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Dance and Sport

Corvera, Anna H., Alejo, Yokastheline, Buehler, Elizabeth2014

The purpose of this research is to investigate dance and sport as two individual yet intertwining fields. Areas of inquiry include the artistic/aesthetic sports of the Olympic Games particularly rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and ice dancing; the artistry and athleticism of …

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Why we dance: a community autoethnographic study of four African American community dance artists

Lancaster, Lamaiya2025

African American and other nonwestern and non-White dance traditions are a part of cultural expression, historic preservation, a reflection of lived experiences, and a part of everyday life. In many dance programs at colleges and universities, culturally specific dance practices are often not …

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Rondo Sureño: A suite of original ethnologic dance compositions based upon the folk music and folk dances of seven Latin American countries

Garcia, Josefina MargaritaTexas Woman's University1958

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A biographical study of the lives and contributions of two selected contemporary black male dance artists--Arthur Mitchell and Alvin Ailey--in the idioms of ballet and modern dance, respectively

Latham, Jacqueline Quinn Moore1973

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The Animal Spirit Dance: American Indian Ceremonial Revival and “New Traditions”

Dorn, Kathleen Leanna2011

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Acoustic Labor in the Timing of Everyday Life: A Critical Contribution to the History of Samba in Rio De Janeiro

Araujo, Samuel Mello, Jr.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

"This thesis attempts to propose guideposts for a critical history of samba in the context of Rio de Janeiro, as a relational universe centered on the production of songs, the playing of instruments and dancing. Highlighting the escolas de samba (lit., samba schools) as mediatory instances of the …

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