discussing how The Ballet Russe propelled ballet technique into the modern ballet era.  Readings: "Early Modern Ballet: Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces” by Sally Banes “Ballet Astonishments” by Jack Anderson

Discussing the characteristics and lasting impact romantic ballet has on our ballet experiences.  Readings: In Pursuit of the Sylph by Deborah Jowitt The Travesty Dancer in Nineteenth-Century Ballet by Lynn Garafola

A brief overview of ballet history. Discuss a few important eras and the people and companies who made it happen Reading: Ballet: A History in Broad Brushstrokes by Carol Pardo

Discussing the early roots and early problems of ballet dance history. More to come in the next few weeks! Readings from Ballet and Modern Dance a Concise History the 3rd Edition by Jack Anderson.

This week is a discussion about folk dances and their evolution.  1st Reading: Folk Dance: Father Music, Mother Dance by Rosa Guerrero 2nd Reading: Piercing the Mask of Japanese Dance Theater by Helen Myers

What makes a ritual dance? Reading 1: by Ferne Yangyeite Caulker “African Dance: Divine Motion” Chapter 3 Reading 2: by Olatunji Ojo “Performing Trauma: The Ghosts of Slavery in Yoruba Music and Ritual Dance”