Difference and Media Project, Dance Program, Center for Civic Engagement, Bard Theater and Performance Program, and Council for Inclusive Excellence, Trustee Leader Scholar Program Present
Researching Performance: The Black Dancing Body as a Measure of Culture
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Dance Studies, Temple University
Brenda Dixon Gottschild is an American cultural historian, performer, choreographer, and anti-racist cultural worker. She has used her background as a dance performer and as a professor of dance to create works that bring racism, gender, and societal questions to the forefront of discussions.Professor Emerita, Dance Studies, Temple University
Guided by the premise that dance is a barometer of society, Professor Dixon Gottschild measures the pulse of contemporary American cultural practice. She examines the pervasive Africanist presence in American culture and the sociopolitical implications of its invisibility. With dance as the focus and race the parameter, she reveals Africanisms in modern and postmodern dance and American ballet.
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Time: 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema