Rethinking Dance History

Geraldine Morris is a Reader in Dance and Programme Leader of the MA in Ballet Studies at the University of Roehampton. Larraine Nicholas is Honorary Research Fellow in the Dance Department at the University of Roehampton.

Part One

INTRODUCTION: WHY DANCE HISTORY?

Geraldine Morris and Larraine Nicholas






MEMORY, HISTORY AND THE SENSORY BODY: DANCE, TIME, IDENTITY
Larraine Nicholas




CARA TRANDERS'S REVERIES
By herself




BEYOND FIXITY: AKRAM KHAN ON THE POLITICS OF DANCING HERITAGES
Royona Mitra




AFRICAN-AMERICAN DANCE REVISITED: UNDOING MASTER NARRATIVES IN THE STUDYING AND TEACHING OF DANCE HISTORY
Takiyah Nur Amin




DANCE WORKS, CONCEPTS AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Anna Pakes




RECONSTRUCTION AND DANCE AS EMBODIED TEXTUAL PRACTICE
Helen Thomas




PRESERVING THE REPERTORY AND EXTENDING THE HERITAGE OF MERCE CUNNINGHAM
Karen Eliot




MAKING DANCE HISTORY LIVE — PERFORMING THE PAST

Henrietta Bannerman

Part Two

INTRODUCTION: RESEARCHING AND WRITING

Geraldine Morris and Larraine Nicholas






DESTABILISING THE DISCIPLINE: CRITICAL DEBATES ABOUT HISTORY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE STUDY OF DANCE
Alexandra Carter




DECOLONISING DANCE HISTORY
Prarthana Purkayastha




MANY SOURCES, MANY VOICES
Lena Hammergren




‘DREAM NO SMALL DREAMS!’: IMPOSSIBLE IMAGINARIES IN DANCE COMMUNITY ARCHIVING IN A DIGITAL AGE
Astrid von Rosen




WHEN PLACE MATTERS: PROVINCIALIZING THE ‘GLOBAL’
Emily E. Wilcox




CONSIDERING CAUSATION AND CONDITIONS OF POSSIBILITY: PRACTITIONERS AND PATRONS OF NEW DANCE IN PROGRESSIVE-ERA AMERICA
Linda J. Tomko




‘DANCIN' IN THE STREET’: STREET DANCING ON FILM AND VIDEO FROM FRED ASTAIRE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
Beth Genné




JUDSON: REDUX AND REMIX
Marcia B. Siegel




RUTH PAGE, FEMININE SUBJECTIVITY, AND GENERIC SUBVERSION
Joellen A. Meglin




EXTENSIONS: ALONZO KING AND BALLET’S LINES
Jill Nunes Jensen




GISELLE AND THE GOTHIC: CONTESTING THE ROMANTIC IDEALISATION OF THE WOMAN

Geraldine Morris