Brief History of Jazz & Musical Theatre Dance
Brief History of Jazz & Musical Theatre Dance
Brief History of Jazz & Musical Theatre Dance
1944
Katherine Dunham
• An African-American dancer
who studied towards a doctorate
in anthropology
• Researched Caribbean dance
and brought vocabulary back to
US
• Rekindled an interest in Black
roots of jazz dance
• Had her own dance company
and dance technique;also
choreographed for Broadway Cabin in the Sky
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• http://www.richardavedon.com/editorial2004 (Glover)
• Reynolds, Nancy & McCormick, Malcolm. No Fixed Points. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 2003.
• Stearns, Jean and Marshall. Jazz Dance. New York: Schirmer Books, 1964.
• Ambrosio, Nora. Learning About Dance. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Co., 2003.
• Sigenfeld, Billy. “If Jazz Dance, Then Jazz Music!” in Dance Teacher Now,
October, 1990, pp 50-54.