Critical Race Theory and Copyright in American Dance

Caroline Joan (Kay) S. Picart, formerly a tenured associate professor of English and Humanities at Florida State University, is a joint Juris Doctor-MA Candidate (WST) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and an adjunct professor of Humanities at Santa Fe College.

1. Introduction 2. Comparing Aesthetics of Whiteness and Non-Whiteness in Relation to American Dance 3. Loíe Fuller, "Goddess of Light," and Josephine Baker, 'Black Venus": Non-Narrative Choreography as Mere 'Spectacle' 4. George Balanchine, "Genius of American Dance": Whiteness, Choreography, Copyrightability in American Dance 5. Martha Graham, "Picasso of American Dance," and Katherine Dunham, 'Matriarch of Black Dance': Exoticism and Non-Whiteness in American Dance 6. Moving into New Directions: Cunningham and Ailey 7. Conclusions: Quo Vadis?