Bremen, Universität, Diplomarbeit, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-81).

In the study, the curricula of three selected dance departments in the United States, whose stated missions embrace cultural diversity, are examined. The primary research question is: Do the curricula of selected dance departments in the United States reflect the values of cultural diversity or pluralism as explicitly expressed in their mission statement? Through random online sample of thirty-nine mission statements from non-conservatory-based dance departments that grant degrees in the field of dance was collected. Although the use of the term diversity expanded greatly throughout the late 20th century, a delimitation of this study was to focus on cultural diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity. Mission statements are part of most dance departments' rationale and communication of values. Since dance departments are a part of larger institutions, it can be assumed that their missions are consistent with the focus of those organizations. As a primary outcome of organizational and of strategic planning, these statements are designed to differentiate one college or university from others. They are an articulation of the specific vision and long-term goals of a college or university, or more specifically in the case of this study, a dance department. Because one cannot assume a college or university's interest or commitment to cultural diversity, this study identified departments with a stated interest in cultural diversity from which to assess how such interest and commitment translates to curriculum; no direct conclusions about the home institution's implicit approach to cultural diversity was made. Future dance educators, dance artists, community artists, and arts administrators, as well as dance historians and scholars, are educated in the dance departments of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Thus, these departments have a large impact on the way dance is experienced throughout our society. Through an analysis of primary data, I examined the ways in which selected dance departments fulfill, or do not fulfill, their stated missions of cultural diversity. The methodology included a document analysis of the following primary source documents: mission statements, audition requirements, sequential department curriculum, required course readings, and demographics of faculty and students. Additionally, all teaching faculty and senior undergraduates from the selected dance departments were given a questionnaire to complete. The educational and performance background of faculty members, along with their areas of expertise, was the focus of the faculty questionnaire. In an effort to understand if student goals are aligned with the mission of the department, the student questionnaire included questions that asked seniors what type of positions they were interested in pursuing after graduation, and whether or not they felt they were prepared to enter the workforce given their course of study. The questions of how student goals are connected to working in culturally diverse communities of the 21st century, and if so, how the curriculum was designed to met the goals of students, were also explored. Finally, a field observation was included to provide context for each of theses institutions. This examination of three selected dance departments in terms of culturally diverse curricular offerings provides dance educators in higher education with examples of how selected dance departments carry out their stated missions. In this study dance departments that have developed strategies and mechanisms to implement their stated missions of cultural diversity throughout their curriculum are highlighted. Additionally, I encourage departments that have not been able to transmit their commitment to cultural diversity to department curriculum to do so, offering them tangible strategies which they can implement. / Dance

This report examines diasporic dialogues in Black concert dance focusing on dialogues between Brazil and the United States and analyzes how racial politics and cultural exchanges contributed to shape a Black aesthetic in Brazil. Since the beginning of the 20th century, both the presence/passage of US Black dancers/choreographers in Brazil and the presence/passage of Brazilian Black dancers/choreographers in the United States enabled the formation of socio-political networks among artists and cultural cross-fertilization between these countries. Katherine Dunham’s visit in Brazil and Mercedes Batista’s visit in the United States during the 1950s were formative of a Brazilian black concert dance and had left a lasting imprint in black modern dance in the U.S. as well. This report attempts a close reading of the dialogues between Dunham and Batista that shaped the dance techniques and repertoire that make up black modern and postmodern dance in the African diaspora. / text

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O propósito deste trabalho é fazer um estudo sobre a construção da identidade dos freqüentadores dos bailes black; o da Chic Show1, que ocorre no salão Clube da Cidade2 e o baile da Zimbabwe, realizado no salão Espaço Atual3. O que se pretende verificar a partir desses dois grupos é se as pessoas se definem apenas como negro ou branco, como defende o Movimento Negro Unificado (MNU), ou se existe a conformação de uma identidade mais ampla que a bi-racial4. Na verdade, o esforço está concentrado em discutir a \"identidade racial\" em um local determinado de estudo, tendo em vista que a raça é um construto social, acionado em momentos diferentes. / The purpose of this work is to do a study on the identity construction of patrons of black balls, the Chic of show, which occurs in the lounge and dance club in Cidade of Zimbabwe, held in the lounge area Atual. What we want to verify from these two groups is whether people define themselves only as black or white, as advocated by the Unified Black Movement (MNU), or if there is a conformation of a broader identity that the bi-racial. Indeed, the effort is focused on discussing the \"racial identity\" in a specific place of study, with a view that race is a social construct, activated at different times.

This artistic inquiry was conducted to explore specific processes in dance making and expand upon how I use my own history in the choreographic process. For my Movement Project Shedding Skin: Expose, Educate, and Evolve, I address my phenomenological experience as an African-American choreographer residing in Oregon. I expanded my choreographic processes after conducting a personal interview with choreographer Gesel Mason based on the Oral Historian Association's interview techniques and analyzed the creative process used by Mason in creating No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers. This information and that gathered from utilizing the Liz Lerman Critical Response Process in choreographic feedback sessions led to the culmination of three solos, which I choreographed on my dancing body. These works address my identity through exploring African-American culture, identity in new environments, and experiences with racism, bias, and stereotypes. My Movement Project video footage is included as a Supplemental File.

