Liza's Lab
Latest Episodes
Cross Country Clubbin - Week 11
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
West Coast Gets Funky - Week 10
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
Breaking Ain't So Bad - Week 9
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
The Future of Ballet - Week 8
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
Thank God for Russia - Week 7
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
The Not So Romantic Side of Romantic Ballet - Week 6
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 Ballet Timeline - Week 5
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
Ballet Beginnings - Week 4
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.
Folk Dances - Week 3
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
Ritual Dances - Week 2
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”