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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The integration of dance as a dramatic element in broadway musical theatre
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis study traces the development and growth of dance on the Broadway stage and the parallel growth of the effectiveness of choreography in enhancing the musical Theatre libretto. The study surveys the origins and early evolution of stage dance in the United States from 1775 to the introduction of ballet choreography in 1922. It concludes with an examination of Selected scripts which use choreography to dramatize the musical Theatre libretto, 1922 to 1990.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Theatre Arts
- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Year
- 1995
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Dame, Robert G
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/515
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1514