O propósito deste trabalho é fazer um estudo sobre a construção da identidade dos freqüentadores dos bailes black; o da Chic Show1, que ocorre no salão Clube da Cidade2 e o baile da Zimbabwe, realizado no salão Espaço Atual3. O que se pretende verificar a partir desses dois grupos é se as pessoas se definem apenas como negro ou branco, como defende o Movimento Negro Unificado (MNU), ou se existe a conformação de uma identidade mais ampla que a bi-racial4. Na verdade, o esforço está concentrado em discutir a \"identidade racial\" em um local determinado de estudo, tendo em vista que a raça é um construto social, acionado em momentos diferentes. / The purpose of this work is to do a study on the identity construction of patrons of black balls, the Chic of show, which occurs in the lounge and dance club in Cidade of Zimbabwe, held in the lounge area Atual. What we want to verify from these two groups is whether people define themselves only as black or white, as advocated by the Unified Black Movement (MNU), or if there is a conformation of a broader identity that the bi-racial. Indeed, the effort is focused on discussing the \"racial identity\" in a specific place of study, with a view that race is a social construct, activated at different times.

Orientador: Inaicyra Falcão dos Santos / Acompanha 1 DVD e 1 anexo: "Projeto Redende: experiencias de fruição e re-elaboração estetica das matrizes africanas na dança negra contemporanea brasileira / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T02:48:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paixao_MariadeLurdesBarrosda_D.pdf: 925473 bytes, checksum: 0f2bbc6c64e54b9809c6ba027d9e52de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Esta tese descreve a análise da Dança Negra elaborada e ressignificada em dois diferentes contextos sócio-histórico-cultural brasileiro. Para isto realiza-se uma análise das diferenças e similitudes nas re-elaborações etno-ética-estéticacoreográfica e dramatúrgica do Balé Folclórico da Bahia/Salvador/BA e do Grupo Grial de Dança/Recife/PE a partir dos elementos presentes nos signos, símbolos, mitos e danças de origem afro-brasileira. As questões levantadas apontam que estas danças podem ser fontes de produção artística e criação coreográfica concebendo uma proposição dramatúrgica para a Dança Negra Contemporânea Brasileira. Transpondo fronteiras geográficas e culturais, a tese descreve as possibilidades de pesquisa e criação artística a partir da temática afro-brasileira baseada nas relações tecidas entre corpo, memória, tradição e contemporaneidade. A metodologia utilizada será a análise fenomenológica orientada na proposta da etnóloga Juana Elbein dos Santos. O referencial teórico traz autores como Bastide (1983), Kerkhove (1997), Munanga (1999), Santos I. (2006), Santos J. (1996), Silva e Calaça (2006), Suassuna (1977, 2004) e Verger (1997) para ratificar as idéias apresentadas. A análise videográfica e a utilização dos princípios da dança africana são os elementos norteadores do processo de investigação das criações coreográficas do Balé Folclórico da Bahia e do Grupo Grial de Dança. Estas estratégias possibilitam apontar caminhos que explicam como estas companhias de dança lidam com a estética e os conceitos de arte africana no âmbito da Dança Negra Brasileira Contemporânea Brasileira. Propõese uma dramaturgia para a Dança Negra Contemporânea, baseada em princípios etno-ético-estético-coreográfico referenciada na pluralidade das danças tradicionais populares de origem afro-brasileira. / Abstract: This thesis describing the analysis of the Black Dance elaborated and re-signified in two different Brazilian social-historic-cultural contexts. For this one, accomplishes an analysis of the differences and similarities in the re-elaborations ethno-ethics-aesthetic-choreographic and dramaturge of the Folkloric Ballet of Bahia/Salvador/BA and the Grial Group of Dance/Recife/PE from the elements present in the signs, symbols, myths and dances of Afro-Brazilian origin. The raised questions point that these dances can be sources of artistic production and choreographic creation conceiving a dramaturge proposal for Black Brazilian Contemporaneous Dance. Transposing geographic and cultural boundaries, the thesis describes the possibilities of research and artistic creation from the Afro- Brazilian thematic based on the relations between body, memory, tradition and contemporaneousness. The methodology is guided in the proposal of the phenomenology analysis by Juana Elbein dos Santos. The theoretical references bring authors as Bastide (1983), Kerkhove (1997)), Munanga (1999), Santos I. (2006), Santos J. (1996), Silva and Calaça (2006), Suassuna (1977, 2004) and Verger (1997) to ratify the presented ideas. The video graphic analysis and the application of the African Dance principles are the guided elements of the process of investigation of the choreographic creations of the Folkloric Ballet of Bahia and the Grial Group of Dance. These strategies to enable to point ways that explain as these dance companies deal with the aesthetic and the African Art concepts in the scope of Black Brazilian Contemporaneous Dance. To propose a dramaturgy for the Black Brazilian Contemporaneous Dance based on the ethno-ethics-Aestheticchoreographic principles referenced in the plurality of the popular traditional dances of the Afro-Brazilian origin. / Doutorado / Doutor em Artes