DANC 3450 Twentieth Century American Dance

PAPER # ONE

Due October 29

DIRECTIONS: Select and sign up on my door for one of the dance artists listed below AND identify a cultural or historical phenomenon or event that had significant impact on the work of the artist. Seek out research material on the artist AND the cultural or historical phenomenon or event. Write a 5-7 page typed, double-spaced paper on your selected subject. Prepare a brief, 5 minute maximum oral presentation highlighting your findings beyond what is discussed in the course text to present in class at the time the artist is covered.

REQUIREMENTS: You must have a minimum of ten sources for your paper. Of those sources, at least one must be:
• From a journal or magazine
• From a book or chapter in a book
• From a website
All original source material must be cited when used in the body of the paper using MLA format. See Gibaldi for citation formats and guidelines. A complete bibliography of all sources consulted in the preparation of this paper must also be included, even if the source is not cited within the body of the paper as an original source. You may NOT use Wikipedia as a source for this paper.

ARTISTS: Artists not appearing on this list may also be used if approved by me.
• Loie Fuller
• Isadora Duncan
• Ruth St. Denis
• Ted Shawn
• Rudolf von Laban
• Mary Wigman
• Harald Kreutzberg
• Kurt Jooss
• Martha Graham
• Doris Humphrey
• Charles Weidman
• Hanya Holm
• Anna Sokolow
• Pearl Lang
• José Limón
• Helen Tamiris
• Daniel Nagrin
• Valerie Bettis
• Lucas Hoving
• Lester Horton
• Alvin Ailey
• Bella Lewitsky
• New Negro Art Theatre Dance Group
• Asadata Dafora
• Wilson Williams’ Negro Dance Company
• Katherine Dunham
• Pearl Primus
• Donald McKayle
• Gus Solomons jr
• Talley Beatty
• George Faison
• Judith Jamison
• Dudley Williams
• Merce Cunningham
• Erick Hawkins
• Alwin Nikolais
• Murray Louis
• Paul Taylor
• James Waring
• Robert Dunn and the Judson Church
• Anna Halprin
• Yvonne Rainer
• Steve Paxton
• Trisha Brown
• Meredith Monk
• Lucinda Childs
• Twyla Tharp
• Robert Wilson
• Pilobolus
• Martha Clarke
• Kei Takei
• Eiko and Komo
• Laura Dean
• Karole Armitage
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
• Garth Fagan
• Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Urban Bush Women
• Molissa Fenley
• Elizabeth Streb
• Susan Marshall
• Mark Morris
• Lar Lubovitch
• Pina Bausch
• Shen Wei
• Butoh
• Bob Fosse
• Busby Berkeley
• Fred Astaire
• Gene Kelly
• Gus Giordano
• Billy Siegenfeld
• River North Dance Chicago
• Hubbard Street Dance Company