This introduction to world dance charts the diverse histories and stories of dancers and artists through ten key moments that have shaped the vast spectrum of different forms and genres that we see today.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess is the Smithsonian Institution's first ever choreographer in residence based at the National Portrait Gallery. He is the artistic director of Washington, DC's premiere modern dance company, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, now in its 30th season. He is a professor of dance at The George Washington University and host of The Slant Podcast.
1. Indigenous Dances: Lakota Bodies and Lands on and as the Frontlines
Tria Blu Wakpa
2. Silk Road: Commerce, Conquest, and College
Laurel Victoria Gray
3. Dance in the African Diaspora
Joanna Dee Das
4. Ballet: From Louis XIV to Misty Copeland
Sekani Robinson
5. Modern and Postmodern Dance: War and Choreography in the 20th and 21st centuries
Kate Mattingly
6. Dance and Social Justice: Retracing the Steps of Michio Ito
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
7. Dance as Healing: Unearthing Therapeutic Modalities
Giselle Ruzany
8. Dance on Film -- From Busby Berkeley to Bollywood
Kathryn Boland
9. Intersecting body and machine: tracing the emergence of dance technology
Maria Francisca Morand
10. The Future of Dance: Moving Through Time and Space
Monique George