Dance on the Historically Black College Campus: The Familiar and the Foreign

ISBN-13: 9783030324469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 134 str.

Wanda K. W. Ebright; Gary C. Guffey

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.

Blurb

“Ebright’s illumination of the historical and artistic contributions of the HBCU campus is a welcomed voice in the survey of twentieth and twenty-first century American Dance. Her work is especially poignant at a time when inclusivity and diversity and its importance in dance scholarship is becoming more prevalent in national discussions. Her analysis further illustrates the value in the fusion of western dance with dances of the African diaspora and gives us a template for progressive dialogue in dance academia.”
—Steve Rooks, Professor of Dance, Vassar College, USA

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.